| Eridge Castle [a.k.a. Eridge House, Eridge Place] Eridge Park Eridge Green Eridge |
Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1766 | The History of Tunbridge Wells by Thomas Benge Burr ⇒ p. 6 |
| 1810 | Tunbridge Wells and its Neighbourhood by Paul Amsinck and Letitia Byrne ⇒ p. 21 |
| 1830 | Guide of Tunbridge Wells ⇒ p. 70 |
| 1832 | Descriptive Sketches of Tunbridge Wells and the Calverley Estate by John Britton, F.S.A. ⇒ p. 109 |
| 1835 | The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex by Thomas Walker Horsfield, F.S.A. ⇒ p. 402 |
| 1840 | New Guide for Tunbridge Wells by John Colbran and edited by James Phippen ⇒ p. 151 |
| 1870 | A Compendious History of Sussex - Volume I. by Mark Antony Lower, M.A. ⇒ p. 191 |
| 1883 | Pelton's Illustrated Guide to Tunbridge Wells by J. Radford Thomson, M.A. ⇒ p. 139 |
| 1885 | Cobbett's Rural Rides by William Cobbett ⇒ p. 285 |
| 1885 | Southborough - Its Chalybeate Springs, Climate and Attractions as a Health Resort by E. Paget Thurstan, M.D., B.A., M.R.C.S., L.S.A. ⇒ p. 58 |
| 1909 | English Homes and Villages (Kent & Sussex) also published as Tunbridge Wells and its Neighbourhood by Lady Hope ⇒ p. 4; p. 64 |
| 1927 | The Sussex Highlands ⇒ p. 38 |
| Historical records | |||||
| 1296 | History | Eridge Castle [a.k.a. Eridge House, Eridge Place] | Eeles' Frant | ||
| …. a list of lands left in 1296 by the 7th Earl of Hertford, which contains the earliest reference to Eridge that can be discovered. Eregge. A grange pertaining to the Manor aforesaid [Rotherfield] with 100 acres of land worth yearly 25s, 100 acres of heather and fern there worth of the year 9s 2d; also fixed rents worth 8s 9d and a water mill | |||||
| 1344 | History | messuage called Erugge | Eeles' Frant | ||
| This was the hunting park, for which the Hundred of Rotherfield had been famous for generations and which in 1344, was described as follows: A chace containing 600 acres of which the pasture is worth by the year 25s … a wood containing above 200 acres … within the said chace is a messuage called Erugge … | |||||
| 1450 | History | Eridge Castle [a.k.a. Eridge House, Eridge Place] | Eeles' Frant | ||
| The next landmark in the history of Eridge was its inheritance in 1450 by the [Nevill] family who have continued to own it in the male line from that date until the present … | |||||
| c 1525 | History | Eridge Castle [a.k.a. Eridge House, Eridge Place] | Eeles' Frant | ||
| With a lack of any definitive evidence as to when the house [at Eridge] was actually built, it seems not unlikely that it may have been about 1525 | |||||
| 1573 | History | Eridge Castle [a.k.a. Eridge House, Eridge Place] | Eeles' Frant | ||
| In 1573 Lord Burgavenny had the honour of entertaining Queen Elizabeth at Eridge Place, and her six day stay there must have caused a great stir in the neighbourhood. | |||||
| Jul 1573 | History | Eridge Castle [a.k.a. Eridge House, Eridge Place] | The Parish of Benenden, Kent | ||
| From a study of her Progress it appears the Queen started from her Palace July 14, 1573, to Archbishop Parker at Croydon, where she remained seven days, after which she went a Progress into Kent, and was again entertained by the same prelate at Canterbury. From Croydon July 21, the Queen proceeded to Orpington, the House of Sir Perceval Hart, Knt., where she remained three days, when she went to Knolle, then her own, thence to Birlingham, or Berling, the seat of the Lords Bergavenny where she remained three days, afterwards to Sir Thomas Gresham, of Mayfield, and then to Eridge, another house of Lord Burgavenny, where she stayed six. days. Then onwards to Bedgbury, Mr. Culpepper's, for one day. Thence to Hempsted, Mr. Guilford's, for three days, thence to Rye, where the Queen remained three days, and conferred the honor of Knighthood on Thomas Guilford, Thomas Walsingham, and Alexander Culpepper, Esquires. She proceeded onward to Sissinghurst, Mr. Baker's, whom she Knighted and stayed there, three days. After this to Boughton Malherb, the seat of the Wottons, where she was two days, thence to Mr. Tufton's at Hothfield, where she was two days, and some of her courtiers were entertained at Surrenden, the mansion of the Derings. From Hothfield to Westenhanger, the Keeper whereof was Lord Buckhurst, and remained there four days. After leaving Westenhanger on August 25 she proceeded to Dover. | |||||
