Catalogue description Ledger Book of John Byram of Overpool, farmer

A small octavo account book with title on outside cover, 'John Byram's Madeley Manor. Staffordshire 1831'. Original pagination pp.31 + 4. Armorial bookplate of John Byram on flyleaf. Almost all the contents, however, relate to his farm in Overpool from 1839, when his name first appears in the electoral register. The accounts are not systematic, but are entered under headings of which the principal is for production and sale of cheese, for which annual figures and names of purchasers are given. He finished farming in 1871 and retired to Rock Ferry. He was born 30 May 1810 and died 19 Jun. 1886.

The volume includes miscellaneous memoranda, recipes, Liverpool Dock Bonds purchased; and has been used by others, possibly his wife and children, to record genealogical notes relating to the families of Byram, Trelfa, Moreton, Hewit, Sheen, Platt, Williams, Bolshaw, Hurst, Bourne, 1386-1909, and to insert newspaper and other cuttings concerning the family and 'notices of sales', local events, verses, etc. Most entries are before 1907, latest date noted 1939.

See also DDX 165.

Byram, John, fl 1837-1907, of Overpool, farmer

Purchased from Peter Eaton (Booksellers), London, in March 1965.

Acc.1142

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