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Agriculture by Maxwell Fraser
 
   
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Brief Description: Chapter 10 of the History of Slough by Maxwell Fraser takes you through the history of farming and horticulture in the district. The chapter includes Slough "firsts" such as Brown's Lily and Mrs Sinkin's Pinks.
Subject Date: 01/01/1794 - 31/12/1973
Creator: Maxwell Fraser
Article: Chapter 10: Agriculture
Publication: The history of Slough
Publisher: Slough Corporation
Owner: Slough Library
Contributor: Slough Library
 
Full Description: The history of Slough by Maxwell Fraser was originally a series of articles that appeared in the Slough Observer. In 1973 Fraser combined her articles, together with some other research, and produced the History of Slough. This article is a chapter from the second edition of her book which was published in 1980. It has been reproduces by permission of Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales and with the blessing of the Slough Observer and the Slough & District Civic Society.
 
Collection: Maxwell Fraser Collection
Place: Slough ; Arbour Hill ; Bath Road ; Arbour Hill ; Maidenhead ; Newbury ; Salt Hill ; Staines ; Stoke Lane now William Street ; Stoke Road ; Stoke Poges ; Upton ; Upton-in-Dinton ; Upton Road Upton Lane ; Windsor Wyndesore ; Albert Street ; Britwell ; Da
Dimensions: 21 x 29.7 cm
Subject: Farms and farming ; Fields ; Enclosures ; Field systems ; The Reformation ; Saxon period ; Farms and farming ; Parish of Upton-cum-Chalvey Enclosures ; Parish of Upton-cum-Chalvey Common Pound ; Farms and farming ; Field names ; Pubs and inns ; Parish of Upton-cum-Chalvey Field names ; Churches ; Flowers ; Pubs and inns ; Horticulture ; Armorial Bearings ; Flowers ; Royalty ; Armorial bearings ; Flowers ; the Royal Horticultural Society ; Stations ; Flowers
Name Subject: Stoke Poges Enclosure Award ; Upton-cum-Chalvey Enclosure Award ; enclosures ; Hedges ; John Leland ; Priors of Merton Priory ; Pastor C.P. Moritz ; Lord Francis Godolphin Osborne ; the Common Pound ; St. Laurence’s Church Upton ; Stoke Poges Newsletter ; Trumper Award Map ; Windsor Express ; Michael H.H. Bayley ; Verges of Bath Road ; Bonsey family ; William Bonsey ; Cattle Market ; Slough College of Further Education and Technology ; Dover Road Bridge ; Stoke Poges Enclosure Award ; Upton-cum-Chalvey Enclosure Award ; Farm and Farm-house Slough ; Fruits first raised in Slough & District ; Halley family ; Halley's Mineral Water Works ; Hencroft field ; Mason family ; Mason family ; Northcote of Upton Court and Upton Lea ; North Star Inn Tavern & Coffee House ; Colnbrook Turnpike Pumps ; Quaves field ; Quaver field ; Pudenpidolls field ; British Rail Western Region ; Royal Hotel ; Sargeant family ; Slough Barn ; Slough Barn ; Slough Cattle Market ; Slough College of Further Education and Technology ; Slough Farmhouse ; Tetsworth Brook or Tettesworth Water ; Trading Estate ; Windmill Field ; Windsor Castle ; William Trumper's Enclosure Award Map 1820 ; John Baldwin ; Belle Vue House, Slough ; Sarah Bisley ; Bonsey family ; William Bonsey ; Thomas Brown ; Church Path ; Crown Inn ; Crown Hotel ; Crown Hotel ; Dudley Court ; Dutchman's Garden ; Dutchman's Farm ; Upton-cum-Chalvey Enclosure Award ; Eton Rural District ; Farm and Farm-house Slough ; Mary Pitt ; Mary Baldwin ; Mary Herschel ; Sir William Herschel ; Iolanthe by Gilbert & Sullivan ; Ivy Cottage ; Ivy Parade ; Thomas Luff ; Mary Moody ; Slough Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society ; Pitt family ; Mary Pitt ; Pocock family ; Pond House ; Purser family ; Red Cow Inn Upton ; St. Laurence’s Church Upton ; St. Laurence’s Church Upton churchyard ; Slough Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society ; Slough Farmhouse ; Trumper Award Map ; Upton House ; Red Cow Inn ; Lilium Brownii ; Royal Nurseries ; Brown's Royal Nurseries ; Boyn Hill Maidenhead ; Bragge ; Charles Brown ; Elizabeth ; Stanhope Road ; Crimson Rambler rose ; William Cutter ; Emily Jephson ; Belgium Lille ; George Lilley ; Roses first raised in Slough ; Crimson Rambler Rose ; Lady Curzon Rose ; Marcia Stanhope Rose ; Cutter's Royal Nurseries ; Turner's Royal Nurseries ; Royal Windsor Guide ; Miss V. Sackville-West ; Mr. Sinkins ; Mrs. Sinkins ; A.J. Stewart Nurseryman ; Sutton &: Sons Ltd. ; Charles Turner ; Charles Turner Slough Ltd ; Charles Turner Royal Nurseries ; Queen Victoria ; W. Weare ; Wistarias ; Eton Union Workhouse ; Master of Eton Union Workhouse ; Matron of Eton Union Workhouse ; Dianthus Mrs. Sinkins ; Mrs. Sinkins Pink ; Mrs. Sinkins' Pink ; J.C. Allgrove Ltd ; A. P. Balfour ; Black and Flory ; Peter M. Black ; J.M. Black ; Chelsea Flower Show ; Miss Sinkins ; Sidney William Flory ; Flory & Black ; Black & Flory ; Fruits first raised in Slough & District ; Japan ; Jack Perrin ; Miss Sinkins ; Royal Horticultural Society ; Miss V. Sackville-West ; Miss Sinkins' Pink ; Streatham Surrey ; Sutton &: Sons Ltd. ; Thwaites of Streatham ; H. Tracy ; Veitch & Sons ; Virginia Creeper Ampelopsis Veitchii ; the Rev. the Hon. Richard Cavendish Boyle ; Hon. Mrs. Eleanor Vere Boyle ('E.V.B.') ; Bermondsey ; Buckinghamshire County Council ; Richard Cox ; Cox's Orange Pippin ; Dorney Court ; Dropmore ; Eton Rural District ; E.V.B. ; Hon. Mrs. Richard Boyle ; George Evelyn ; Fruits first raised in Slough & District ; Hill Rise Nursery ; the Royal Horticultural Society ; Huntercombe Manor ; Iver Grove ; The Lawn Colnbrook ; Cox's Orange Pippin ; Joseph Rochford ; Royal Horticultural Society ; E. Small & Son ; Percy Thrower ; Charles Turner ; Professor George Grey Turner ; Mrs. Elsie Turner ; Veitch & Sons ; Westfield Nurseries ; William Trumper's Enclosure Award Map 1821 ; History of Huntercombe Manor by G.F. Thomas
Content Type: Book
Location: Slough Library
Local Ref: MF Chapter 10
Unique ID: sl-sl-max_chapter10-d-02-000.pdf
IPR: National Library of Wales
 
 
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