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'Great Aunt Sarah's Diary': diary of Sarah, wife of Charles Edward Flower

Description

Beginning with her copy of the early reminiscences of C. E. Flower, c1835-1848. There is a printed copy of this diary on the library shelves.

  • Finding No

    DR195

  • Date

    1846-1892

  • Extent

    1 vol

  • Status

    open

  • Level

    collection

  • Associated people

    Flower, Charles Edward

    Flower, Sarah

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Related material

The manuscript was privately printed in 1964 by the Millbrook Press as 'Great Aunt Sarah's Diary'. There is a copy on the library shelves

Custodial History

Diary passed into the hands of her nephews after her death without issue in 1908. Depositor is her great-nephew

Admin History

Sarah Martineau married Charles Edward Flower. They lived successively at the Brewery House, Brewery Street, Stratford, and Avonbank in Southern Lane which they substantially re-built in 1866. Charles Edward died in 1892 and Sarah in 1908. They had no children