Reference
AD1714
Title
Diary (? - loose leaves, of which 21 pp. are written, with end board; apparently the end fly-leaves of a
volume) of Edward Appin or Orpin, parish clerk and sexton of Felmersham.
Date free text
c. 1800-1830
Production date
From: 1800 To: 1830
Scope and Content
The jottings cover Felmersham, Pavenham, Harrold, Odell, Hardwick and Milton Ernest; and include notes on local prices, weather, crime etc.
They are in reverse chronological order.
Note: for authorship cf. entry on final page 'Edward Arprin: I do remember...'; cf. also reference on 2nd p. to dau. Hagar in 49th year:- Aga, dau.of Edw. & Rachel Orpin was baptised 13 May 1781. For Arpin's being parish clerk and sexton see internal evidence
Published in The Countryman, 1929
Level of description
item