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This knife was used to cut chaff to feed livestock. It was found by the donor in the loft above the stables at the vicarage in Great Milton, Oxfordshire, which used to be Glebe Farm.

1 chaff cutter knife: metal; wood

Letter, The MERL to Donor, 27 February 1951 - 'Thank you very much indeed for the chaff cutter knife [...].', MERL ‘Associated information’ form – 'Name of Object: Chaff cutter knife // Age…: /probably around 1830 / Name and address of present owner: [...] Great Milton // Description of use to which it was put…: Used in an old hand type chaff cutter in the parish of Gt Milton. The present owner discovered it in a loft above of old stables at the Vicarage. The Vicarage used to be a 'Glebe Farm’.'

1830 - 1839

Metal, Wood