Reference
WY1019
Title
Statements made by: Mrs. Anne 'Lucinda' Elliott, Goldington House, 7 February 1850, William Johnson, butler, Ann Deane, nurse, Sarah Baker, lady’s maid, Louisa Sims, kitchen maid, James Smith, police constable, William Haythorn, footman, William Tomkins, a groom, as to unexplained noises at Tempsford Hall while Mr and Mrs Elliot resided there as tenants.
Date free text
1844-1848; 1850
Production date
From: 1844 To: 1850
Admin/biog history
On the 1851 census, Robert Elliott, 34, and his wife Anne Lucinda, 25, have two daughters Harriot Mary Lucinda, aged 3, born in Ramsgate and Florence Anna Maria aged 2 born in Brighton. The butler William Johnson and the lady's maid Sarah are both still working for the family. None of the 13 servants listed on the census were born in Bedfordshire.
Scope and Content
Gives domestic detail of the occupancy of the rooms, servants, mention of a summer spent at Ramsgate, the Elliott's young daughter, church going as well as the frequent disturbances. At one point it is mentioned that the pistols were with the butler but after this particular disturbance Mr Elliott took steps to ensure that there were pistols in his bedroom and that other servants were armed. On the final night in the house more noises were heard and Mrs Elliott explains that the boxes were already packed ready to be taken by railway or carriage and that the police constable had been staying in the house in the hope of tracing the origin of the disturbances.
CRT130/Tempsford7
Level of description
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