| 1590 | History | Manor of Eridge | Pullein's Rotherfield | ||
Manor of Eridge with the capital mansion and park there
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| c 1604 | History | Eridge Castle [a.k.a. Eridge House, Eridge Place] | Eeles' Frant | ||
| Shortly after Edward Nevill succeeded to the family estates, Eridge was formed into a separate Manor …. since the Lord of the Manor had taken up residence there | |||||
| 1606 | History | Eridge-House | Burr's Tunbridge Wells | ||
Dudley Lord North was a distinguished nobleman in King James's court … this young nobleman had reached his twenty-fourth year, when he fell into a lingering, consumptive disorder that baffled the utmost efforts of medicine … and his physicians advised him to retire into the country, and try the efficacy of that last remedy, change of air, for the re-establishment of his constitution. His lordship, in the spring of 1606 made Eridge-House the place of retreat … when, finding his disorder rather increased than diminished … his lordship therefore, rejecting all sollicitation to remain any longer, abruptly quitted this retired mansion, and began his journey to London. His road lay directly through the wood in which these useful springs were concealed from the knowledge of mankind; … he could not pass by without taking notice of a water, which seemed to claim his attention, on account of the shining mineral scum that everywhere swam on its surface, as well as on account of the ochreous substance which subsided at the bottom, and marked its course to a neighbouring brook. His lordship accordingly observed these uncommon appearances, the meaning of which he could not instantly comprehend; however, they induced him to alight from his carriage, in order to examine it more attentively; and at the same time he ordered one of his attendants to borrow a little vessel from the neighbouring hovel, that he might taste it: and the peculiar ferruginous taste of the water not only convinced Lord North, that it held its course through some undiscovered mine, contained in the dark cavities of the earth, but also gave him room to fancy, that it was indued with some medicinal properties, which might be beneficial to the human race. Some of the water was carried to London, the physicians were consulted upon its virtues, and … the result of their inquiries proved so favourable to this hereto neglected spring, that they hasted back again to publish its valuable qualities, and to give their noble patient sufficient encouragement to try its efficacy, on the return of the vernal season [in 1607] Lord North returned to Eridge to add the power of the water to the purity of the air, and … the success he met with more than answered his most sanguine expectations, … he returned to town so perfectly freed from all his complaints | |||||
| 1724 | History | Eridge Castle [a.k.a. Eridge House, Eridge Place] | Eeles' Frant | ||
| William succeeded as 16th Baron in 1724 …… relinquished Eridge as the family seat having acquired Kidbrooke Park at Forest Row, and gradually the former house fell into a state of decay | |||||
| 1766 | History | Eridge Castle [a.k.a. Eridge House, Eridge Place] | Burr's Tunbridge Wells | ||
