Audley End, The Mansion c.1910
Photo ref:
A109044
Photo ref:
A109044
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Audley End, just outside Saffron Walden, was built in 1603-16 for Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk. He ruined himself by spending public funds on the house - hardly surprising, since the bill came to £190,000. It cost £500 alone to obtain the preliminary designs from Italy.
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A Selection of Memories from Audley End
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Audley End
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My mother was the private nurse employed by Mr Talbot to look after his Wife at The Old Hall Bartlow near Audley End. She spent some of her happiest years there. Her name was Catherine Mary Jeeves
My mother and father met at the cricket ground at Audley End in the early 1930's - my father was a shepherd on the estate and my mother was a ladies maid at the Mansion. My father's hobby was beekeeping, later to become his sole profession and he always housed his bees on Audley End Estate with the permission of Lord Braybrooke.We lived at Gamages Lodge which sits in the middle of ...see more
My father Frank Hardwick was the youngest son of Thomas Hardwick,fishmonger and poulterer of King St ,Saffron Walden. As a boy he used to tell me of delivering by pony and trap to Audley End Mansion.
Not so much a memory as a request! My great-grandfather William Saward was Station Master at Audley End for 38 years, between 1857 and 1895. He lived in the Station House, where my grandfather Bertram was born and became a clerk at the Station before moving to London. For years I have been searching, writing and hoping for a photo of William, without success. There must be one out there somewhere. Can anyone help please!
David Saward (now resident in Devon)
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