| Bayham Abbey House [a.k.a. Bayham Mansion] Bayham Lamberhurst |
Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1805 | Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening by H. Repton ⇒ p. 203 |
| 1909 | English Homes and Villages (Kent & Sussex) also published as Tunbridge Wells and its Neighbourhood by Lady Hope ⇒ p. 82 |
| Historical records | |||||
| 1805 | History | John Jefferys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden, of Wildernesse, Kent; Bayham, Sussex and the Priory, Brecknockshire | Bayham Abbey House [a.k.a. Bayham Mansion] | Repton's Red Book | |
Humphrey Repton's proposals for a new house at Bayham: "The purpose for which the house at BAYHAM is intended must decide its character: it is not to be considered as a small villa, liable to change its proprietor, as good or ill success prevails; but as the established mansion of an English nobleman's family. Its character, therefore, should be that of greatness and of durability. The park should be a forest, the estate a domain, the house a palace. Now, since magnificence and compactness are as diametrically opposite to each other as extension and contraction, so neither the extended scale of the country, nor the style, nor the character of the place, will admit of a compact house." | |||||
| 7th Apr 1861 | Census | Ann Scrace, F, Servant, single, age 24, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: housekeeper in charge of house, servant of Marquis of Camden | Ann Scrace | Bayham Abbey | 1861 Census Frant and Tunbridge Wells, Sussex |
| Maria Ingerfield, F, Servant, single, age 29, born Lamberhurst, Sussex; occupation: housemaid | Maria Ingerfield | ||||
| 2nd Apr 1871 | Census | Emma Mary Coleman, F, Servant, single, age 33, born St George's; occupation: housekeeper and domestic servant | Emma Mary Coleman | Bayham Abbey | 1871 Census Frant and Tunbridge Wells, Sussex |
| Eleanor Stevens, F, Servant, widowed, age 76, born Northumberland; occupation: old servant and domestic servant | Eleanor Stevens | ||||
| Samuel Leveratt, M, Servant, married, age 43, born Thrapstone; occupation: coachman and domestic servant | Samuel Leveratt | ||||
| Henry Kibby, M, Servant, single, age 24, born Bath, Somerset; occupation: groom and domestic servant | Henry Kibby | ||||
| William Rumsby, M, Servant, single, age 53, born Sevenoaks, Kent; occupation: stableman and domestic servant | William Rumsby | ||||
| James Allen, M, Servant, single, age 22, born Sharnbrook; occupation: stableman and domestic servant | James Allen | ||||
| Alfred Webb, M, Servant, single, age 23, born Farley; occupation: footman and domestic servant | Alfred Webb | ||||
| Thomas Lowe, M, Servant, single, age 22, born Lamberhurst, Sussex; occupation: odd man and domestic servant | Thomas Lowe | ||||
| Sarah Ann Austin, F, Servant, single, age 23, born Hastings, Sussex; occupation: kitchenmaid and domestic servant | Sarah Ann Austin | ||||
| Matilda Randall, F, Servant, single, age 18, born St Lukes, London; occupation: scullerymaid and doestic servant | Matilda Randall | ||||
| Ellen Goldstone, F, Servant, single, age 30, born Salford; occupation: housemaid and domestic servant | Ellen Goldstone | ||||
| Eliza Williams, F, Servant, single, age 27, born Pontypool, Wales; occupation: laundrymaid and domestic servant | Eliza Williams | ||||
| Matilda Mansbridge, F, Servant, single, age 25, born Marchwood; occupation: laundrymaid and domestic servant | Matilda Mansbridge | ||||
| Annie Maria Wren, F, Servant, single, age 20, born Bittern; occupation: housemaid and domestic servant | Annie Maria Wren | ||||
| John Selwood, M, Servant, single, age 49, born Barbage, Wiltshire; occupation: gardener | John Selwood | ||||
| 2nd Apr 1871 | Census | Thomas E Bethell, M, Head, married, age 42, born Willington, Herefordshire; occupation: bailiff superintending farm for Marquis Camden of 600 acres employing 27 men and 9 boys | Thomas E. Bethell, bailiff superintending farm | Bayham Farmhouse | 1871 Census Frant and Tunbridge Wells, Sussex |
| Mary Catherine Bethell, F, Wife, married, age 37, born St Pancras, Middlesex | Mary Catherine Bethell | ||||
| Katharine L Bethell, F, Daughter, age 10, born Ashburnham, Sussex; occupation: scholar | Katharine L. Bethell | ||||
| Margaret Bethell, F, Daughter, age 8, born Ashburnham, Sussex; occupation: scholar | Margaret Bethell | ||||
| Thomas Bethell, M, Son, age 6, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: scholar | Thomas Bethell | ||||
| Richard Guy Bethell, M, Son, age 4, born Frant, Sussex | Richard Guy Bethell | ||||
| Arthur Loftus Bethell, M, Son, age 1, born Lamberhurst, Sussex | Arthur Loftus Bethell | ||||
| Jane Storm, F, Servant, single, age 21, born Woburn, Bedfordshire; occupation: dairymaid and domestic servant | Jane Storm | ||||
| Elizabeth S Hobden, F, Servant, single, age 15, born Ashburnham, Sussex; occupation: general domestic servant | Elizabeth S. Hobden | ||||
| 16th Dec 1871 |  | Bayham Abbey, Lamberhurst by The Builder | Private collection | ||
