The Diary of a Bedfordshire Squire

(John Thomas Brooks of Flitwick 1794-1858)

• Author(s): John Thomas Brooks,
• Publisher: Bedfordshire Historical Record Society
• Pages: 246
• ISBN_10: 0851550487
  ISBN_13: 9780851550480
  
• Language: en

Description:... John Thomas Brooks led the life of a country squire, managing his estates, raising a family, serving the county as High Sheriff and on the Ampthill Board of Guardians and socialising with his peer group in the county. These activities are all recorded in his diary together with his particular passion - gardening.