Agents and professionalisation: improvement on the Egremont estates c.1770 to c.1860

This thesis examines aspects of estate improvement on the Egremont estates in Sussex, Yorkshire and Australia between 1770 and 1860. Using the Petworth House Archives and others, it documents large-scale improvement projects, including William Smith’s work in mineral prospecting in West Yorkshire, a...

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Main Author: Webster, Sarah Ann
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11990/