Eridge was then [1606] a hunting seat belonging to Lord Abergavenny, and has ever since continued in the possession of his noble descendants, though it is now reduced to a plain farmhouse. The building is an ancient Gothic structure, that appears, notwithstanding its present ruinous condition, to have been an agreeable retirement from the attendance at court. The situation is in the highest degree romantic, the gardens were elegantly disposed in the taste of that age, the soil is dry, the air pure and healthful, and no country can afford finer riding; so that, on the whole, one can hardly conceive an idea of a place more properly adapted to restore health to a consumptive habit: but then, to couterbalance these advantages, it was situated in one of the most savage parts of the county of Sussex, and, by its distance from all neighbourhood, secluded its inhabitants from all intercourse with the rest of mankind. | |||||
| 1785 |  | Eridge House, Eridge by Samuel Grimm and James Lambert (The Burrell Collection) | The Burrell Collection | ||
| Samuel Hieronymous Grimm (1733-1794), artist, was born in Switzerland, studied in Berne and Paris before moving to Covent Garden, London in 1768. Besides his work as a commercial engraver and watercolour painter he is best known for some 2,500 commissioned watercolurs of antiquities, historic buildings and landscapes in the British Library (MSS 15537-48). Throughout the 1780s he toured Sussex, sketching churches, monuments, castles, abbeys and houses of the gentry James Lambert, senior, (1725-1788) and his nephew James Lambert, junior, (1744-1799) were both landscape painters living in Lewes, Sussex. Between them they produced over 600 items, ranging from pencil sketches to large oils. William Burrell (1732-96), antiquary, was born in Leadenhall Street, London, educated at Westminster School and Cambridge University. He became Chancellor of Worcester and Rochester Dioceses, M.P. for Haslemere and a Commissioner of Excise. From 1780 he employed Samuel Grimm and the Lamberts to make drawings of all the notable antiquities and important houses in Sussex, which he bequeathed to the British Museum in his will. for more information refer to Sussex Views by Walter H. Godfrey and L.F. Salzman and Sussex Depicted by John Farrant, both published by the Sussex Record Society. | |||||
| c 1790 | Address | Repaired the old family residence at Eridge | Sir Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny | Eridge Castle | www.thepeerage.com |
| c 1795 |  | Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1795 by William Gardner and Thomas Gream | Eridge | ||
| c 1800 | History | Eridge Castle [a.k.a. Eridge House, Eridge Place] | Eeles' Frant | ||
| Henry, the 2nd Earl, who … set on foot plans to erect a new house round the remains of the old. The architect … was James Wyatt … one of the principal creators of the revival of interest in the Gothic form of architecture. In the house he built for Lord Abergavenny he included all the features associated with that style; the towers, the battlements and the pinnacles outside and an infinity of detail in the interior decorations with more than a flavour of ecclesiastical influence. | |||||
| 1805 | History | Sir Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny | Eridge, the castle | The History of East Grinstead | |
| In 1805 they [the Neville family] transferred their residence back to Eridge, the castle there, which was one of their ancestral homes many centuries before, having been re-built. The then Lord Abergavenny sold Kidbrooke to the Right Hon. Charles Abbot, who was Speaker of the House of Commons for over 15 years, and was made Lord Colchester at his retirement on June 3rd, 1817. He died on May 8th, 1829. Kidbrooke was greatly altered by him under the superintendence of Mr. Robert Mylne, the architect of Blackfriars Bridge. On November 3rd, 1874, the mansion and park of 207 acres were sold by his grandson to the late Mr. H. R. Freshfield, J.P., D.L., Sheriff of Sussex in 1885. | |||||
| 1809 |  | Eridge Castle, Eridge by Paul Amsinck & engraved by Letitia Byrne | Letitia Byrne | Amsinck's Tunbridge Wells | |
| 1809 |  | Eridge Castle, Eridge by Paul Amsinck & engraved by Letitia Byrne | Letitia Byrne | Amsinck's Tunbridge Wells | |
