This article explores how the Castleman/Anglesey archive forms a micro-study of an estate and its associated rural community at work. It will survey the type of data which can be found within the land agent’s estate vouchers and diurnal correspondence and why they are important. It will begin by examining the concepts and ideology of the rural community and seek to explain why it is so hard to define. The article will then investigate how a micro-study can assist in understanding the ways in which estates reacted to periods of economic difficulties. This will include: why landowners left rent arrears to accrue, the types of petition which the local populace presented, the reasoning behind improving landscapes and the ways an estate contributed to the relief of the labouring poor. The Castleman archive reveals the multi-layered, complex nature of the rural community and the diverse role of the land agent in balancing the relationships which existed within it. In effect it acts as an historical prism.

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土地代理人眼中的农村：微观世界中的社区 1812 – 1844

本文探讨了 Castleman/Anglesey 档案如何形成对庄园及其相关农村社区的微观研究。它将调查可在土地代理的房地产凭证和每日通信中找到的数据类型以及它们为何重要。它将首先检查农村社区的概念和意识形态，并试图解释为什么它如此难以定义。然后，本文将调查微观研究如何帮助理解庄园对经济困难时期的反应方式。这将包括：为什么土地所有者会拖欠租金，当地民众提出的请愿类型，改善景观背后的原因以及庄园为救济劳动穷人的方式做出的贡献。Castleman 档案揭示了多层、农村社区的复杂性质以及土地代理人在平衡其内部关系方面的不同作用。实际上，它充当了一个历史棱镜。