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The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners Capt. Rooke set about improving the estate even before he moved in; he was obviously tree planting in 1834, and looking for the “instant” effect at that. In November of that year he wrote to his neighbour at Lacock, William Fox-Talbot Capt. n Rooke presents his Comp ts to M r Talbot and begs the favor of the loan of his Machine for moving large Trees; which, he is about to do at Lackham – Capt. n Rooke trusts tho’ at present personally unknown to M r Talbot, that he is not taking too great a liberty by the above request –. 82 The return address for this letter is 28 The Royal Crescent in Bath. It is unknown whether Fox Talbot was able to accommodate his neighbour’s request. It is interesting that Capt. Rooke refers to himself as “unknown” to Fox Talbot, it suggests very strongly that Rooke was not yet resident at Lackham. A year later, however, Fox-Talbot was writing to his mother to tell her “We have called on the Rookes & they on us “ 83 The estate owned a number of farms as well as the House and associated areas. Although the sale of 1831 dudn’t happen the catalogue gives a good idea of the extent of these holdings when Capt. Rooke bought it 84 Place A R Po Pe Name Rent £ s d Cucckoo Bush Farm 81 9 Robert Lay 245 10 0 82 Lacock Abbey Collection Fox Talbot Museum Lacock LA34-044 83 Fox Talbot to Elizabeth Theresa Fielding dated 26 Nov 1835 Fox Talbot Museum / Lacock Abbey Collection Lacock LA(H)35-007 Document Number 03169 84 W&SHC 137/125/14 29
The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners Notton Farm 79 69 3 14 7 Thomas Bowsher 400 0 0 New End Farm 91 3 13 John Frye (10 yr lease from 1831) 250 0 0 Place A R Po Pe Name Rent £ s d Bewley Court 59 2 27 William Milsom (10 yr lease from 1831) Arnold’s Wood 26 1 13 Robert Mitchell et al yearly tenants 251 0 0 75 13 6 Ray Grist Mill * Edward Barton ‘til Michaelmas 1831 250 0 0 Lands at Showel 47 3 12 William Lawe (7 yr lease from 1827) 110 0 0 Several pieces of land in North Mead 24 30 Thomas Bowsher 5 0 0 The Enclosure 19 36 Thomas Knee and William Newmam 45 0 0 Nocketts Hill Farm 129 2 39 John Archard 150 0 0 Great Lodge Farm 366 2 36 George Temple 420 0 0 Middle Lodge farm 238 3 24 Isaac Deane 320 0 0 Little Lodge farm 247 1 38 Stephen Styles 400 0 0 3 meadows 12 1 6 Hancock as yearly tenant 20 0 0 meadow 5 19 Richard Hodgson 5 8 0 upon which a considerable sum of money has been recently expended three floors, five pairs of stones, undershot wheel, and flood wheel A = Acres R = Rods Po = Poles Per = Perches 30
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