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Wales (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Wales => Pembrokeshire => Topic started by: kathleencyork on Sunday 26 October 25 20:30 GMT (UK)
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Hi, not sure if anyone can help, but where can I find the particular history of a farm…who lived there etc? I’ve found 1 entry for 1939 but can’t find anything else
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You could try looking for newspaper articles using the name of the farm and its location.
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Try the county archives. Might be lucky, might draw a blank. I found loads of fascinating info in the Wiltshire archives.
You might write to the current farmer......
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Look for adverts of farm sales. Not necessarily the farm itself, if it was tenanted, but a sale of livestock and equipment when a tenancy changed hands, which would be an auction on the premises. Sometimes a tenancy would be advertised to let, although they often passed from father to son. Also, many farms themselves were sold when estates were broken up, especially in the period 1918-1930. Sale catalogues survive in libraries and archives. Then track back through estate records which may be held by archives.
There is a concept known as tenantright when a tenancy changed hands. The incoming tenant needed the capital to pay the "offgoing" tenant for any assets left behind, by agreement, as assessed by a valuer, including growing crops and drainage improvements. A valuer's archive is a rich source of information.
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Hello kathleen
Welcome to Rootschat.
Can you tell
us know the name of the Farm and location. I may be able to help.Have several books
regarding Pembrokeshire and Homes/Farms.
omega :)