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Description: | -A documentary and photographic collection of material relevant to the local wool trade.;Important collections relating to Crittalls, manufacturers of metal window frames, and to Courtaulds (mourning crepe and man-made textiles) and Warners (Royal silks, cotton damasks and printed cloths and wallpapers). Clockmaker's tools and clocks, watches and instruments of local significance, including 18th century clocks by Joseph Fordham and Joseph Fordham Jnr. a significant collection of jacks, tools and garage equipment made by Lake and Elliot; and tools made by Swinborne. ;÷The Stanley Smith Collection of 110 agricultural tools collected by Stanley Smith of Cressing. ;The Heritage Trust Library (HTL) is a collection of over 2000 items relating to the history of Braintree and the District. It includes a comprehensive collection of brochures, programmes and other ephemera relating to the major events in Braintree as well as reference or research material. The collections include some individual papers, but no large scale archives of individuals or organisations. In most cases the items held relate to local businesses, but do not constitute a record of their dealings, and as such can be considered under the heading of social history.
;The social history collections include a large number of craftsmen's tools, including those used by wheelwrights, blacksmiths, mouldmakers and straw plaiters; trade and retail material;
Community Life: Items relating to education within the District, particularly the history of Manor Street School, Braintree, the home of Braintree District Museum. This collection comprises mainly of documentary material and photographs. A small collection of medical equipment from Black Notley Hospital. Tools and everyday products from the Home Front during World War II in Braintree.
Domestic and Family Life:A collection of local household equipment including sewing machines, kitchen utensils, writing and stationery, smoking and drinking.
Personal Life:A collection including toys and games, spectacles, smoking and drinking materials. ;Small collection of 19th and 20th century costume; sewing equipment and materials; samplers; lace and crochet equipment; Victorian beadwork.
The 13th century wheat and barley barns at Cressing Temple are of national and international importance being the finest remaining pair of medieval barns in Europe.
- | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Manor Street
Braintree Essex United Kingdom,
CM7 3YG | FAX: | 01376 344345 | Telephone: | 01376 325266 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:6538 | Go to resource |
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