The Manor Houses of Lackham 1050-1949 2nd Ed

Houses of Lackham 2 nd ed 72
Collingehinges of exactly the same design as those seen at Lackham can
be found in Walmer in Kent 86 and at the Horseshoe Barracks at
Shoeburyness garrison in Essex 87
Modern services were naturally put in place in the house but the dates for
these are not known precisely; it is certain that the telephone was in
place by 1907 88
The water supply from Fox Talbot‟s land on Naish Hill was mentioned in
the sale catalogue above. In 1909 George 89 made a contract with Charles
Henry Talbot of Lacock Abbey to take water from Taklemoor Wood on
the high ground, east of Lackham.
Palmer paid £7 5s per annum, and the lease could only be terminated at
the end of 7 or fourteen years – although if Palmer had really wanted to
get out of it he could have just not paid; in this case, after three month‟s
leeway, the lease was void. The damage to his reputation however might
have been somewhat costly....... This was evidently the same supply that
had been originally purchased by Captain Rooke in 1844 and for which new
pipes were laid by Henry Caldwell in 1863
The map for the supply 90 shows that the water was
86 http://www.flickr.com/photos/markdodds/4824424647/
87 http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbullock/2171113571/
88 “During the afternoon of Sunday 27 April 1908 Lackham received a “telephonic
communication” informing the Palmers that their son Michael had been found dead at
his lodgings in London” . Death of Mr Michael Palmer Wiltshire Times Sat 2 May 1908
vol LIII no 3009 p8. He was 23 years old
89 W&SHC 44/1/16 dated March 3 rd 1909
90 W&SHC 44/1/16 redrawn, onto an excerpt of the 1901 !:2,500 OS map of the area,
by the author