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Preferred Citation

Holywell Hall Horticultural Records, Manuscript MS 77.2, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Acquisition Information

Gift, 1977.

Alternative Form

Also available on microfilm M-1317.1

Biographical/Historical Information

Holywell is an English estate dating back to the middle ages. In 1732, it was given to Samuel Reynardson by his sister. It is believed that Samuel Reynardson is the one who laid out the gardens at Holywell Hall.

Scope and Content Information

Notes and information gathered by the owner or caretaker of Holywell Hall (Lincolnshire, England), concerning the creation and care of gardens and vineyards. Also includes lists of flowering shrubs, evergreens, perennial plants, and trees; directions for composting orange trees; methods of wood preservation; properties of the "Auricula;" and hand-drawn maps of the Holywell estate.

Names appearing in the collection include Mr. Knight, Mr. Wright, Mr. Reynardson, Lee and Kennedy, Belton, Mr. Pochin, Emphingham Heath, Mr. Pullen, and William Gozna.

Arrangement

Chronologically arranged.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Gozna, William.
• Heath, Ephingham.
• Knight, Mr.
• Pochin, Mr.
• Pullen, Mr.
• Reynardson, Samuel.
• Wright, Mr.

Subjects:

• Gardening--England-- Lincolnshire.
• Horticulture--England--Lincolnshire.
• Landscape gardening--England--Lincolnshire.

Titles:

• By God's permission, a sure and certain method to prevent the blight in fruit trees against the walls.

Corporate Names:

• Holywell Hall (Lincolnshire, England)

Genre and Form Terms:

• Maps--England--Lincolnshire.