You might upon first glance think that today’s episode of The White House history is about to reveal another fearful epidemic striking the heart of Cheam…but be not afeared! We’re just laying some specialist sporting terminology on you (and no, we didn’t know what it meant either until Clive kindly enlightened us in this week’s…
As we come to the end of 2020, we also reach the end of Clive’s wonderful house history series about the life of, and lives behind Benfleet Hall in Sutton. This epic piece of work has revealed some amazing stories of life in the borough and has also reinforced to us just how interwoven the…
Today’s blog sees the penultimate episode in Clive’s fascinating study of Benfleet Hall in Sutton’s Benhill Wood Road; a grand house, with multiple influential owners and inhabitants, the grounds of which once occupied the whole area bounded by Benhill Wood Road, Oakhill Road and Benhill Road/All Saints Road. Join us today, as Clive explores Benfleets…
In today’s episode of our Benfleet Hall house history series, we follow the lives of the six children of Richard Haswell Holman (Episode 6) who survived childhood. If you haven’t managed to keep up with the story so far, you can catch up here. With thanks to Clive for his ongoing research… Before the outbreak…
Today’s blog sees Benfleet Hall welcome the Holman family, and with them, the drama of fire, burglary….and a pet bear by the name of Bruin! With thanks again to Clive Orton for his research: A Bear EpisodeAfter William Appleton died in 1898, Benfleet Hall seems to have been empty until the arrival of the Holman…
In the last episode of our house history series, volunteer Clive introduced us to the short tenure of Rev. Francis Grosvenor at Benhill House, and his fascinating connection to Epsom Workhouse. In today’s blog, we see the first mention of the property as Benfleet Hall, and the origins of this new name. Changing property names…
Today’s blog continues our house history series by volunteer Clive, focused on Benfleet Hall in Sutton. Today Clive picks up the trail of occupants following the departure of the Brander family, and his story reveals a fascinating connection to the Epsom Workhouse, whose potted history Clive includes here as a fascinating glimpse into the social…
Today’s post is the last of this house history series by our valued volunteer Clive. Join us as he looks at the final years of the house’s history, and reflects on his research journey. The Story of The Hilton After six previous episodes, we are now nearing the end of the story of The Hilton,…
If you caught the first episode of the new and wonderful BBC series A House Through Time earlier this week, you may be considering the life of your own home, and thinking about how to go about tracing this back. Indeed, Clive, the author of our own ‘House Through the Ages’ story, serialised here over recent…
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