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The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners have copies of the photograph and information on William at all – he was her father 289 . She told me that My father is the youngest man in the photographs standing next to the Butler ….. the other two men are the footmen, my father was the Potboy replacing James Austin who held the position in 1901 but who would have been 21 at this time (see fn 213 ). George Palmer had reacquired Bewley House for the Lackham estate in 1902 290 (“and so once again until modern times the property formed part of Lackham Estate”) and, in 1910, he commissioned Harold Brakespeare to draw up a report on the house, which later appeared in print 291 . He donated £5 to WANHS to cover the cost of the illustrations in the article. George Palmer contributed to many Society appeals; for example he gave £20 towards the cost of extending 289 I am indebted to Mrs. Hopley for permission to reproduce the photographs and the information she kindly gave. With her agreement, the original letter and copies of the all the photographs have been deposited in the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre 290 As has been seen, Bewley had been part of the Lackham lands very early on – it was “in the tithing of Lackham and was presumably developed from a clearing in the forest [assart] with the blessing of Lackham” Harvey B & Harvey R (1987) Annals of Lacock p 63 Lands associated with Bewley were part of Lackham before this, however; Manor of Lackham particulars of the estate 1792 in the Wiltshire County Record Office, lists assets of the estate, including Bewley Farm, rented to Isaac Joyce (who also rented it in 1812) in 1792; it was given as just over 95 acres, in 1812 93 acres. Lackham also had rights on parts of Bewley Common in 1792: “Bewley Common is divided into thirty one leases, sixteen of which belong to the Lord of the Manor of Lackham and fourteen to the Lord of the Manor of Lacock and one to the Vicar of Lacock. Bernard Dickinson Esq, in the year 1792, had a road granted to him over the said common in consideration of his paying yearly to the occupiers of the leases the sum of one guinea 291 Brakespeare, H (1912) Bewley Manor WAM vol XXXVIII, no CXVII June pp 391 – 399 91
The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners the Museum in 1903 292 and £5 to the Society appeal to purchase the Brooke Collection 293 George Llewellen Palmer and Harold Brakespeare were associated in another local project; George was a member of the committee 294 that organised the Fox-Talbot memorial in the chancel of St Cyriac’s, and Brakespeare was the architect commissioned to design it. 295 This was not the only land purchased by George; in 1904 he bought a large amount of land on the western outskirts of Chippenham and Rowden Manor, from Lord William Long. Some he bought at an auction held at the Angel Hotel Chippenham in May 1904 but Rowden itself was not included in that sale and Palmer bought it separately. Both purchases were completed in November 1904, Palmer paid £3,200 for the 30 acres 296 from the auction but he only paid £1,650 for the 195 acre Rowden Manor and farm. 292 The Museum Building Fund (1903) WAM vol XXXIII, no XCIX pp 197-198 293 WAM XXXIX (1916) p476 294 Wiltshire Times April 17 1902 , WANHS 16/250 Proposed memorial to Mr WH Fox-Talbot LlD FRS The members of the committee were George Palmer, the Bishop of Bristol, Miss Awdry (Notton House), Mr CH Talbot, Miss RC Talbot, Mr Charles Awdry, Rev. WG Clark-Maxwell, (Clunbury Vicarage, Salop), Mr JE Gladstone, Mr E Eyre, T Pike and Rev. HW Armstrong (Vicar of Lacock, Hon. Treasurer). To raise the £600 needed the committee organised a painting exhibition and sale at the Oddfellows Hall in Lacock; George lent a painting to the exhibition. 295 Devizes & Wilts Gazette June 18, 1903 Chancel of Lacock Church 296 W&SHC 44/1/10 sale indentures dated 1 Nov 1904 92
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