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Papers of Allan Batley


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): BD31

Held at: Barking and Dagenham Archives and Local Studies Service

Title: Papers of Allan Batley

Date(s): 1887-1977

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 3 folders

Name of creator(s): Batley | Allan Victor | 1887-1977

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Allan Victor Batley (1887-1977) was born at Wramplingham, Norfolk. He was superintendent of the Parks and Cemeteries Department of the Borough of Dagenham for 24 years from 1930 to 1954. Before this he tended the gardens of a number of private houses, including Broke Hall, Ipswich and Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury, as well as parks belonging to Southall and Norwood Urban District Council. After his retirement he returned to Norfolk. He died at his home in Attleborough at the age of 90.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Personal papers of Allan Victor Batley (1887-1970), relating to his career as a horticulturalist, with particular references to his time as the superintendent of the Parks and Cemeteries Department of the Borough of Dagenham, including letters of reference, written by his previous employers at Broke Hall Gardens, Ipswich, the Gardens at Leyswood, Groombridge, Waddesdon Manor Gardens, Aylesbury and Ashorne Hill Gardens, Leamington, as well as further correspondence, concerning his examination with the Royal Horticultural Society and his involvement with the Beacontree Heath Allotment Holders Association (30 March 1907-19 December 1934), together with photographs, showing him and family members, his private garden and the parks that he tended, such as Valence Park, Dagenham. Also accompanied by newspaper cuttings and printed certificates, awarded to him for participating in competitions involving vegetables and floral displays at the Dagenham Town Show (August 1950 and September 1951). Also accompanied by his birth, marriage and death certificates and a communion book.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

The collection was found in a suitcase has been arranged according the chronology and format of the material.

Conditions governing access:

The material within this collection is open to research by appointment at the Barking and Dagenham Archives and Local Studies Centre. For further information about visiting the reading room please contact localstudies@lbbd.gov.uk or telephone 020 8227 2033.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Material within this collection can be reproduced at the discretion of the Borough Archivist. For further information about conditions governing reproduction please contact localstudies@lbbd.gov.uk or telephone 020 8227 2033.

Finding aids:

For additional information on the content of this collection please contact localstudies@lbbd.gov.uk or telephone 020 8227 2033.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated to Barking and Dagenham Archives and Local Studies Centre by Shirley Thompson in 2010.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Date(s) of descriptions: Catalogued in 2012. Descriptions added to Aim25 in May 2014.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Horticulture | Agronomy

Personal names

Corporate names
Beacontree Heath Allotment Holders Association

Places
Dagenham | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Barking and Dagenham