Identity area
Reference code
HOUG/A/B/5/23
Title
'Valuation of Timber set out for sale standing in the Woods and Hedgerows on the Fryston Estate...'
Date(s)
- 19 Apr. 1873 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 sheet.
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Count of trees, listed by quantity: the majority beech, others elm, ash, oak, poplar, sycamore, larch, 'Scotch fir', spruce, 'Spanish chesnut', willow, lime, 'Horse Chesnut', aspen. Also a count of poles, again listed in order of quantity for sale: most larch and beech, then oak, sycamore, elm, ash, 'Scotch fir', 'Birch and Alder', 'Spanish chesnut', 'Spruce fir', poplar, hornbeam, aspen, willow, crab, lime, maple and thorn.
The final count is '3360 Rails. Together with the Topwood and Bark', and the valuation is £2497.11.6. Signed by George Parkin, Wortley.