| 31st Aug 1823 | Diary entry | mansion | Cobbett's Rural Rides | ||
| Here I am after a most delightful ride of twenty-four miles through Frant, Lamberhurst, Goudhurst, Milkhouse-Street, Benenden, and Rolvenden. By making a great stir in rousing waiters and "boots" and maids, and by leaving behind me the name of "a - noisy, troublesome fellow," I got clear of "the Wells," and out of the contagion of its Wen-engendered inhabitants, time enough to meet the first rays of the sun, on the hill that you come up in order to get to Frant, which is a most beautiful little village at about two miles from "the Wells." Here the land belongs, I suppose, to Lord Abergavenny, who has a mansion and park here. A very pretty place, and kept, seemingly, in very nice order. I saw here what I never saw before : the bloom of the common heath we wholly overlook ; but, it is a very pretty thing; and here, when the plantations were made, and as they grew up, heath was left to grow on the sides of the roads in the plantations. The heath is not so much of a dwarf as we suppose. This is four feet high; and, being in full bloom, it makes the prettiest border that can be imagined. This place of Lord Abergavenny is, altogether, a very pretty place; and, so far from grudging him the possession of it, I should feel pleasure at seeing it in his possession, and should pray God to preserve it to him, and from the unholy and ruthless touch of the Jews and jobbers; but, I cannot forget this Lord's sinecure! | |||||
| c 1825 |  | Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1825 by Christopher and John Greenwood | Eridge Castle | ||
| c 1830 |  | Eridge Castle, Eridge by T. Henwood and engraved by W. Westall | Horsfield's Sussex | ||
| 6th Sep 1831 | Birth | Lady Isabel Mary Frances Nevill | Eridge Castle | www.thepeerage.com | |
| 1837 | ![[North] Sussex](images/t/Moule1837E.jpg) | [North] Sussex by Thomas Moule | Eridge Castle | Thomas Moule | |
| Thomas Moule was a bookseller. He published a number of important works on heraldry and antiquities, including Bibliotheca heraldica Brittaniae in 1822. The English Counties delineated; or, a topographical description of England has a complete series of county maps and was published by Thomas Moule in 1837 | |||||
| 1840 | ![[North] Sussex](images/t/Dugdale1840E.jpg) | [North] Sussex by Joshua Archer, Pentonville, London | Eridge Castle | Dugdale | |
| Dugdale's England and Wales Delineated | |||||
| 1840 |  | Eridge Castle | Colbran's Tunbridge Wells | ||
| 6th Jun 1841 | Census | Earl Of Abergavenny, M, Head, age 86, born Sussex | Sir Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny | Eridge Castle | 1841 Census Frant, Sussex |
| Caroline Hon. Nevill, F, age 75 to 79 | Caroline Nevill [Walpole] | ||||
| Samuel Milward, M, age 70 to 74; occupation: servant | Samuel Milward | ||||
| Louis Berger, M, age 40 to 44, occupation: servant | Louis Berger | ||||
| Gabriol Berger, M, age 55 to 59, occupation: servant | Gabriol Berger | ||||
| John Cugny, M, age 34, occupation: servant | John Cugny | ||||
| Robert Waghorn, M, age 25 to 29, born Sussex; occupation Servant | Robert Waghorn | ||||
| Samuel Piper, M, age 18, born Sussex; occupation Servant | Samuel Piper | ||||
| Henry Filtness, M, age 20 to 24, born Sussex; occupation: servant | Henry Filtness | ||||
| William Arnold, M, age 30 to 34; occupation: servant | William Arnold | ||||
| John Siggs, M, age 30 to 34; occupation Servant | John Siggs | ||||
| Peter Clouks, M, age 20 to 24, occupation: servant | Peter Clouks | ||||
| Mary Ann Gifford, F, age 50 to 54; occupation: servant | Mary Ann Gifford | ||||
| Mary Card, F, age 35 to 39, born Sussex; occupation: servant | Mary Card | ||||
| Emma Acock, F, age 25 to 29; occupation servant | Emma Acock | ||||
| Harriot Franklin, F, age 20 to 24; occupation: servant | Harriot Franklin | ||||
| Sophia Siggs, F, age 25 to 29, born Sussex; occupation Servant | Sophia Siggs | ||||
