Queens Road Felixstowe

[CarolA3]

Hi Mike

Had a look this evening but no luck I'm afraid.  There's a fanlight above each front door with a scroll design where you'd expect to see the house name - unhelpfully, they're all plain white

I can only suggest you Streetview the address Andrew gave earlier and 'walk' that block to get the feel of the area.

If you ever find Neuheim, please let us know - I'm intrigued now!

All the best,
Carol
 

[essexpoet]

Hi Carol,

Thanks for your efforts. I will certainly post if and when I find an answer.

10 years earlier Elisabeth ran a similar establishment in Woodbridge (I have found a photo of this house on the web).

I have been trying to guess how the Felixstowe House got its name. There was a foreign language teacher in residence so perhaps the name gave it a continental touch to encourage language students.  Elisabeth's mother's maiden name was Newman - so there is another slant.

I know that during WW1 a lot of German sounding names were changed - so perhaps this lead to the house name disappearing. I did look for any possible meanings and found it was a name of a canton in Switzerland!

The search goes on.

Kind regards
Mike

[a j bayram]

There may have been a considerable number of German" linked names in Fx. 

In the run up to WW1, following the German Empress and her children's visit to Fx. in 1891, the resort became "the place" to be seen.

Regards... Andrew.

[CarolA3]

I know that during WW1 a lot of German sounding names were changed - so perhaps this lead to the house name disappearing.

Agreed, but all the houses in that row, on both sides of the road, have the same white scroll.  The other names included 'Harbourne' and 'Fernleigh' - thoroughly British! - so it's not an anti-German thing.  Possibly in WW1 or WW2 streets and houses had their names concealed to confuse invading forces

Another source of info would be the Felixstowe Society (local history and conservation).  I know them by reputation only, but their annual dinner is on 16 April at the Brook Hotel - which is towards the south end of Queen's Road, right next to the houses in question!

Best of luck,
Carol

[CarolA3]

.......... and while I was typing that, my brilliant husband was quietly looking at Cowell's Directory of Walton & Felixstowe 1909 - and he found Neuheim

It's still there, on the south-west corner of Queen's Road and Orwell Road, opposite the Brook Hotel.

All the best,
Carol

[essexpoet]

Carol & Andrew,

Thanks for your input. I am learning lots !

I have emailed the local History Society  - fingers crossed

Kind regards

Mike

[essexpoet]

Well done Carol,

You (or your brilliant husband) seem to have cracked it !

The next sunny week-end I will have a look.

Thanks again
Mike

[Suffolk Mawther]

Ooooh, next time I pop over I too shall be having a little look at this house!

Brilliant detective work everyone 

Pat ...

[KipperLicker]

According to Cowells 1909 it reads as Follows'Queens road from Wolsley Gardens to Crescent road left hand side.''Cawthorne'' John Frederick B.A. St felix College prepatory School for boys.''Fernliegh'',then 'Brachen Villa'.''Harbourn'','Valleta' then ,'Neuheim'. E Jutson.
It then states 'here is Orwell road' so reading it like that it must be the last house on the corner.
Some help at least I hope.