holly hill house harvel meopham in 1965

[s.wincott]

does anybody know if this is a residental property or was a hospital/institute etc?

thank you

samantha

[royd]

Hi, There is quite a good website for Meopham. It may be an idea to ask your question through that. One branch of my family came from Meopham so I am quite interested in that area.  Regards. R.

[s.wincott]

hi is that the parish website?as i have sent them an email or is there an ancestry forum?

thank you

sam

[royd]

Hi, parish I think.  I just googled it to see what came up.  Regards. R.

[s.wincott]

ah thanks,i've emailed them

im sure one day the mystery of alfred john wincott who lived there in 1965 will be resolved ;O)

thanks again

samantha

[royd]

No problem.  Hope you find what you are looking for. 

[NRAS]

Hello Samantha,

Holly Hill House, Meopham, Kent was a private house in 1965 and indeed it still is, I lived there with my parents in the 1970's.
In 1965 a Colonel Trousdale lived there with his wife; she had been a Miss. Whatman of the Whatman art paper family; their paper was used by Constable  and other notable artists. They had bought the house from a man named Cripps-Day who was a cousin of Sir Stafford Cripps the politician.
When Col. Trousdale died the house was sold to a Mrs. Audrey Trollope and subsequently to my parents.
I hope that this helps you a little. There are other dwellings in the area which are also associated with the name Holly Hill; Holly Hill Cottages (some of the old staff accommodation for the house), Holly Hill Lodge (the old gate-house for the house), etc.

Regards, Nicholas

[royd]

Hello Nicholas, Welcome to Rootschat.

I couldn't for the life of me remember about this query but have realised that it is 18 months since Sam first posted her message.

I hope you get a reply from her as your response is very helpful.


Regards. R.

[s.wincott]

Hello Nicholas,
 
I am sorry for the slow reply I have only just seen this message. Wow thanks for all that info it is very interesting,so I can presume my relative worked for One of the people you have mentioned.i wonder if they have any living relatives who could shed any light on the staff members?thank you so much...I would love to maybe eventually search out an pictures regarding holly hill hOuse and maybe the staff/my relative :0)
 
 How exciting,1 step further...