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The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners Also in 1901, George Palmer appointed Richard Foley as his land agent. Foley lived at Tower House after 1901 276 , Reyridge (on the western side of the Reybridge Road at the Back Lodge). He was George Palmer’s land agent until at least 1909 277 George Palmer appears on the electoral roll for 1902 . At this time Charles Howell was living at Lackham Lodge Reybridge (ie the Back Lodge) and David Lowe, was at Lackham Gardens 278 Charles Howell had been living at the Lodge with his wife Helen the previous year. He was one of the stockmen 279 David Lowe was also present for the 1901 census, living at Lackham Garden with his wife Jessie and their children Annabelle and Frederick. David Lowe is described as a Gardener / Domestic 280 George Palmer was a keen huntsman, indeed he was a founder of the Avon Vale Hunt, which frequently met at Lackham and it was his hunting interests which lead him to build a completely new, and much enlarged, Stable Yard in 1902. He hunted frequently, his son Allen Llewellen Palmer records 45 occasions when he 275 London Gazette March 13 th 1903 p107 276 Lacock Census 1901 p9 On Census night Tower House was occupied by John Heevens (65) a retired yeoman farmer living on his own means, his wife Matilda (65) and their daughter Alice (29). There was also a visiting widow, Mrs Mary Anne Chapel (79) 277 The dates 1901-1909 come from analysis of the documents held in the Lckham archive at Thrings Solicitors, Bath. Thrings is the current (2011) name for the chambers previously known as Thrings and Townsend My thanks to Lackham College for allowing me access to these papers 278 W&SHC A1/355/109 Register of persons entitled to vote at any election of a Member to serve in Parliament for the North Western or Chippenham Division of the County Of Wiltshire during the year commencing on the First day of January 1902 Lacock 279 Census Lacock 1901 PRO 13/1919/ folio13/p8 280 Census Lacock 1901 PRO 13/1919 folio 13/p9 85
The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners was out hunting with his father 281 between October 1904 and December 1907 Allen weas only able to attend when he was home on leave. The Stable staff were photographed early in the century, the date is not known but 1905 has been suggested for this image. Only one person in this photograph has so far been identified; the young man (probably about 17 or 18 years of age) standing third from the left is Charles Henry Maslen. 282 He married in 1908, when he was still at Lackham but was no present on Census night in 1911. Fig. 24 Grooms at Lackham c1805 283 * 281 Allen Palmer’s Hunting Diaries 1903-1904 (except they go up to December 1907) at http://www.colgatefarm.co.uk/pdfs/Allen%20Palmer's%20Diaries%20Beaufort%20Hun t%20%2001%2007%2007.pdf 282 My thanks to Mr and Mrs Briggs for their kind permission to use the photograph and for information on Mr. Maslen. 283 Photograph copyright Mr and Mrs Briggs. Taken by JJ Hunt, the Studio, Calne. 86
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