Potting chrysanthemums at Shugborough Walled Garden,

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Date:1940 - 1941 (c.)

Description:Muriel Jessop and Garden Foreman Ed Steele potting chrysanthemums at Shugborough Walled Garden during the Second World War.

Muriel Jessop worked as a Land Army girl at Shugborough Walled Garden from November 1939 to late 1944. The tenant of the Walled Garden at the time was Mr Heap.


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1850s
Head Gardener, Shugborough,
Head Gardener, Shugborough,

Mr William McMurtrie was the Head Gardener at Shugborough from 1815 to 1836. He ...

1910s
The Miller family, Shugborough Walled Garden,
The Miller family, Shugborough Walled Garden,

George Miller, Head Gardener at Shugborough 1918 to 1921, and his family in front ...

1930s
George Miller
George Miller

George Miller (1883-1965), Head Gardener at Shugborough, 1918 to 1921. This portrait ...

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Donor ref:P84.011.0005 (18/3507)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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