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Vicarage / Old Parsonage, Hinxton

History of Hinxton Vicarage

1881

Charles J Forster, 44, clergyman, b Kent

Lucy, 40, b Italy

Arthur E J, 14, b Hinxton

Ethel L C, 12, b Hinxton

Mabel E G, 10, b Hinxton

Charles H, 8, b Hinxton

Henry L V, 6, b Hinxton

Maud W A, 2, b Hinxton

Eugene G H Mainwaring, visitor, 39, civil engineer, b Staffs.

Irine C Calliphronas, visitor, 7, b Kent

Dora Calliphronas, visitor, 5, b Norfolk

Eliza Catchpole, 20,  b Norfolk

Florence J Warren, 18, b Essex

Harriet Grapes, 27, b Norfolk

Agnes M Reider, 15, servant, b Great Chesterford

1891

Charles Forster, 53, vicar of Hinxton, b Kent

Lucy, 50, b Italy

Ethel, 22, b Hinxton

Charles, 18, b Hinxton

Maud, 12, b Hinxton

Horatio Manwaring, 42, deputy conservator of Indian Forests [??}, b Staffs

Mary Ann Whitehead, 29, cook, b Longstanton

Sarah Ann Clarke, 22, parlour maid, b Isleham

Charlotte Rust, 15, housemaid, b Kent

1901

Richard L Twells, 45, priest Church of England, b London

Mary, 39, b Dublin

Beatrice, 17, b Antigua

Adelaide, 13, b Bucks

Isabella, 10, b Whaddon

Francis, 10, b Whaddon

Eileen, 3, b Hinxton

Margaret Reynolds, cook, 20, b Ickleton

Mary Balls, 19, maid, b Lincs.

1939 Hinxton Vicarage

Margaret M Jones, b 1917,

Warren Melvill Jones, b 1920,

Lilian Wheeler, b 1919, evacuated helper,

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This was the home of Sir Bennett and Lady Melvill Jones.

1941

Warren Melville Jones served as a pilot officer in the RAF Volunteer reserve. He was killed aged 20 on 6th August 1941 and is buried in Germany.

Sir Bennet Melvill Jones was a professor of Aerodynamics who was well known for sunbathing in a local field in the nude. His wife lived to a great age on a diet of squirrels and hedgehogs. Her pet geese would roam freely around the drawing room.

 

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