Reference and contact details: GB 0007 FR BER 13
Title: WICK FARM, THRUPP FARM, GOOSEACRE
FARM, RADLEY, BERKSHIRE COLLECTION
Dates of creation: 1775 - 1880
Held at: University of Reading, Museum of English Rural
Life
Extent: 27 documents
Name of Creator: Badcock family of Radley, Berkshire
Level of Description: fonds
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History The Badcock family has occupied the farm since 1775,
originating it is thought from Somerset and Devon. Farm
size c 200 acres, tenants to John Aldworth Esq
Scope and Content
Contains: Business correspondence relating chiefly to the
managment of Wick Farm, 1864-1879; agreement for
carrying on farming business at Wick Farm 1874; account
book of corn sold and delivered 1775-1814; farm account
books 1776-1846, 1860-1869, 1875-1880; cash books
1797-1823, 1864-1867; account book of dairy produce
sold 1813-1846; sale catalogues of Radley Hall Estate
1889, Wick Hall Estate 1930; account book of servants
wages 1797-1823; labour books 1822-1839, 1849-1865;
note books on valuations for stocktaking 1877-1880; bank
book of Thirza Badcock and George Henry Badcock of
Wick Farm 1870-1878; inventories of live and dead
farming stock 1876-1880; loose bills 1855-1878
System of Arrangement
1 CORRESPONDENCE
2 AGREEMENTS
3 BOOKS OF ACCOUNT
4 CATALOGUES
5 LABOUR BOOKS
6 NOTEBOOKS
7 PASS BOOKS
8 VALUATIONS
9 SUNDRY PAPERS
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented on long term loan 26 February 1966 (Farm
Records Accession number 33)
Access Conditions
Open for consultation
Copyright/Reproduction
Please contact the Archivist
Further Information
Finding Aids
A detailed catalogue is available at the Museum of
English Rural Life
