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chasbaz
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Hi,
I have a fair amount of information about this house and manor, but wonder if anyone can add any snippets of information they may have. I have visited the Surrey Archives, and even talked in the past to a local history expert, Mr S.E.D. Fortescue. However, what I'm looking for is any family connections with the estate, especially in the period 1800-1830, but later would be of interest. Does anyone remember the house, which was demolished in the 50's to make way for a school and housing? Just hope that someone may have something to contribute.
I guess I should give some ideas of the information I do have:
It used to be the seat of the Howard family [lords of Effingham]. James Lawrell bought it from them and refaced it, selling it to my gggggfr in 1809.
The Barclay family bought it in 1833. At that time it was also home to the local fox hunt. In the 30's it was owned by the Keswick family. In later years it became a boys school and was known as Southey Hall. It eventually became very run down, and the death knell was when Canadian troops were billeted there during WWII - apparently they used the banisters and other fittings for fuel!
Many thanks,
Charles
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Bazalgette, but mainly not FH information.
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AST
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Hello.
Interestingly, I was a pupil at Southey Hall School, between about 1951 and 1954, just before it closed. We knew that the Canadians had been there during the war, and we used to play in the sand from the buried sandbags they left behind.
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AST
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As I was about 8 when I started at the school, things like bannisters didn't really register I afraid. The place just looked like an old country house, and I didn't take much notice of the surroundings, although in general they were probably very pleasant, and I enjoyed my time there.
Obviously I have a few memories, such as having a music recital (78rpm) when in bed on sunday evening (always including land of hope and glory), the names of a few of the masters, disgusting cocoa and so on.
When the school closed, a number of pupils (including me) were moved to another school near Newbury. It was only later I learned that the alleged reason for closure was that the headmaster had been interfering with one or more of the boys.
No doubt my parents thought the place was in a reasonable state of repair, as they paid for me to go there. I will ask them if they have any other information when I see them later this month.
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Southey Hall
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Hello,
My name is Ali and I work at Eastwick Junior School in Bookham where I look after the I.T. side of things and run the Library.
Part of my work involves looking after the school website and I am keen to add a 'History' section.
You will see from the link at the bottom of this page that I have made a start but the more I research the more I find!
It looks like I am going to be doing an entire section on Southey Hall and I hope to be able to get some recollections from past pupils at some point in the future.
I have been sent a collection of postcards of Southey Hall that date from the late 30's so there will be no shortage of photographic material.
One thing I would really like is a contact for Mr Fortescue as I have a few of his books on Bookham and I need his permission to use the photographs from them. He also has, so I am led to believe, a photograph of a young woman who worked at Eastwick Park as a maid to Mr Keswick.
That was, of course, in the pre-Southey Hall days.
Best Regards
Ali
http://www.eastwick-jun.surrey.sch.uk/
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chasbaz
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Hi Ali,
Your site looks pretty good so far. Thanks for your posting. I'll be interested in what you find out.
I can tell you what I have, to avoid duplication of effort:
1. I have some pictures copied from Mr Fortescue's collection, so permission will be required to publish them, but if you contact him he will no doubt show them to you. When I last visited him he lived in Fetcham, so I expect he is in the phone book.
2. The Surrey History Centre at Woking has some stuff including a bill of sale dated 1830 describing the house, and a watercolour by Hassell of the house - if you can make a good colour photo of this I would be interested.
3. I have the Barclay papers on microfilm, and will be making copies of these shortly so there may be something to interest you there.
Regards,
Charles
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Southey Hall
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Hello again.
My website work has been more involved than I could have imagined and I have been busy putting together information concerning Eastwick Park, Southey Hall and the current school.
I'll post a note here when it is up and running.
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The 'History' section of the Eastwick Junior School website has been completed and this includes a section on Southey Hall.
www.eastwick-jun.surrey.sch.uk
Mr A. Kelman
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