Major Accessions to Repositories in 1995 relating to Gardening

Bexley Local Studies Centre

• Footscray and North Cray Horticultural Society: records c1847-1995

Cornwall Record Office

• Prebendary Wilfred Johnson of St Ervan: gardening diaries 1922-50 (AD 1085/1-13)

University of Durham, University Library

• Francis Maire: account of Hardwick Hall near Castle Eden, Co Durham, compiled c1742-44, incl a record of the planting of the gardens (Misc 94/95:11)

Gloucestershire Record Office

• Gloucestershire Federation of Gardening Societies: records incl predecessor bodies 1918-63 (D7324)

Guildhall Library

• Barbican Horticultural Society: addnl records 1982-95

Kingston upon Hull City Record Office

• The Hull Chrysanthemum Society: records (DSCH)

Leicestershire Record Office

• Burton Lazars Gardening Club: records1960-80 (DE 4844)

Staffordshire Record Office

• Bridgeman family, Earls of Bradford: addnl personal and family papers 19th-20th cent incl plan for landscaping of Weston Park c1760-69 (D1287)

Surrey Record Office

• Botleys Park, Chertsey: album of photographs and paintings 19th cent (4400)
• Horton Hospital, Epsom: photographs of gardens and greenhouses, taken by Mr White when Propagatory Gardener at Horton 1962-79 (6273)

Tameside Archive Service

• Hyde Horticultural Society: minute books 1946-85 (acc 2577)

West Sussex Record Office

• Allwood Brothers, carnation nurseries, Wivelsfield, Clayton and Henfield: cinefilm (16mm) c1950 (ACC 9,915)
• West Sussex Horticultural Club: records 1935-80 (ACC 10,233)

University of York, Borthwick Institute of Historical Research

• Jim Russell, garden designer: papers c1950-79