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Photograph of popular head Mrs Coleman & pupils of Hook School, 1958/9. Interviewed by Lord Bolingbroke for the job, she was at the school for 20 years. Search Hook School.

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Photograph of Creeches Farm, Hook, late 19th Century

Photograph of Creeches Farm, Hook,  late 19th Century
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Creeches Farm became part of the Lydiard estate when it was bought by Lady Bolingbroke in 1906. It had previously belonged to the Meux estate and was home to the Phillimore family. Their descendent Own Hale held the tenancy at the time of the sale, farming twenty acres of land for which he paid £40 p.a. - this included sporting rights on an adjoining piece of land. Members of the Hale family can be seen in the photograph.

See Items of Interest: Creeches Farm Hook and some of its inhabitants, by Olga Fry (Report no. 36)

Year:
1880-1900
Type:
Photograph
Location:
Lydiard House
Reference:
LYD 1994 -
Copyright:
Lydiard House
Last updated on:
Monday 11th July 2022

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Creeches Farm, Hook, and some of its inhabitants, by Olga M.I. Fry
Creeches Farm, Hook, and some of its inhabitants, by Olga M.I. Fry

Olga Fry traces the history of Creeches Farm from...

Grave of Martha Hale, Radnor St. Cemetery, Swindon 1890
Grave of Martha Hale, Radnor St. Cemetery, Swindon 1890

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