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The Old Rectory, Fowlmere
History of the Old Rectory
Listed Building
Rectory now a house. 1853-4, by H.E. Kendall (1805-85). Italianate style.
The old rectory had dated from the 16th century and had a medieval aisled hall.
Additional notes taken from Remembered in Stained Glass by Iverna Moss
1814
Rev William Metcalfe arrived in Fowlmere aged c.30 and moved into rectory with new bride Susannah née Golborne. he was son of Rev William Metcalfe, canon of Ely Cathedral and JP for Isle of Ely.
1815
Anna Maria Metcalfe born
1816
William Metcalfe senior instrumental in suppression of the Littleport riots. William Metcalfe junior was Overseer of the Poor Law for Fowlmere. He was then appointed JP for the county of Cambridgeshire.
1830
Farm labourers went on strike for two days for higher wages. The strikers assembled in open space next to the Swan armed with sticks and shovels. Ringleaders arrest and taken to Cambridge but there were no excutions.
1833
Rev Metcalfe officiated at wedding of Charles Sherwood and Mary Perry at St Mary. Charles Sherwood was charged two weeks later with assault on Shadrach Hopwood, 13. Charles was 21. He was convicted by Henry Hawkin and William Metcalfe at a court held in the Rose Public House, Melbourn. Charles was fine 6d and 9s6d costs.
1841 Rectory House
Rev William Metcalfe, 55, rector
Susan, 55,
Anna Maria, 25,
Elizabeth, 23,
Emily Jane, 20,
Frederick, 16,
Robert, 15,
Henrietta, 13,
William Jenkins, 15, pupil
Osborne Jenkins, 14, pupil
Thomas More, 15, pupil,
Edmund Cantly, 13, pupil
William Cantly, 11, pupil
Sarah Browsley, 15, servant,
Ann Kitson, 20, servant,
Louisa Matlock, 30, servant
Elisa Elbourn, 20 servant,
Anna Maria Metcalfe married Rev Jonathan Blackburne, widower and vicar of Duxford in 1841. She died the following year. Her infant son died the following year and both are buried at St Mary’s.
Elizabeth Metcalfe was living at Little Shelford rectory in 1851 with her brother Frederick, curate there.
Emily Jame Metcalfe married Alexandr Chisholm in 1844 but he died a year later. In 1851 she was also living in Little Shelford as a widow with a four year old daughter.
Frederick Metcalfe had studied at Corpus Christi Cambridge and been a curate in Lancashire before taking up the post of curate of Little Shelford in 1850 where he stayed for 8 years.
1850
William Metcalfe died 22nd June and was interred in St Mary’s chancel. His wife died in 1858 and was also interred at St Mary’s. In 1860 a memorial window was dedicated by the children at the hurch. See:
Rev Arthur Savile arrived and decided to demolish rectory and rebuild.
1851 (no address given)
Arthur Savile, 31, unmarried, rector of Fowlmere, b Yorks
Sara Wilson, 46, housekeeper, b Yorks
Sarah Metcalf, 19, b Yorks
John Beeby, 25, groom, b Warwicks
1852
Lucy Georgina married Arthur Savill and moved into the Rectory. She was the youngest of three daughter of Richard griffin, 3rd baron Braybrooke and lady Jane Cornwallis. Richard Neville legally changed his name to Richard Griffin when he inherited the title from his father in 1825 and at the same time moved the chief family seat from Billingbear Park, nr Wokingham to Audley End which had been left to his father in 1798 by Lord Howard de Walden.
1861
Arthur Savill, 41, rector of Fowlmere, b Yorks
Lucy Georgina, 32, b Essex
Elizabeth Jane, 7, b Fowlmere
Mirabell Ann, 6, b Fowlmere
Alethea Maud, 5, b Fowlmere
Georgina Lucy, 1, b Fowlmere
Vera Phillipa, 3 mos, b Fowlmere
Sarah Jones, 43, nurse, b London
Emma Ward, 24, cook, b Fowlmere
Ann Shelton, 22, parlour maid, b Beds
Ann Smith, 24, nursemaid, b Wimpole
Clarissa Benton, 22, housemaid, b Wilts
Emma Smith, 14, nursemaid, b Wimpole
Arthur Savile died in 1870. His widow, still only 41, with 10 children, moved to the village of Heydon where her brother Latimer Neville (Master of Magdalene) was the Rector. Lucy herself lived at Heydon House.
1871
Henry Martyn Lower, 50, rector of Fowlmere, b Hants
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