| Martha Wallis, F, age 40 to 44; occupation: servant | Martha Wallis | ||||
| Elizabeth Divall, F, age 20 to 24, born Sussex; occupation: servant | Elizabeth Divall | ||||
| 6th Jun 1841 | Census | William Scoles, M, Head, age 42; occupation Servant | William Scoles | Eridge Castle Stables | 1841 Census Frant, Sussex |
| William Davey, M, age 32, born Sussex; occupation: servant | William Davey | ||||
| James Page, M, age 34; occupation: servant | James Page | ||||
| Thomas Eldridge, M, age 18, born Sussex; occupation: servant | Thomas Eldridge | ||||
| Edward Beney, M, age 17, occupation: servant | Edward Beney | ||||
| 27th Mar 1843 | Death | Sir Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny | Eridge Castle | www.thepeerage.com | |
| 12th Apr 1845 | Death | Reverend John Nevill, 3rd Earl of Abergavenny | Eridge Castle | www.thepeerage.com | |
| 20th Sep 1849 |  | Eridge Castle, Eridge by Rock & Co., London | Eridge Castle [a.k.a. Eridge House, Eridge Place] | Private collection | |
| 1851 | Directory entry | Abergavenny Earl, Eridge Castle | Eridge Castle | Post Office Directory | |
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Servant, occupation: in care of the Castle | Louis Berger | Eridge Castle | 1851 Census Frant, Sussex |
| Servant's wife | Elizabeth Berger | ||||
| Servant's daughter | Clara Berger | ||||
| Servant; occupation: house servant | Jane Jessup | ||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; occupation: in charge of the stables | Robert Jessop, in charge of the stables | Stable Yard, Eridge Castle | 1851 Census Frant, Sussex |
| 7th Apr 1861 | Census | Edmund Pilcher, M, Servant, widowed, age 61, born Littlebourne, Kent; occupation: groom of the chambers and in charge of the Castle | Edmund Pilcher | Eridge Castle | 1861 Census Frant and Tunbridge Wells, Sussex |
| Jane Jessup, F, Servant, single, age 46, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: house servant | Jane Jessup | ||||
| Alice Atkins, F, Servant, single, age 23, born Ryarsh, Kent; occupation: house servant | Alice Atkins | ||||
| Robert Jessup, M, Servant, single, age 61, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: groom helper in the stables and Castle and in charge of the Castle | Robert Jessup | ||||
| 7th Apr 1861 | Census | John Chapman, M, Servant, single, age 25, born Birling, Kent; occupation: under gardener | John Chapman | Eridge Garden House | 1861 Census Frant and Tunbridge Wells, Sussex |
| George Musk, M, Servant, single, age 23, born Putney, Surrey; occupation: under gardener | George Musk | ||||
| 1867 | Directory entry | Abergavenny Earl of, Eridge castle | Eridge castle | Post Office Directory | |
| Eridge Castle, an ancient seat of the Nevills, is in the form of a quadrangle, surrounded by an extensive park, and is one of the seats of the Earl of Abergavenny, who is the present head and representative of that family: Queen Elizabeth was entertained here for six days. | |||||
| 2nd Apr 1871 | Census | William Nevill, M, Head, married, age 44, born Longford, Shropshire; occupation: Earl of Abergavenny and landowner | William Nevill, Earl of Abergavenny | Eridge Castle | 1871 Census Frant and Tunbridge Wells, Sussex |
| Caroline Nevill, F, Wife, married, age 44, born London, Middlesex; occupation: Countess of Abergavenny | Caroline Nevill | ||||
| Cecily L Nevill, F, Daughter, single, age 19, born Wood Hall, Yorkshire | Cecily L. Nevill | ||||
| Reginald W B Nevill, M, Son, single, age 18, born Bramham, Yorkshire; occupation: Viscount Neville | Reginald W B Nevill | ||||
| Henry G R Nevill, M, Son, age 16, born Bramham, Yorkshire | Henry G. R. Nevill | ||||
| George Nevill, M, Son, age 14, born Bramham, Yorkshire | George Nevill | ||||
| Alice M Nevill, F, Daughter, age 12, born Scarborough, Yorkshire | Alice M. Nevill | ||||
| William Nevill, M, Son, age 10, born Bramham, Yorkshire | William Nevill | ||||
| Richard Nevill, M, Son, age 9, born Bramham, Yorkshire | Richard Nevill | ||||
