Inventarnummer
54/365
Beschreibung
This bow wagon, which is an improved version of the straight-framed Wiltshire wagon, was built for George Baylis of Wyfield Manor, Boxford, where it was used. Baylis started farming at Boxford in the 1860s with a farm of 350 acres, and he gradually expanded his holdings until he had 12,000 acres for the production of wheat and barley. This wagon has panelled body construction in yellow with a red frontboard. It also has a solid sideboard and waisted side construction. The frontboard is painted with the words 'G. Baylis' in yellow.
Physische Beschaffenheit
1 wagon: wood; metal
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>4. <B>West Berkshire Bow Wagon</B><P> This bow wagon was built in the late nineteenth century for George Baylis of Wyfield Manor, Boxford, near Newbury in Berkshire. It is just over four metres long and 1.8 metres wide, with the rear wheels 1.55 metres in diameter and the front wheels 1.25m. Baylis was a very famous farmer in his time, building up from small beginnings a holding that ran eventually to 12,000 acres for the specialist production of wheat and barley. <P> 54/365</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV><DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>7. <B>West Berkshire Bow Wagon</B><P> This bow wagon was built in the late nineteenth century for George Baylis (1846-1936) of Wyfield Manor, Boxford, near Newbury in Berkshire. It is just over four metres long and 1.8 metres wide, with the rear wheels 1.55 metres in diameter and the front wheels 1.25m. Baylis was a very famous innovative farmer in his time, building up from small beginnings in the 1860s to control land holdings that ran eventually to 12,000 acres in 1930. He acquired land cheaply in times of agricultural depression and turned it over to the specialist production of wheat and barley with a system that relied on artificial fertilisers instead of livestock manure for the maintenance of soil fertility. See C.S.Orwin, <I>Progress in English Farming Systems: III A Specialist in Arable Farming, </I>Oxford, 1930. <P> 54/365</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
Bestandsgeschichte
MERL 'Catalogue index' card – ‘This bow wagon, which is an improved version of the straight-framed Wiltshire wagon, was built for George Baylis of Wyfield Manor, Boxford, near Newbury. Baylis was a well-known improver in the nineteenth century who, in the 1860's, started with a mixed farm of 350 acres and added holding after holding until he was farming 12,000 acres for the production of wheat and barley alone // Body construction: Panelled / /Body colours: Yellow, Red frontboard // Sideboard Type: Solid // Side construction: Waisted // Axle: Wooden Bed. Iron arms // Wheel: Narrow Hoop 2 1/2" // Max. Length: 162" // Max. Width: 72" // Max Height (ground to top rail): 68" // Min. ground clearance of frame: 40" // Rear Wheel diameter: 61" // Fore Wheel diameter: 50" // Track (ground level): 68" '
Datum
1860-01-01 - 1869-12-31
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