Records of Pewtor Granite Works, Dartmoor, Cornwall

Item date: 1846-54
Grant Value: £765
Item cost: £765
Item cost pre-decimal: NULL
Item date acquired: 2007
Item institution: Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
Town/City: Plymouth
County: Devon

The records comprise a Cost Book, 1846-7; a Petty Cash Book, 1854; a Ledger, 1846-54; and Quarry Receipts, mid-19th cent. They provide a valuable insight into the workings of the poorly documented granite quarrying industry, its costs, materials, labour and transportation

Item Provenance
Lesley Aitchison, Bristol