Walthamstow (Essex)
Purchased 23rd Jun 1796 | Occupied 1st Jan 1796 - 1st Jan 1824
Lane purchased The Grange in 1796: his commissioning of Humphry Repton <1809 is shown as inconclusively documented. Gazetteer compiled with John Phibbs’ in Stephen Daniels, Humphry Repton, Landscape Gardening and the Geography of Georgian England (London: Yale University Press 1999) pp. 255-269.
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Modified?
Yes
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Details of modifications
Landscape gardening c. 1809 [Daniels, 'Humphrey Repton' p. 259] Not clear whether this was executed or merely a report or consultation. Chapman, 'The Grange' makes no mention of work by Repton. |
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Architect of modifications
Humphrey Repton
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Demolition date
1861
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
