In This Section
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
FARMING AND FORESTRY, ESTATE AND GARDENS
Gardens Department
Gardens records include correspondence between the trustees and a variety of landscape designers including Beatrix Farrand and Percy Cane.
Dorothy Elmhirst: Gardens
Dorothy Elmhirst's personal papers relating to the Dartington Hall Gardens.
Welfare
Welfare and social administration records at Dartington Hall document living conditions and life on the estate for the many people involved in its operations.
Household Accounts
Accounting records including ledgers, bankbooks, and 11 boxes of receipts, recording household and personal expenditures.
Dartington History
Records accumulated by the Dartington Hall Trust documenting the history of the Dartington estate and its owners.
Dorothy Elmhirst: Staff
Records relating to estate staff and servants, records of estate life during World War II, and staff activities including children's Christmas parties.
DWE Law and Finance
International legal and financial records of Dorothy Elmhirst.
LKE Law and Finance
Legal and financial records of the establishment, operation, and dissolution of various international trusts and private companies. Also includes records of the administration of American properties owned by Dorothy Elmhirst.
Leonard Elmhirst: Forestry
Professional archive created by Leonard Elmhirst and Dr Wilfred E Hiley relating to the activities of the Royal English Forestry Society (REFS).
Wilfred Hiley (Forestry) Papers
This series contains records and papers of Wilfred E Hiley relating to 20th century British woodland management and forestry.
Leonard Elmhirst: Land
Records of Leonard Elmhirst about the land.
LKE: Water
Records of Leonard Elmhirst's service on the the Central Advisory Water Committee Gathering Grounds Sub-Committee established by the Ministries of Health, and Agriculture and Fisheries.
Visitors Department
Trust records relating to visitors to the Dartington Hall estate.
Dartington Hall Estate and Estate Department
Records of the Dartington Hall Estate and the Estate Department.
Dartington Hall Farms Ltd
Commercial records of the Dartington Hall Trust Farms Department, and Dartington Hall Farms Limited.
Cattle Breeding Centre
Records of the Dartington Hall Cattle Breeding Centre (DHCBC).
The Dartington Hall Trust is a registered charity no. 279756. Company no. 1485560
Registered Office: The Elmhirst Centre, Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6EL United Kingdom.
Telephone 01803 847000; Fax 01803 847007;