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Hampshire & IOW Lookup Requests / Re: District Schools, Crondall.
« on: Friday 06 May 11 11:00 BST (UK) »
Hi Ricoba
Unfortuantely I don't think the records exist any more for Wimble Hill. I've been to Farnham Museum and the Surrey History Centre but it could be that some are not released for 100 years so they could be out now.
You may have seen my earlier post - my grandmother Florence Ethel Webb was in the orphanage on the 1911 census. She used to tell me a bit about the orphanage and there are some articles about it in the Farnham Museum, which are quite sad. Her brother Harry and sister Alice and Elsie were also there. Their mother died in 1910 and their father lived until 1918 but he was in the workhouse. She told me he used to visit and let her have some of his tea in a saucer to drink!
I would love to find out more. There is a picutre and information about the buildings on the Peter Rowbotham? workhouses website. Most of it doesn't exist now but I think as someone else said the chapel and some other buildings are there. I think the children went to Crondall School. My grandmother used to walk three miles to school.
Good luck with your research.
Nicky
Unfortuantely I don't think the records exist any more for Wimble Hill. I've been to Farnham Museum and the Surrey History Centre but it could be that some are not released for 100 years so they could be out now.
You may have seen my earlier post - my grandmother Florence Ethel Webb was in the orphanage on the 1911 census. She used to tell me a bit about the orphanage and there are some articles about it in the Farnham Museum, which are quite sad. Her brother Harry and sister Alice and Elsie were also there. Their mother died in 1910 and their father lived until 1918 but he was in the workhouse. She told me he used to visit and let her have some of his tea in a saucer to drink!
I would love to find out more. There is a picutre and information about the buildings on the Peter Rowbotham? workhouses website. Most of it doesn't exist now but I think as someone else said the chapel and some other buildings are there. I think the children went to Crondall School. My grandmother used to walk three miles to school.
Good luck with your research.
Nicky