Resources

This page documents material stored internally on this website, and which can be download by clicking on the relevant link. Where possible, I have stored it in MS Word format (rather than as a PDF) so that it is immediately usable (copy/paste) by others.

Material Related To William Blacker of Gosford
  • Blacker’s Copy-out Workbooks
    These have been partially digitised (with some additional contextual commentary) by PRONI. Although the text can be downloaded freely, it is in raw text form, consisting of thousands of individual lines of text. I have formatted the material and split it into individual letters.
  • Markethill Farming Society Dinner, 1842
    The lengthy report in the Armagh Guardian gives great insight into Blacker’s revolutionary (for Ireland!) farming methods, and how quickly successful they have been on the Gosford Estate.
  • Retirement Address (1848)
    Report on, and text of, the public address to Blacker on the occasion of his retirement from the role of land agent for the Gosford Estate

Some of Blacker’s Publications. Scanned (but not digitised) by Google, and downloaded from Google Books.