Catalogue description GOSS HALL : ASH : CO. KENT

This record is held by Museum of English Rural Life

Details of KEN 4
Reference: KEN 4
Title: GOSS HALL : ASH : CO. KENT
Description:

Farm records of Goss Hall, Ash, Kent; valuation books of farms in Kent

Date: 1802-1947
Arrangement:

Summary of classes

 

1 CORRESPONDENCE

 

2 AGREEMENTS

 

3 BOOKS OF ACCOUNT

 

4 CATALOGUES

 

5 CHOPPING BOOKS

 

6 FLOCK BOOKS

 

7 LABOUR BOOKS

 

8 LEASES

 

9 MAPS AND PLANS

 

10 PETITIONS

 

11 RATE BOOKS

 

12 REPORTS

 

13 RETURNS

 

14 VALUATIONS

 

15 WILLS

 

16 SUNDRY PAPERS

Related material:

Presented on permanent deposit 1966 March 17 by Thomas Coleman The donor has a quantity of other records, mainly tithe survey material dated about 1840

Held by: Museum of English Rural Life, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Coleman family of Goss Hall, Kent

Physical description: 16 series
Access conditions:

Most of the documents in KEN 4/9 and all of the documents in KEN 4/11 were official records and were transferred to East Kent Archives Service

Immediate source of acquisition:

(Acc no 102)

Subjects:
  • Ash, Kent
  • Agriculture
Administrative / biographical background:

About 345 acres; mixed medium loam soils with some marsh land; tenants to the Marquis of Conyngham

 

The donor's family has occupied Goss Hall since 1817. Before 1880 the family had certain non-farming interests, mainly in land agency and survey work. John Coleman, mentioned in the records, was Tithe Surveyor for many parishes in north-east Kent

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