Eltham House School, Eltham in South East London .

[Bellou]

I have an interesting  1913 post card showing pupils (boys) and teachers at 'Eltham House School , Mottingham' .  I live locally in Eltham but do not know where this school was . Any ideas? The post card has been sent from from someone at the school (Teacher/Headteacher?) to T K Batterbury, Burnaby House , Bedford

Many thanks

bellou 

[rosie99]

This could be T K Batterbury.

Birth Sep qtr 1889   Batterbury    Thomas Kenneth E       
Lewisham    1d   1084    

 
Death March qtr 1959   
BATTERBURY    Thomas K E   age  69   
Ploughley    6b   1310


Burnaby House is one of the 'houses' at Bedford School, Bedford

[rosie99]

I think that you need to look for this person on the 1901 census
Ignore me he was living at Park House, Court Road, Eltham

[Bellou]

Thank you. That is very interesting . Court Road in Eltham is not far from Mottingham. It seems he must have moved to Bedford for the school . Two teachers writing to each other about their schools. Will research some more.

bellou 

[Judith Longbottom]

Thomas K Batterbury attended Eltham College at a young age, but I am fairly sure his parents could not afford the fees so he left. Not sure about the link to Bedford. He was one of my ancestors and I heard mention of him (Thomas Batterbury was an architect of some repute d 1922 I think) . My grandfather was Basil Batterbury, d. in the 1990s in Sidcup. Many Batterburys stayed around South East London, although there was a larger number in the West Country, many buried in Bathford cemetery.

[Bellou]

Thank you. That is very interesting 

bellou