Accounts of building labor and materials collection

Collection — Box: small col. 54

Identifier: Col-1092

Content Description

The collection contains nine pages from a builder's account recording the labor, price, and materials needed for various projects, as well as their corresponding dates. These projects appear to be based in Ashford, England, take place bewteen 1837-1840, and are for Mrs. Field's house and William Parnell's Brew House respectively. The accounts for Mrs. Field's house are requested from Ann Taylor and Son, while the accounts for Mr. Parnell's Brewery are requested from Alexander Apsley and Richard Carreck. The accounts detailing costs for Parnell's Brew House are directed to Mr. Cartwright by the order of Mr. Parnell.

The accounts are tied together with string.

Dates

Creation: 1837-1840

Conditions Governing Access

Collection open for research.

Biographical Note

Based on an 1840s directory of Ashford, England, William Parnell is listed as a Brewer on High Street, Ann Taylor and Son is listed under Painters, Plumbers, and Glaziers on Gravelpit Street, Alexander Apsley is listed under Carpenters and Builders on High Street, and Richard Carreck is listed under both Bricklayer and Stone Mason on High Street. There is a Mrs. Ann Field listed under Gentry, but we have not confirmed if that is the Mrs. Field in the accounts. There is no mention of a Mr. Cartwright in the directory.