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gazania
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I have recently been given a photo of very ornate wooden box made from inlaid timber. On top of the box is a model of a hexagonal building. A note left by the last owner indicates that the model could be that of either a house or a chapel in Ampthill or Aspley Guise and the the box dates from the 1850s and has been in my family all that time. The family lived in these places as well as on the Woburn Abbey estate. I would appreciate any information from anyone with local knowledge about the whereabouts of a likely building. Thank you. Gazania.
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ALDERMAN, Bucks
CARLING, Bedfordshire
CUNDITH,CUNDILL, Yorkshire
FOX, Essex
LANE, Clifton, Bristol
VOLLER, Surrey
WAREHAM, Esher, Surrey
WINCH, Surrey
ARMSTRONG, Hawick ROX, Canonbie, Hutton & Corrie, Wamphray, DFS
LAWSON, Canonbie, DFS
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tazzie
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Hi
I am racking my brains thinking about this one.There are a couple
of strange shaped buildings around the Abbey grounds. One I know well is just out of the park gates on the way to Steppingley and the turn to Ridgemont. Always swore a witch lived there and would duck in the car every time we drove past. I will have a good scout about for you and see what comes up. Some of the gate houses tend to be funny shapes so could be one of them. Bare with me and I will get the books out.
Tazzie
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Liscoe -all Green/Simpson/Underwood-Beds Walker/Foulkes/Fookes/Fooks/Hedges/Lamborne-Bucks. Stanton/Pattrick/Cooper/Fitzjohn/Holland/Spalding-London Rewallin/Underwood -Devon Casbolt-London/Cambridge Favell/Favel - Lincs-Beds This information is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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behindthefrogs
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Bare with me and I will get the books out.
Tazzie
You won't get a better offer today!!
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Living in Berkshire. From Northampton & Milton Keynes DETAILS OF THE FOLLOWING NAMES ARE IN SURNAME INTERESTS, LINK AT FOOT OF PAGE Wilson, Higgs, Buswell, PARCELL, Matthews, TAMKIN, Seckington, Pates, Coupland, Webb, Arthur, MAYNARD, Caves, Norman, Winch, Culverhouse, Drakeley. Johnson, Routledge, SHIRT, SAICH, Mills, SAUNDERS, EDLIN, Perry, Vickers, Pakeman, Griffiths, Marston, Turner, Child, Sheen, Gray, Woolhouse Census Info is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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gazania
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Thank you Tazzie and a ;)bareBehind thefrogs.
Some more bare facts: the model is two stories with two sets of windows on each floor of each side apart from the main entrance where there is a double door entrance. The model appears to imitate stone or plastered brick with the usual vertical bricks fanning out above each window. However, above the door, the vertical bricks are positioned in more of a curve.
The owner's notes about the box say it was made by the friend or fiance (unreadable word) of the owner's mother's great aunt, married name unknown but a member of the Carling family.
My ancestor, John Carling, was a butler at Woburn Abbey from at least 1799 until he retired in the 1830s. As he had a large family, the Abbey archivist has suggested he would have lived in an estate house rather than in the Abbey. On retirement, he bought a house called the 'Shrubbery" in Aspley Guise, which he turned into the Swan Inn. In the 1850s the house was bought by the owners of Aspley House and it was turned into the Dower House. Only parts of the kitchen and stables now date from this time.
I can  barely contain myself about what you may find. Thanks so much, Gazania
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ALDERMAN, Bucks
CARLING, Bedfordshire
CUNDITH,CUNDILL, Yorkshire
FOX, Essex
LANE, Clifton, Bristol
VOLLER, Surrey
WAREHAM, Esher, Surrey
WINCH, Surrey
ARMSTRONG, Hawick ROX, Canonbie, Hutton & Corrie, Wamphray, DFS
LAWSON, Canonbie, DFS
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tazzie
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Hi Gazania,
Well it will narrow the search a bit as I am sure all the gate houses are only single storey. Even witches house as well with a very low sweeping roof. It would not be the ice house because of the windows.
Ok off to do some digging.
Tazzie
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gazania
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I have been Googling but the only thing I have come up with so far is the renovation plans for the Bedford Art Gallery and Museum which talks about a including an existing hexagon building. Thanks again, Gazania.
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ALDERMAN, Bucks
CARLING, Bedfordshire
CUNDITH,CUNDILL, Yorkshire
FOX, Essex
LANE, Clifton, Bristol
VOLLER, Surrey
WAREHAM, Esher, Surrey
WINCH, Surrey
ARMSTRONG, Hawick ROX, Canonbie, Hutton & Corrie, Wamphray, DFS
LAWSON, Canonbie, DFS
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tazzie
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Hi ....still looking for this one. I am trying to get a response from the local history group in Woburn Sands but my e-mail has come back twice . So will try to get phone details.
Tazzie
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gazania
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Thank you for your persistence. Gazania
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ALDERMAN, Bucks
CARLING, Bedfordshire
CUNDITH,CUNDILL, Yorkshire
FOX, Essex
LANE, Clifton, Bristol
VOLLER, Surrey
WAREHAM, Esher, Surrey
WINCH, Surrey
ARMSTRONG, Hawick ROX, Canonbie, Hutton & Corrie, Wamphray, DFS
LAWSON, Canonbie, DFS
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gazania
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Thank you again for your efforts. I have had no replies to my enquiries either. Perhaps the whole thing is the figment of the craftman's imagination.
I am pleased the kids had a nice day out though. Please give them a virtual ice cream from Granny to 5. Gazania
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ALDERMAN, Bucks
CARLING, Bedfordshire
CUNDITH,CUNDILL, Yorkshire
FOX, Essex
LANE, Clifton, Bristol
VOLLER, Surrey
WAREHAM, Esher, Surrey
WINCH, Surrey
ARMSTRONG, Hawick ROX, Canonbie, Hutton & Corrie, Wamphray, DFS
LAWSON, Canonbie, DFS
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gazania
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Dear Tazzie,
Thank you so much for your efforts. I have had no success either. I have concluded like you have that if such a building existed it must have been demolished by now. Enjoy yourself and the kids. Bye, Gazania
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ALDERMAN, Bucks
CARLING, Bedfordshire
CUNDITH,CUNDILL, Yorkshire
FOX, Essex
LANE, Clifton, Bristol
VOLLER, Surrey
WAREHAM, Esher, Surrey
WINCH, Surrey
ARMSTRONG, Hawick ROX, Canonbie, Hutton & Corrie, Wamphray, DFS
LAWSON, Canonbie, DFS
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