Winslow Hall and the Lowndes family

Winslow Hall was built by William Lowndes in 1700 - the first time Winslow had had a "manor house". The Lowndes were a prominent family in Winslow from the late 16th century. The notes below begin with William's grandfather William and father Robert. The Angel was at the corner of Sheep Street and the Market Square, opposite The Bell.

1610: Rental
William Lowndes the Angell 94 acres of land
One ancient shop in the market place

This William Lowndes was the eldest surviving son of Robert Lowndes, d.1602, brother of Thomas Lowndes, d.1622, and father of Robert.

1651: Manor court
Surrender: William Lowndes
Admission: Robert Lowndes and Elizabeth his wife, and on failure of issue to Wendover Lowndes:
Angell with 93 acres of land

1652, 19 Nov
William son of Robert Lowndes baptised at Winslow.
"My own mother was the daughter of Anne one of the daughters of Mr Peter Figge the elder above named by Mr John Fitzwilliam" (William Lowndes). [According to the Visitation of Bucks this should be Elizabeth rather than Anne.]

1654, 28 May: Will of William Lowndes of Winslow yeoman
Leaves to his son Robert: All moveable goods which are mine at or in the house called the Angell in Winslow.
To his son Wendover: All my working tooles and all the plough timber in the chamber over the shopp and all the iron in the shid.

1664: Manor court
Surrender: Robert Lowndes and Elizabeth his wife
Admission: Andrew Campion
Messuage or tenement in Winslow called the Angell

1666: Manor court
Surrender: Andrew Campion, Robert Lowndes and Elizabeth his wife
Admission: William Emerton of Alberry Herts gent
Messuage or tenement, shop, barn, stables, buildings, yard called the Angell

1667: Lowndes notes (Centre for Bucks Studies, D/LO 4/2)
"I who in the year 1667 came from Winslow the place of my birth to the city to abide there...." (William Lowndes)

1670: Manor court
Surrender: Robert Lowndes and his wife
Admission: Edward Palmer of London wine cooper
All interest of Robert Lowndes and Elizabeth his wife in the Angell Inn

1678: Manor court
Surrender: Edward Palmer and Susanna his wife
Admission: William Lowndes of St Martins in the Fields, Scrivener
72 acres formerly surrendered by Robert Lowndes of Winslow to the said Edward Palmer

1679: William Lowndes' first appointment in the Treasury

1679, 26 Oct
William Lowndes married Elizabeth Harsnett at St Martin in the Fields, Westminister

William Lowndes' gradual acquisition of property in Winslow from 1679 to 1703 is recorded in Lowndes Roll 1. This also gives details of all his children and some of his other relatives.

1680, 8 Nov
Robert son of William and Elizabeth Lowndes baptised at St Margaret's Westminster

1680: Death of Elizabeth, wife of William Lowndes.

1683, 29 Jan
Burial of Robert Lowndes at Winslow

1683, 25 Nov
William Lowndes married Jane Hooper at St Clement Danes, London

1684, 6 Sep
Ann, daughter of William and Jane Lowndes, baptised at St Margaret's Westminster

1685: Death of Jane, 2nd wife of William Lowndes

1685, 9 Oct: Manor court
Surrender: Thomas Halfpenny and Mary his wife
Admission: William Lowndes gent
Messuage in Sheep Street adjoining to the tenement of Stephen Bigg on the west with the yards orchards sheep pens
Mentioned in 1703 marriage settlement of Robert Lowndes and Margaret Atcherley in the area included Pond Close one of ye Rose Closes and all Norden except one acre. Total 33 1/2 acres, purchase price £10 15s.

1686, 12 July
William Lowndes married Elizabeth daughter of Richard Martyn D.D.

1687, 22 Oct
William son of William and Elizabeth Lowndes baptised [Ancestor of Lowndes of Astwood Bury]

1688/9, 12 Jan
Elizabeth, daughter of William and Elizabeth Lowndes, baptised at St Margaret's Westminster

1689: Death of Elizabeth 3rd wife of William Lowndes.

1691, 29 Nov
William Lowndes married Rebecca daughter of John Shales

1692, Oct: Manor court
Surrender: John Dymock and Jane his wife
Admission: William Lowndes of Westminster gent
Messuage or tenement in Sheep Street..... Benjamin Scott west and John Seaton jnr east
Mentioned in 1703 marriage settlement as site of John Dymock's house, purchase price £400. "This was a brick house standing near the street pulled down to build my new house" (William Lowndes)
Also in Winslow Hall building accounts: "for work in taking down cleaning and stacking 60,000 bricks and 12,000 tiles from the old house of Mr Lowndes at Winslow £7 4s 0d for work in pulling down ye ceiling and portions of ye same 12s 8d for work in taking down the roof 10s 8d.

