Commerce

DATE: 20th Century

LEVEL: Fonds

Commercial papers of Dartington Hall Ltd and its subsidiaries including Dartington Woodlands Ltd; Dartington Farms Ltd; Dartington Orchards Ltd; the poultry, grounds and gardens, and vegetables departments; Sawmill and Textiles Departments; and Shinners Bridge retail shop and craft studio. In addition there are records of at least two independent limited companies started originally by trustees of Dartington Hall but managed and operated separately from Dartington Hall Ltd. These are Staverton Builders Ltd (and subsidiaries) and Churston Development Company Ltd. There is in addition a small body of records relating to the work of the Rural Industries Bureau in Devon. These records were accumulated by architect and craftsman Rex Gardner in the 1930s.

COPYRIGHT: The Dartington Hall Trust

Information for Researchers

All papers belonging to The Dartington Hall Trust Archive (with the exclusion of Dartington Hall School pupils individual records) are held at the Devon Record Office. All enquiries relating to research should be made to Devon Records Office, Great Moor House, Bittern Road, Sowton, Exeter, Devon EX2 7NL
+44 (0)1392 384253
+44 (0)1392 384256
devrec@devon.gov.uk
www.devon.gov.uk/record_office

The following requests should be made direct to the Archives & Records at The Dartington Hall Trust as shown below:
Copies of images as seen on The Dartington Hall Trust online catalogue with appropriate reference number (Ref No.)
Permission to publish or quote from any document held in the Dartington Hall Trust Archive
Former pupils of Dartington Hall School wishing to view their records
Archives & Records
The Dartington Hall Trust
Dartington Hall
Totnes TQ9 6EL
01803 847200
yvonne.widger@dartington.org

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