| Idina M Nevill, F, Daughter, age 5, born Bramham, Yorkshire | Idina M. Nevill | ||||
| Rose Nevill, F, Daughter, age 4, born Bramham, Yorkshire | Rose Nevill | ||||
| Violet Nevill, F, Daughter, age 4, born Bramham, Yorkshire | Violet Nevill | ||||
| Charles Johnstone, M, Visitor, widowed, age 70, born Hackness, Yorkshire; occupation: Vicar of Felixkirk, Yorkshire | Charles Johnstone | ||||
| Caroline Johnstone, F, Visitor, single, age 21, born Sutton, Yorkshire | Caroline Johnstone | ||||
| Charles P D Lane Fox, M, Visitor, widowed, age 40, born Darrington, Yorkshire; occupation: Baron's son late captain Grenadier Guards | Charles P D Lane Fox | ||||
| Albert Froom, M, Visitor, single, age 31, born Reigate, Surrey; occupation: lieutenant, Inniskilling Dragoons | Albert Froom | ||||
| Francis Curtis, M, Visitor, single, age 34, born Teignmouth, Devon; occupation: captain, 6th Dragoon Guards | Francis Curtis | ||||
| Wollastow Ashley, M, Servant, single, age 24, born Welwyn, Hertfordshire; occupation: groom of chambers and domestic servant | Wollastow Ashley | ||||
| Edward Ponsford, M, Servant, single, age 28, born London, Middlesex; occupation: under butler and domestic servant | Edward Ponsford | ||||
| Charles Varlies, M, Servant, single, age 20, born Bramham, Yorkshire; occupation: footman and domestic servant | Charles Varlies | ||||
| John Thompson, M, Servant, single, age 18, born Bramham, Yorkshire; occupation: footboy and domestic servant | John Thompson | ||||
| Richard Jones, M, Servant, single, age 30, born Mereworth, Kent; occupation: usher of halls and domestic servant | Richard Jones | ||||
| Elizabett Scott, F, Servant, single, age 47, born London, Middlesex; occupation: housekeeper and domestic servant | Elizabett Scott | ||||
| Sarah Kane, F, Servant, single, age 50, born Yorkshire; occupation: nurse and domestic servant | Sarah Kane | ||||
| Anne Judson, F, Servant, single, age 22, born Herringham, Yorkshire; occupation: nurse and domestic servant | Anne Judson | ||||
| Sarah Horseford, F, Servant, single, age 34, born Isle of Wight; occupation: housemaid and domestic servant | Sarah Horseford | ||||
| Emily Bartlett, F, Servant, single, age 23, born Isle of Wight; occupation: housemaid and domestic servant | Emily Bartlett | ||||
| Elisabeth Liddell, F, Servant, single, age 26, born Durham; occupation: housemaid and domestic servant | Elisabeth Liddell | ||||
| Mary Carter, F, Servant, single, age 22, born Durham; occupation: housemaid and domestic servant | Mary Carter | ||||
| Elisabeth Troote, F, Servant, single, age 26, born Devon; occupation: housemaid and domestic servant | Elisabeth Troote | ||||
| Emma Goodall, F, Servant, single, age 19, born Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire; occupation: schoolroom maid and domestic servant | Emma Goodall | ||||
| Harriette Watling, F, Servant, single, age 27, born Carlton, Norfolk; occupation: lady's maid and domestic servant | Harriette Watling | ||||
| Agnes Coamb, F, Servant, single, age 30, born Wotton, Gloucestershire; occupation: lady's maid and domestic servant | Agnes Coamb | ||||
| Mary Coulthard, F, Servant, single, age 46, born Whitehaven, Cumberland; occupation: cook and domestic servant | Mary Coulthard | ||||
| Agnes Dick, F, Servant, single, age 35, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: kitchenmaid and domestic servant | Agnes Dick | ||||
| Annie Haughton, F, Servant, single, age 21, born Roehampton, Surrey; occupation: kitchenmaid and domestic servant | Annie Haughton | ||||
| Ehen Carey, F, Servant, single, age 22, born Clifton, Gloucestershire; occupation: earleymaid and domestic servant | Ehen Carey | ||||
| Hannah Barnes, F, Servant, single, age 38, born Cold Kirby, Yorkshire; occupation: lady's maid and domestic servant | Hannah Barnes | ||||
| Thomas Wiseman, M, Servant, single, age 28, born Heighington, Durham; occupation: butler and domestic servant | Thomas Wiseman | ||||
