Our blog post today comes from one of our Search Room regulars, Ann Morton, looking at one of the old mansions of Sutton, The Grange, which was demolished for housing in the 1960s. This piece has previously been published in the South Sutton Neighbourhood Association publication. Thank you, Ann, for bringing this house back to…
Today, we cast our minds back to the Invisible Hospital (link here) episode, to review the family living at Dalnabreck, A.K.A. the theorised site of the Wallington Red Cross Hospital in Woodcote Road, Wallington. This is a fascinating read that connects the local to the national, centred on one historical figure. With extra special thanks…
For today’s blog post, Clive takes us on a tour of another one of the borough’s Auxiliary Hospitals from World War One. He’s loosely created a mini-series that ties in nicely with Benfleet Hall and the White House in Cheam (do check out these posts – links below!). Unlike these other two, this one proved…
Today’s post concludes the story of the White House, Cheam, looking at the last family to live there before it was demolished in the late 1930s to make way for flats [Farnham Court]. Extra special thanks to Clive, for his persistent research, and for bringing this house back to life! To all our readers –…
Today’s blog continues the chronology of The White House as it approaches the First World War years. In the latter half of the war, The White House operated as an Auxiliary Hospital; these were temporary hospitals set up in buildings such as schools, large or small private houses, or even in town halls. Discover how…
To continue our story of The White House, Cheam, Clive focuses on the Barry family, who rented the property from Ralph Coker Adams Beck in the early twentieth century. The Story of the White House: Episode 5: A Very Suburban Family When Ralph Coker Adams Beck moved to Park Crescent, Marylebone, in about 1900, he…
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