Identity area
Reference code
WB/1/6
Title
Diary
Date(s)
- 01 Jan 1840 - 31 Dec 1840 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 volume, paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1778-1850)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Consists of the diary of William Brewis.
Includes agricultural accounts for the year 1840, with emphasis on the livestock disease pandemic. There are also notes on Queen Victoria's marriage, the assassination attempt of Prince Albert by Edward Oxford and the birth of Princess Victoria.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open.