| 2nd Apr 1871 | Census | George Warren, M, Servant, single, age 25, born Devonport, Devon; occupation: under gardener and domestic servant | George Warren | The Gardener's House, Eridge Castle | 1871 Census Frant and Tunbridge Wells, Sussex |
| John Turner, M, Servant, single, age 19, born Filliegh, Devon; occupation: under gardener and domestic servant | John Turner | ||||
| James Hawkins, M, Servant, single, age 19, born Leamington, Warwickshire; occupation: under gardener and domestic servant | James Hawkins | ||||
| 2nd Apr 1871 | Census | Thomas Tate, M, Servant, single, age 24, born Deighton, Yorkshire; occupation: coachman's assistant and domestic servant | Thomas Tate | The Stables With Rooms Over, Eridge Castle | 1871 Census Frant and Tunbridge Wells, Sussex |
| James Ferris, M, Servant, single, age 19, born Acton Turville, Gloucestershire; occupation: helper in stables and domestic servant | James Ferris | ||||
| William Killick, M, Servant, single, age 25, born Chiddingstone, Kent; occupation: helper in stables and domestic servant | William Killick | ||||
| William Baily, M, Servant, single, age 18, born Bushey, Hertfordshire; occupation: helper in stables and domestic servant | William Baily | ||||
| William Woodhams, M, Servant, single, age 31, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: helper in stables and domestic servant | William Woodhams | ||||
| William Ellis, M, Servant, single, age 22, born Rutland; occupation: helper in stables and domestic servant | William Ellis | ||||
| 1874 | Directory entry | Abergavenny Earl of, Eridge castle | Eridge castle | Post Office Directory | |
| Eridge Castle, an ancient seat of the Nevills, is surrounded by an extensive park, and is one of the seats of the Earl of Abergavenny, who is the present head and representative of that family: Queen Elizabeth was entertained here for six days. On the confines of the park are traces of an old English camp called Saxonbury Hill. The Earl of Abergavenny is lord of the manor and principal landowner | |||||
| c 1875 |  | Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1875 by Ordnance Survey | Eridge Castle | ||
| 1880 |  | Eridge Castle, Eridge | Eridge Castle [a.k.a. Eridge House, Eridge Place] | Pelton's Tunbridge Wells | |
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Lord George M. Nevill, M, Head, single, age 25, born Yorkshire | Lord George Montacute Nevill | Eridge Castle | 1881 Census Frant, Sussex |
| Lady Idina Mary Nevill, F, Daughter, age 15, born Yorkshire | Lady Idina Mary Nevill | ||||
| Lady Rose Nevill, F, Daughter, age 14, born Yorkshire | Lady Rose Nevill | ||||
| Lady Violet Nevill, F, Daughter, age 14, born Yorkshire | Lady Violet Nevill | ||||
| Sarah Mayfield, F, Governess, single, age 28, born Ireland; occupation: governess | Sarah Mayfield | ||||
| Benjamin Smith, M, Servant, married, age 37, born Hampshire; occupation: butler | Benjamin Smith | ||||
| Charles Whiteman, M, Servant, single, age 30, born Warwickshire; occupation Groom | Charles Whiteman | ||||
| Joseph H. Forty, M, Servant, single, age 26, born Gloucestershire; occupation: valet | Joseph H. Forty | ||||
| Henry Pearsons, M, Servant, single, age 50, born Suffolk; occupation Under butler | Henry Pearsons | ||||
| Thomas Cottington, M, Servant, single, age 18, born Rotherfield, occupation: footman | Thomas Cottington | ||||
| Alexander Hickmott, M, Servant, single, age 22, born Frant; occupation: servant | Alexander Hickmott | ||||
| Reginald G. Thomas, M, Servant, single, age 16, born Middlesex; occupation House boy | Reginald G. Thomas | ||||
| Susan Vivish, F, Servant, single, age 43, born Kent; occupation Housekeeper | Susan Vivish | ||||
| Mary Ann Stanage, F, Servant, single, age 33, born Ireland; occupation Cook | Mary Ann Stanage | ||||
| Jane Stubbings, F, Servant, single, age 26, born Suffolk; occupation Ladies maid | Jane Stubbings | ||||
