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Croxton park showing village and garden remains (RCHM)

Croxton Park

History of Croxton Park

Listed Building

Country house, rebuilt c.1760, dated rainwater heads, for Edward Leeds (d.1803) possibly including part of C16 house. (Historic England)

The Croxton estate was purchased by Dr Edward Leeds in 1571 at which time he created formal gardens and a c 25ha deer park immediately to the north of the hall .

Croxton Park house, front of house (RCHM)

Croxton park, house and park from south (RCHM)

1911

George Douglas Cochrane Newton, head, 31, private means, b London

Muriel Mary Georgina, wife, 23, b London

Myra Alice, 4 1/2, daughter, b London

Annie Constance de Gruyther, nurse, 43, b London

Eugene La Joinie, 40, ladies maid, b Limerick, French

Margaret Reid, 32, head housemaid, b Scotland

Emmeline Manning, 21, 2nd housemaid, b Hunts

Helen Mary Newman, 20, 3rd housemaid, b Norfolk

Annie Blacker, 29, cook, b Somerset

Mary Vallance Siders, 21, kitchenmaid, b Kent

Hilda Maud Pratton, 17, scullery maid, b Somerset

Mary Anne Mackenzie Fraser, laundry maid, b Scotland

Harry Chapman, 25, 1st footman, b Lincs

Rupert John Ware, 2nd footman, b Suffolk

Sir Douglas Newton and the Cambridge Conservatives of the 1920s

1939

The Lady Eltisley, Lady Huntingfield, b 1887, married woman

Sir Gifford Fox, b 1903, member of parliament

The Hon Lady Myra A Fox, b 1906, married woman

The Lord Huntingfield, b 1883, peer of the realm

Dorothy Bowie, b 1892, private secretary

Florence Andrews, b 1895, ladys maid

Marianne Eugenie La Joinie, b 1867, retired ladies maid

Kate Seeley, b 1882, cook

Gavin McGovern, b 1869, footman

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Lilian S Taylor, b 1906, housemaid

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Sheila Carter, b 1920, housemaid

Alice Belfield, b 1897, ladys maid

 

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