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William Hurrell was a wealthy landowner in Newton. He started an evening class in the Old Vicarage coach house for men in the village. This provided instruction in reading, writing and arithmetic but later expanded to include metalwork.
William’s son Harold was educated at Eton and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. In 1890 he attended an Arts and Crafts School in London. This was probably the Guild and School of Handicraft set up by Charles Robert Ashbee in 1888. A lady named Ann Eliza Nash also trained as a metalworker and was to come and teach in Newton.
1841:
William Hurrell, 70, farmer
Elizabeth, 65
Eliza, 25,
William, 25,
Henry, 25,
Charlotte Hardwick, 35, servant
Sarah Seeby, 20, servant
James Fuller, 15, servant
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1851:
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1861 census: Rectory Farm
William Hurrell, 47, landed proprietor, 600 acres employer 34 men 9 boys, b Newton
Charlotte Jane, 34, b Suffolk
William Phillip, 1, b Newton
Sarah Suckling, 31, servant, b Suffolk
Sarah Knights, 41, servant, b Swavesey
Elizabeth Austen, 41, nurse, b Newton
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1871: Manor House
William Hurrell, owner of 886 acres occupier of 217 – 25 men and 7 boys
Charlotte Jane
Harold William, 7, b Newton
William Park, 44, coachman, b Southoe
Sarah Suckling, 41, servant, b Suffolk
Sarah Knights, 51, servant, b Swavesey
Mary Ann Stubblefield, 24, servant, b Newton
Ellen Bateson, 27, servant, b Fowlmere
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1881: Top Farm
William Hurrell, 68, farmer and landowner 910 acres employing 40 men
Charlotte Jane
William Phillip, 21, college student
William, 23, coachman, b Fulbourn
Sarah Knights, 62, cook, b Swavesey
Susan Bevan, 39, parlour maid, b Cambridge
Henrettia [sic] Lambert, 16, housemaid, b Hauxton
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1891: Manor House
William Hurrell, 76, land owner and farmer
Charlotte
Harold W, 26, land owner and farmer, b Newton
Emma Mayle, 29, parlourmaid, b Trumpington
Eliza Yard, cook, 28, b Gt Chesterford
John J Hockliffe, 19, coachman, b Oakington
Ellen Yule, 14, kitchenmaid, b Connington
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1901: Manor House
William Hurrell, 87, farmer, b Newton
Harold W, 37, farmer, b Newton
Mary Wilson, 30, cook, b Girton
Bertha L Tadler, 17, domestic helper, b Coton
Ernest Gray, 19, coachman, b Hinxton
In 1901 William P Hurrell is living in Dallington St James, Northants.
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1911:
Harold William Hurrell, 47, farmer
Mary Ann Wilson, 40, cook housekeeper, b Girton
Ethel Maud Frost, 22, parlourmaid, b London
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1926:
Death of Harold W Hurrell
Cambridge Daily News 21.9.1922:
“Deep regret will be felt of the news of the death of Councillor H W Hurrell of Newton Manor. A staunch Conservative, he took a prominent interest in public affairs and was chairman of the County Education Committee since 1922.
“He will always be remembered for the Newton School of Metalwork where boys produce beautiful works of art in copper, brass, silver and pewter which are sent all over the country as well as to America and India. ‘It is one of the finest things the village ever had,’ said a resident.”
More information:
https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/forging-a-history-of-the-newton-school-of-metalwork/
https://www.hammeredhewn.com/newtonschoolsconce
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