The Bousfield Diaries: A Middle-Class Family in Late Victorian Bedford

by Richard Smart

The diaries of Charlotte Bousfield, extending from 1878 to 1896, paint a vivid picture of the activities of a multi-talented Bedford family, led by a strong-minded matriarch. They were prominent in local life: Charlotte's husband Edward was an influential figure in developing agricultural machinery at the Britannia Iron Works, Bedford's successful exemplar of a modern iron foundry, and important as a factor in the town's growth, while Will, the ablest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851550754
• ISBN13: 9780851550756
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Bedfordshire Historical Record Society
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"