Brampton Park: RAF & 8th USAAF HQ

Brampton Park

History of Brampton Park

The greater part of the building was destroyed by fire in 1907. The photo above shows the Gothic rebuild by Thomas Stedman Whitwell in the 1820s. From 1806 to 1810 John Nash was employed by Lady Olivia Sparrow to make changes to the house.

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1861

Lady Olivia Bernard Sparrow, 86, daughter of an earl,

The Earl of Tankerville, 51, visitor, peer of the realm, b London

The Countess of Tankerville, 28, granddaughter, peeress, b London

Lord Ossulton, 10, visitor and great grandchild, b London

Hon George M Bennet, 9, visitor and great grandchild, b London

Hon. Frederick A K Bennett, 7, visitor and great grandchild, b London

Lady Coriande O Bennett, visitor and great grandchild, b London

Lady Ida Louise Bennett, 3, visitor and great grandchild, b London

Henry John Kerr Park, 62, agent, steward of manor, b Ireland

James Bowyers, 50, servant, butler, b Lincs

William Evans, 29, servant, cook, b Worcs

John McKenzie, 33, gardener, b Scotland

Robert Payne, 41, footman, b Brampton

John Wormsley, 19, under butler, b Brampton

Joseph Smart, 41, coachman, b Brampton

Thomas Cooper, 16, groom, b Brampton

William Cooper, 14, page, b Brampton

James H Gamble, 11, page, b Brampton

May Pope, 37, housekeeper, b Suffolk

Maria Shepherd, 26, lady’s maid, b Wilts

Jane H Mitchell, 48, missionary, female visitor of the sick,  b Ireland

Sophia Parkinson, 51, laundress, b London

Julia Martin, 20, 2nd laundress, b Papworth

Elizabeth Jane Wainwright, 33, upper housemaid, b London

Emma Everest, 21, second housemaid, b Kent

Mary Ann Benton, 19, third housemaid, b Graveley

Tamar Scott, 23, ?broom maid, b Yorks

Sarah Hard, 23, dairy maid, b Erith

Catherine McDonnell, 25, kitchen maid, b Ireland

Ellen Bedford, 22, scullery maid, b Somersham

Sarah Ann Thornton, 28, organist, b Loindon

Annette Perrott, 15, Lord Tankerville’s servant ladies maid, b Switzerland

Mary Summerton, 35, Lord Tankerville’s servant nurse, b Oxford

Charlotte Mickie, 17, Lord Tankerville’s servant nurse maid, b Scotland

Edward Davis, 30, Lord Tankerville’s servant footman, b Shropshire

George Winfield, 50, Lord Tankerville’s servant coachman, b Surrey

Alexander Prentice, 23, Lord Tankerville’s servant groom, b Scotland

George Wilson, 23, Lord Tankerville’s servant groom, b Essex

George Hawkes, 14, Lord Tankerville’s servant groom, b Brampton

Albine J Rownine, 27, Lord Tankerville’s servant governess, b France

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In the First World War the site was used to house German prisoners of war.

At the beginning of World War Two the site was used to shelter babies and children from London.

In 1942 the US Army Air Force First Bomb Wing took over the site.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Brampton