As a member of the Salcombe History Society I have been helping to sort through a lot of material which was obtained from a local auctioneer and farm valuation company.

There is a considerable amount of rather detailed documents concerning local farms going back to the 1900's including tenancy agreements, maps of fields (including original names) and annual stock valuations.

We have also discovered a number of large posters advertising the sale of farms, livestock and machinery. This poster from 1924 is a typical example