Object number
62/246/1-8
Description
This is a set of 8 nesting weights. It is not known where they were made, or what specific purpose they were used for. They originally belonged to the donor's uncle, a Rector in Glemsford, Suffolk.
Physical description
8 Weights: metal
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'WEIGHTS (NEST OF) // See Recording Form for possible connections with Suffolk trades. // [pencil sketch]', MERL Recording form – 'Additional information // The weights came to me in 1921 when my uncle [?] Herbert Hall died, he had been many years Rector of Glemsford, Suffolk, a small village, there were a few old houses where silk weaving too make umbrellas was done, + there was a horse hair factory. otherwise the local work was agricultural // The Rectory was the only large house + garden in the village the church being 3/4 mile away - Diocese of Ely. Nearest town Sudbury. No details known about the weights.'
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_5139.tif - High resolution image