| Bertha L. Robins, F, Servant, single, age 35, born Somerset; occupation Housemaid | Bertha L. Robins | ||||
| Sarah Matthews, F, Servant, single, age 24, born Hampshire; occupation: housemaid | Sarah Matthews | ||||
| Dora M. Cuthbert, F, Servant, single, age 20, born Yorkshire; occupation: housemaid | Dora M. Cuthbert | ||||
| Ellen M. Empson, F, Servant, single, age 24, born Tunbridge Wells; occupation: maid | Ellen M. Empson | ||||
| Mary Weston, F, Servant, single, age 24, born Buckinghamshire; occupation: kitchenmaid | Mary Weston | ||||
| Sarah Wright, F, Servant, single, age 22, born Yorkshire; occupation Kitchenmaid | Sarah Wright | ||||
| Margaret Crerar, F, Servant, single, age 19, born Scotland, occupation: kitchenmaid | Margaret Crerar | ||||
| Helen Sales, F, Servant, single, age 17, born Frant; occupation: maid | Helen Sales | ||||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | William Feniman, M, Head, single, age 18, born Middlesex; occupation: groom and gardener | William Feniman, groom and gardener | Eridge Castle Stables | 1881 Census Frant, Sussex |
| John Rodlam, M, Servant, single, age 28, born Wiltshire; occupation Groom and gardener | John Rodlam | ||||
| Frederick Baines, M, Servant, single, age 23, born Middlesex, occupation: groom and gardener | Frederick Baines | ||||
| Edward Howard, M, Servant, single, age 17, born Tunbridge Wells; occupation: groom and gardener | Edward Howard | ||||
| George Reeves, M, Servant, single, age 16, born Sevenoaks; occupation: groom and gardener | George Reeves | ||||
| George Stephenson, M, Servant, single, age 24, born Durham; occupation: coachman | George Stephenson | ||||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Ernest P. Edwards, M, Head, single, age 24, born Devon; occupation: servant | Ernest P. Edwards, servant | Eridge Castle Gardens | 1881 Census Frant, Sussex |
| Charles J. Dicker, M, Servant, single, age 19, born Newick; occupation: gardener journeyman | Charles J. Dicker | ||||
| Frederick W. Randall, M, Servant, single, age 22, born Surrey; occupation Gardener Journeyman | Frederick W. Randall | ||||
| Arthur Down, M, Servant, single, age 20, born Frant; occupation: gardener journeyman | Arthur Down | ||||
| 1882 | Directory entry | Abergavenny Marquess of, Eridge Castle | Eridge Castle | Kelly's Directory | |
| & of 34 Dover street, London w, & Carlton Club, London s.w Eridge Castle, an ancient seat of the Nevills, is surrounded by an extensive and well, wooded park, and is one of the seats of the Marquess of Abergavenny, who is the present head and representative of that family: on the confines of the park are traces of an old English camp called Saxonbury Hill; Eridge Rocks, situated here, are of immense size, and very picturesque: the grounds are open to the public on Thursdays from May to September inclusive | |||||
| 1889 |  | Eridge Castle by Charles Reynolds & Co. | Private collection | ||
| 23rd Sep 1892 | Death | Caroline Nevill [Johnstone], Marchioness of Abergavenny | Eridge Castle | www.thepeerage.com | |
| 1896 |  | Eridge Castle | Private collection | ||
| 1900 |  | Eridge Castle | Private collection | ||
| c 1900 |  | Eridge Castle, Eridge painted by Charles Essenhigh Corke | Charles Essenhigh Corke, artist and photographer | English Homes and Villages | |
| c 1900 |  | Eridge Castle photographed by Valentine's series | Private collection | ||
| c 1900 |  | Eridge Castle photographed by Photochrom Co., Ltd | Private collection | ||
| c 1900 |  | Eridge Castle photographed by J. Frisby, Uckfield | Private collection | ||
| c 1900 |  | Eridge Castle | Private collection | ||
| 1905 |  | Eridge Castle | Private collection | ||
| 1907 |  | Eridge Castle, Eridge | Private collection | ||
| 12th Dec 1915 | Death | Sir William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny | Eridge Castle | www.thepeerage.com | |
| 1930 |  | Eridge Park & Castle | Private collection | ||
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