Hollowell Home Farm House Grandma Lewis & Auntie Cis.
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Title
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Hollowell Home Farm House Grandma Lewis & Auntie Cis.
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Description
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You can see looking up Guilsborough Hill that the next house is The Red Lion ale house, since pulled down.
This is the Grandmother of Vera Lewis (maiden name).
Below are notes on a visit by Vera, aged 98, to Jan and Crawford at Hillview, June 2018.
Lewis is Vera’s maiden name. She was born in 1919 and lived in what is now Ian and Gill Brown’s cottage. Her parents had moved there in 1916. She had a brother Bernard who was nearly 4 years younger. Her grandfather, Tom Lewis, lived in the farmhouse where Mrs Parish subsequently lived, which is on the corner of Guilsborough Hill and Orchard Close. She described the cottage where she lived as being opposite the vicarage where Mr Leatherland lived, and we assume that is what is now called Beech House.
In 1929 the Lewis family moved to Guilsborough. When Vera was 14 she returned to Hollowell as kitchen maid to the Renton sisters, who lived at Hollowell Manor. Their staff included, in addition to Vera, a cook (Hetty Stafford), a ladies maid, a housemaid and a butler (Mr Masters). The housemaid was Vera Shadlock who after she left aged 17 ish went into Nurse training at Northampton Hospital & eventually became a Matron. Vera Lewis stayed at Hollowell Manor for 3 years and then moved to Hazelbech Hill. She subsequently married and moved to West Haddon. Her first husband, Ted, lived in Rugby. Vera told us that prior to buying Hollowell Manor the Rentons lived in Guilsborough “at the top of Church Hill”.
Vera mentioned Jack Leatherland (living at the vicarage, see above?) who had no children and Jan Leatherland who had sons Jim and Fred and some daughters. Vera also remembered Mr Haines, and my notes list Reg, Steven, Lily, Barbara and Margaret, living at “Litchfield’s Farm”.
There were 4 Claridge children, one named Phylis, whose mother had died.
There were about 20 in the class at the school. Miss violet Beatrice Florey was the school teacher, who lodged above the wood yard during the week.
The village shop was run by Mrs Clifton and sold groceries. The Bonsors delivered milk. They had 4 farm horses and she remembers 3 of them were named Rupert (very patient), Prince and Pat.
The vicar was Mr Ropel who lived with his wife and her sister, Miss Davis.
Questions
Borwicks Baking Powder?
We don’t know Vera’s married name?
“Harvest: brother Bill was first one to steer” – a different brother, or a Bonsor?
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Date
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1920-40
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Place
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Hollowell: Guilsborough Hill
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Rights
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Copyright Guilsborough & Hollowell History Society
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Source
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Linda Ariss
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Identifier
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H0001
