A Victorian farmer - the diaries of John White of Rickmansworth
Fabian Hiscock
- Organisation:
- Three Rivers Museum
- Regions:
- Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Hobby for Charity
- Fee:
- Paid: £70
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 2nd October 2025
- Tagged:
- Agricultural History | Hertfordshire | 1840-1900 | 19Th Century
John White farmed in Rickmansworth from 1841 to 1896, and kept a diary every day of his working life. He covered not only his farming - the effects of the weather, what he grew, how he bought and sold and who to - but also his family, travels (mainly by train), and the life of the town.
From all this we learn a huge amount about what it was like to live and work in Hertfordshire and the large area round it - and how he went into London to have his teeth seen to, among lots of other things.
Views: 482 | Enquiries: 4About Fabian Hiscock
After a career in the Royal Navy and a second career in industry, I did post-graduate research in local history and have gone on from there.
I now speak on a range of topics relating to the Three Rivers Museum, local (Rickmansworth area) history, notably the diaries of a local Rickmansworth farmer, industrial transport before the railways, the impact of the coming of the canal to west Hertfordshire, and more widely the heritage of the waterways.
I can cover west Hertfordshire and south Buckinghamshire.
All my fees go to the Three Rivers Museum of which I'm 'immediate past' chairman.
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