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Title: Holly Hill
Post by: Carol gent on Friday 13 October 17 15:36 BST (UK)
Hello you clever people!
I am going round in circles,trying to find info on Holly Hill Farm,Boughton,or Blean as sometimes known.I have John and Mary Downs living there on the 1911 census. I would like to know if it was being farmed then, and any names of people living there since and any general knowledge.
Many thanks.
Carol.
Title: Re: Holly Hill
Post by: medpat on Friday 13 October 17 15:56 BST (UK)

Holly Hill House, Dawes Rd, Denstroude,

Put that into your search engine and that might be your answer, it's in the correct area. Link is too long to put on here, sorry.
Title: Re: Holly Hill
Post by: medpat on Friday 13 October 17 16:02 BST (UK)
The map shows Holly Hill Rd very close to it. Looks like the right place. The road goes into Blean Wood. From the satellite view maybe some farm buildings there.   ;D
Title: Re: Holly Hill
Post by: Carol gent on Friday 13 October 17 16:13 BST (UK)
Hello medpat
Thanks for prompt reply! But I would like to confirm the Downs family living there on the 1911census and any body else and info. I know what it is like now.
Thank you
Carol.
Title: Re: Holly Hill
Post by: groom on Friday 13 October 17 16:48 BST (UK)
Quote from: Carol gent on Friday 13 October 17 16:13 BST (UK)
Hello medpat
Thanks for prompt reply! But I would like to confirm the Downs family living there on the 1911census and any body else and info. I know what it is like now.
Thank you
Carol.

We can't give information from the 1911, but you can see for yourself who was living there in 1911 on Familysearch

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW69-65B
Title: Re: Holly Hill
Post by: Carol gent on Friday 13 October 17 17:43 BST (UK)
Hi Groom.
Thankyou, I didn't realise 1911was "secret squirrel "
Carol.
Title: Re: Holly Hill
Post by: Carol gent on Friday 13 October 17 17:46 BST (UK)
Ps
Groom, is it possible to find out who lived there without any names?
Thanks.
Title: Re: Holly Hill
Post by: groom on Friday 13 October 17 18:17 BST (UK)
When are you actually looking for? If it's 1911 that link I gave you will tell you who is there - John and Mary, a nephew and a grandson.
Title: Re: Holly Hill
Post by: Carol gent on Friday 13 October 17 20:28 BST (UK)
I am looking for names of people who have lived there,and if it has always been farmed. I stumbled across Mary and John Downs,so am using them as a starting point.
Thanks.
Carol.
Title: Re: Holly Hill
Post by: Top-of-the-hill on Friday 13 October 17 23:14 BST (UK)
   William Charles Hicks, Holly Hill Farm, Blean, was involved in a dangerous driving case as a witness in September 1939.
Title: Re: Holly Hill
Post by: Carol gent on Saturday 14 October 17 09:20 BST (UK)
Top of  the hill.
Thankyou very much!, that's the info I'm after. I don't think the driving has improved much round there. Where do you all find these gems of history knowledge?
Thanks Carol.
Title: Re: Holly Hill
Post by: groom on Saturday 14 October 17 09:31 BST (UK)
Quote from: Top-of-the-hill on Friday 13 October 17 23:14 BST (UK)
   William Charles Hicks, Holly Hill Farm, Blean, was involved in a dangerous driving case as a witness in September 1939.

Given the date he should be in the 1939 register, but at the moment I can’t find him!
Title: Re: Holly Hill
Post by: Carol gent on Saturday 14 October 17 10:37 BST (UK)
Thanks for info groom, I'm grateful for anything.
Title: Re: Holly Hill
Post by: Top-of-the-hill on Saturday 14 October 17 11:22 BST (UK)
  It was a report in the local paper. (Findmypast)