Newport, Crown House And Tudor House 1932
Photo ref:
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Photo ref:
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Crown House started life as The King's Head. It was a late 16th-century building that underwent a makeover in 1692: this was when the shell-hood was added to the doorway, the pargework (or decorative plasterwork) executed, and the pub's name changed to The Crown. There is no substance to the myth that Nell Gwynn ever lived here.
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A Selection of Memories from Newport
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 Newport
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Not long after this photo was taken, the building was completely destroyed by fire.
At the time it belonged to the Butler family. Charles being the owner. I remember he had a model railway set up, that extended from room to room on the ground floor.
The shortgrove estate was I believe about 2000 acres of arable/pasture/woodland.
I knew many of the farm workers.
Happy days.
My Great Grandfather's brother used to own a sawmill in Newport in Wartime (World War II). His name was George Alfred (Alf) Ginger and Alf was married to Rebecca. My father remembers visitng the sawmill as a boy, seeing his cousin Seorus and hearing stories about how their house, situated near the mill, was haunted. My father's Uncle Ralph would make matchsticks stand up on end! I would be interested hearing from anyone who knows anything about the sawmill or my long lost relatives.
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