The owners of Lackham in the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries ...

The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners
Before living at Lackham Henry Berney Caldwell had been living at Hillborough Hall in
Norfolk 153 . His family had owned the estate since
About 1765 [when] Ralph Caldwell or Cauldwell, steward of the Earl
of Leicester and his tenant at Godwick Hall, purchased from the
Nelthorpes. Caldwell reorganised the landscape at Hilborough and
built the present Hall and the family remained in possession until
Henry Berney Caldwell sold to the Duke of Wellington in 1858. 154
In 1859 Henry Caldwell bought Neal’s Leigh 155 , at Notton, from William Wallace
Rooke 156 for £232 19s 157 . By this time William Wallace had left Guyer’s House
and had purchased Iford Manor instead. Thomas Abdy Fellowes again acted for
William Wallace Rooke, and the indenture was witnessed by John Groves “servant
to William Wallace Rooke
There is an interesting distant connection between Fellowes and Caldwell, both
Henry Abdy Fellowes’ maternal aunts had married Caldwells (see below) who were
cousins.
It is unknown whether these Caldwells were related to Henry Berney Caldwell or
not, no link has so far been established despite considerable research. It seems
very unlikely that there wasn’t one
Henry Berney Caldwell didn’t just live at Hillborough Hall, it was his inheritance. .
153 W&SHC 44/8
154 Norfolk Record Office Catalogue – Mills of Hillsborough Norfolk
155 See above
156 W&SHC 109/390 dated 25 March 1859
157 So William Wallace made £27 19s on the deal
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