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Object number
87/62
Creator
A & F Parkes & Co. Limited (Manufacturer)
Description
This is a hedging or brushing hook with a tanged handle for cutting boundary hedges. It was made by A. & F. Parkes & Co. Ltd. and is inscribed, 'A. & F. PARKES & Co. LTD. // BIRMINGHAM // [ink sketch of two feet] BIPED 1173 // 3'. It was used by the donor's wife's family, who farmed at Roger's Farm, Newton Green, Sudbury, Suffolk. The family name was Fuller.
Physical description
1 hedging hook: metal; wood
Label Text
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;">1. Brushing hook used in hedging It dates from the early twentieth century and is stamped with the name of the Birmingham edge tool manufacturers, A & F Parkes. It was used on a farm near Sudbury in Suffolk. 87/62.</DIV><DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;">1. Brushing hook used in hedging It dates from the early twentieth century and is stamped with the name of the Birmingham edge tool manufacturers, A & F Parkes. It was used on a farm near Sudbury in Suffolk. 87/62.</DIV>
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: HOOK // Accession number: 87/62 // Classification: FENCING Hedging // Negative number: 60/15697 // Acquisition method: GIFT // Acquired from, date: MR. MASSEY, [...], October 1987 // Store: [‘CAMP’ scored through] small object // Condition: good // Recorder, date: JMB 11.11.87 // Description: Hedging or brushing hook with tanged handle. // Inscription: // A. & F. PARKES & Co. LTD. // BIRMINGHAM // [ink sketch of two feet] BIPED 1173 // 3 // Dimensions: Total length: 61.0cm // Length of blade: 18in or 46.0cm // Associated information: This hook belonged originally to Mr. Massey's wife's family by name of FULLER, who farmed at ROGER'S FARM, NEWTON GREEN, SUDBURY, SUFFOLK. // References: See Edge Tools by A. & F. Parkes & Co Ltd. // p. 131 // R. S. Symonds Archive'
Production place
Birmingham
Object name
Hook, hedging
Material
Wood, Metal
Associated subject
LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT : fencing, walling and hedging
External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_15697.tif - High resolution image