Catalogue description Records of Sinclair and Wight, veterinary surgeons of Thirsk

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Title: Records of Sinclair and Wight, veterinary surgeons of Thirsk
Description:

Day books, c1940-1985; Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) circulars, leaflets about cattle and other animals; Tuberculosis testing records from farms across the Yorkshire Dales, 1958-1975; bill heads

 

Papers of Donald Sinclair: correspondence about hounds and notes on his inventions for hen houses and other items, 1940s
Date: 1940-1985
Held by: World of James Herriot, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Sinclair and Wight, veterinary surgeons
Physical description: 20 volumes
Access conditions:

Open
Subjects:
  • Wight, James Alfred, 1916-1997, veterinary surgeon and writer, pseudonym James Herriot
  • Herriot, James, nom de plume of Wight, James Alfred, 1916-1997, veterinary surgeon and writer
  • Thirsk, North Riding of Yorkshire
  • Veterinary medicine
Administrative / biographical background:

Donald Sinclair purchased the property at 23 Kirkgate, Thirsk, in 1939 and turned it into a veterinary practice. Sinclair himself specialised in horses. Alf Wight became his assistant in 1940. The practice's area covered an area extending to about seven miles beyond Thirsk, but during the period of TB testing during the war the area was much larger. The name of the practice was retained after both Donald Sinclair and Alf Wight had retired.
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