Tag: Ralph Allen

More Combe Down cousins

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Following last month’s movers and shakers post I have discovered more Combe Down cousins for that link them to other families who lived in the ‘big houses’. Those are the Allen, Atherton, Bennett, Bryan, Cruttwell, Daubeney, Disney, Falkner, Fortt, Gabriel, Gore, Hope, Howard, Maude, Morley, Richardson, Vivian and Wingrove families who are mentioned on this site in numerous places This post is probably best read with last month’s post open in another tab for easy Read More …

A shaggy dog story

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Things that are new on the site recently are a small section on Combe Road – something of a shaggy dog story given that it, unfortunately, has so little of consequence in it. But one can’t just make things up for a site like this. There’s also a brief article on Mulberry Park the the 48 acre Read More …

Bath 1700 – 1764

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In looking at the history of Combe Down one, inevitably, has to look at the history of Bath 1700 – 1764. Bath today is very well known, a UNESCO World Heritage site known for its natural hot springs and 18th century Georgian architecture. Your browser does not support iframes. TripAdvisor describes it thus: “Known for Read More …

Prior Park sale

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When Gertrude Stafford Smith (née Tucker, previously Warburton), Ralph Allen’s niece and heir died in 1796, the estate passed to Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden by reason of his marriage to Mary Allen, another niece of Ralph Allen, even though she had died in 1775, as they had a son Thomas Ralph Maude. I indicated previously that Read More …

Bathampton manor

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When I was writing the book there were items that I collected that I didn’t use. So, I’ve started to go back through the rather poorly indexed images and see what I could add via this blog. The first images I found were not about Combe Down at all, but about Bathampton Manor and they’re rather Read More …