What Was at The Top of The Hill?
At the top of Cats Hill were three large houses, one was called Netherfield House and had been donated by the Booth family to the Salvation Army. My father ran the house as a residential home for 29 gentlemen, and I worked with him for several years. The house now, I believe has been converted into luxury apartments, and I would love to have some pictures of it, any of the past and some of it now. The family next door and opposite were called Prior. My father was called Harold Finney, I remember our cook and gardener, Mr and Mrs Barnes, lived in the village, and I also remember another lady who lived in a cottage in the High Street, May Woodcock, who always had a spaniel dog. I also remember Mrs Odell who ran the paint shop in the High Street.
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RE: RE: What Was at The Top of The Hill?
Richard Prior, I believe, still lives in Stanstead Abbots, not sure if he is still in the same house which was on the opposite side of the road to Netherfield House, I think he was about my age, I was born in 1949, perhaps you would pick him up if you google
Comment from Marlene Harris on Monday, 24th January 2011.
RE: RE: What Was at The Top of The Hill?
I found this memory very interesting I have been researching the Prior family. I have a copy of the 1841 census which gives their address as Cats Hill, Stanstead, Herfordshire. Could it be the decendants of the Prior family were still there in the 1960s?
Comment from William Ireland on Monday, 24th January 2011.