| The new mansion, shown by the accompanying illustrations, is erected on the estate of the Marquis Camden, near Tunbridge Wells, on the north side of the valley, at the bottom of which runs the stream called the Tun, having on its southern margin the remarkably interesting ruins of the abbey said to have been built by the Praemonstratensian canons, in the reign of Richard I. The foundations for the new building were commenced in 1869, and the first stone of the plinth was laid by the Marchioness Camden, on the 13th day of January, 1870. The materials used in its construction are as follow :- The walls are built of bricks made upon the estate, faced with Kentish ragstone from the Maidstone quarries, as a general facing, with Combs Down Bath stone quoins, window and door dressings, cornices, &c., and the roofs are covered with green slates from the quarries in North Wales. The ceilings of the principal suite of rooms are subdivided into panels, with moulded ribs, pendants, and enrichments, and the mantelpieces, designed in corresponding style, are composed of coloured marble, Derbyshire spars, and alabaster, executed by Mr. Earp, of Kennington-road. The character of the architecture and general arrangement of the plan resemble the examples of manorial houses existing in this country, of the latter part of the sixteenth century and the beginning of the seventeenth century, but adapted to the convenience of modern requirements. … The present buildings have been executed from the designs of Mr. David Brandon, and carried out under his superintendence. Full article | |||||
| 16th Dec 1871 |  | Bayham Abbey - Ground Plan, Lamberhurst by The Builder | Private collection | ||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Fred J. Teleck, M, Head, married, age 60, born Coblence (F), Germany; occupation: butler and domestic servant | Fred J. Teleck, butler and domestic servant | Bayham Mansion | 1881 Census Lamberhurst, Kent |
| Elizabeth Machin, F, Servant, single, age 46, born Ashby, Stafford; occupation: housekeeper and domestic servant | Elizabeth Machin | ||||
| Emily Storks, F, Servant, single, age 40, born Braybourne, Kent; occupation: laundrymaid and domestic servant | Emily Storks | ||||
| Emma R. Holland, F, Servant, single, age 24, born Westminster, London; occupation: housemaid and domestic servant | Emma R. Holland | ||||
| Clara Blackford, F, Servant, single, age 17, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: housemaid and domestic servant | Clara Blackford | ||||
| Mary A. Turner, F, Servant, single, age 19, born Lamberhurst, Kent; occupation: laundrymaid and domestic servant | Mary A. Turner | ||||
| Albert Dunk, M, Servant, single, age 17, born Lamberhurst, Kent; occupation: stewart room boy and domestic servant | Albert Dunk | ||||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | William Dann, M, Head, single, age 24, born Horsmonden, Kent; occupation: groom | William Dann, groom | Bayham Stables | 1881 Census Lamberhurst, Kent |
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Elizabeth Leveratt, F, Head, married, age 55, born Shenfield, Essex; occupation: coachman's wife | Elizabeth Leveratt, coachman's wife | Bayham Stables | 1881 Census Lamberhurst, Kent |
| Ellen Leveratt, F, Granddaughter, single, age 5, born Ascot, Essex | Ellen Leveratt | ||||
| Thirza Giles, F, Servant, single, age 16, born Ageted, Surrey; occupation: general domestic servant | Thirza Giles | ||||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | George Greenyer, M, Head, married, age 32, born Lamberhurst, Kent; occupation: gardener | George Greenyer, gardener | Bayham Lodge | 1881 Census Lamberhurst, Kent |
| Mary A. Greenyer, F, Wife, married, age 39, born Lamberhurst, Kent; occupation: formerly nurse and domestic servant | Mary A. Greenyer | ||||
| Harriet Fuller, F, Mother-in-law, single, age 71, born Lamberhurst, Kent | Harriet Fuller | ||||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Gilbert Clare, M, Head, single, age 22, born Cheltenham, Gloucester; occupation: gardener domestic | Gilbert Clare, gardener domestic | Bayham Gardens | 1881 Census Lamberhurst, Kent |
| Thomas Bethel, M, single, age 16, born Pembury, Kent; occupation: gardener domestic | Thomas Bethel | ||||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Walter Johnstone, M, Head, married, age 34, born St Helens, Isle of Wight, Hampshire; occupation: gardener domestic | Walter Johnstone, gardener domestic | Bayham Gardeners Cottage | 1881 Census Lamberhurst, Kent |
| Srah Johnstone, F, Wife, married, age 31, born Southampton Highfields, Hampshire | Srah Johnstone | ||||
| Louise A. Johnstone, F, Daughter, age 7, born Lamberhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar | Louise A. Johnstone | ||||
| Edith J. Johnstone, F, Daughter, age 6, born Lamberhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar | Edith J. Johnstone | ||||
| Ellen Johnstone, F, Daughter, age 4, born Lamberhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar | Ellen Johnstone | ||||
| Walter R. Johnstone, M, Son, age 1, born Lamberhurst, Kent | Walter R. Johnstone | ||||
| c 1900 |  | Bayham, Lamberhurst | English Homes and Villages | ||
| 1906 |  | Bayham Abbey, Lamberhurst | Private collection | ||
| 1912 |  | Bayham Mansion, Lamberhurst | Private collection | ||
| 1923 |  | Bayham Abbey, Lamberhurst photographed by H.H. Camburn for E. and K. Looker, Post Office, Hook Green | Private collection | ||
| 2008 |  | Bayham Abbey, Frant | Bayham Abbey House [a.k.a. Bayham Mansion] | Private collection | |
| 2011 |  | Bayham Abbey House | Private collection | ||
| 2011 |  | Old and New Bayham Abbey | Private collection | ||
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