1693: Charles son of William and Rebecca Lowndes born [Ancestor of Lowndes of Chesham]

1693: entries from William Lowndes' pocket book (Centre for Bucks Studies AR 65/99)

7th July 1693
I have received of Mr Wm Lowndes the sum of thirty pounds upon acco' for a Brickwall I am to build for him at Winslow
[signed] Stephen Bigg

29th August 1693
I have received of Mr Wm Lowndes Twenty one pounds fiftene shillings more on ye same acco'
[signed] Stephen Bigg

24th 8bi 1693
Recd of Mr Lowndes towards ye Wall in Winslow Tenn pounds making in all 61li 15s recvd by mee
[signed] Stephen Bigg

1695, 24 April
William Lowndes succeeds Henry Guy as Secretary to the Treasury
[His share of the fees for the first year of office approached £2,440 - DNB]

1695, 25 Oct: Manor court
Surrender: Benjamin Scott and Elizabeth his wife and Anne Scott widow
Admission: William Lowndes of Westminster
Messuage or Tenement in Winslow in which the said Benjamin Scott and Ann Scott widow now inhabit
Mentioned in 1703 marriage settlement: purchase price £280 "in the sheep street now demolished to build my new house"
Also in Winslow Hall building accounts: "paid for work in pulling down Scotts house which stood in the street next that in ye tenure of Ben Sounders" 3s 0d.

1695, Oct - Nov
William Lowndes pays George London and Henry Wise, his Majesty's Gardeners, for fruit trees "to plant the garden then made now next ye new house"

1695, 12 Nov
William Lowndes returned as Member of Parliament for Seaford, one of the Cinque Ports.

1697, 29 May (see full entry in Lowndes Roll 1)
William Lowndes of Westminster Esq purchases from Nicholas Goodwin of Hammersmith gent and others:
The Manor of Winslow with Little Horwood, Shipton and Granborough
8 acres dispersed in Winslow Field
The Town of Winslow with the fairs and market
The Rectory impropriate of Winslow and Shipton
2 acres and a barn in Parsonage Close
[Mentioned in 1703 Marriage Settlement, purchase price £4,900. Theses are all let together to Robert Gibbs at an old rent of £220]

Winslow Hall from the south1700: Date above the south door of Winslow Hall. The accounts for the building of Winslow Hall were published in: Wren Society vol.17 (1940): Designs and drawings supplementary to volume XII (1935). The building cost £6,585 10s 2d, and used 48,000 roof tiles and 1,140,300 bricks (35,000 of which were reused from the previous house). See Lowndes Roll 1 for details of the houses pulled down and the land acquired for the garden.

See also: G. Eland, "The building of Winslow Hall", Records of Bucks 11.7 (1926) (available on the Records of Bucks website)

Part of the description in Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire (1913):
Winslow Hall, 140 yards S.E. of the church, is a building of three storeys with an attic and cellars. It is dated 1700 and has been attributed to Sir Christopher Wren or one of his pupils. The walls are of brick with stone dressings; the roofs are covered with slate. The house is a fine example of domestic architecture of the period. The plan of the main building is rectangular with a projecting bay in the middle of each wall; a modern wing of one storey, containing the entrance hall, has been added at the E. end on the site of a former extension, and there are low modern additions on each side of a covered passage, which leads to a building of two storeys containing the kitchen. The arrangement of the interior of the main building is symmetrical, peculiarities being that all the fireplaces are in the axial wall, and that in each corner of the house on each floor, including the cellars, there is a small square chamber, those on the upper floors having been used probably as powdering-closets: on the ground floor the eastern two-fifths of the N. half form a Hall, with the N.E. corner chamber as an ante-room between it and the modern entrance hall, and the western three-fifths contain the Dining Room, with the N.W. corner chamber, used as a pantry, beyond it. In the S. half, the eastern three-fifths contain the Drawing Room, with the S.E. corner chamber as an anteroom, and the western two-fifths the Library, with the S.W. corner chamber opening from it and used as a Study. The staircases are in the projecting bays at the E. and W. ends of the house. The upper floors are each divided into four main rooms in the same way as the ground floor.

1703, 24 June
Robert son of William Lowndes married Margaret Atcherley at St Stephens Shoreditch

1706, 7 Oct
Richard son of Robert and Margaret Lowndes baptised at St Martin in the Fields

After building Winslow Hall, William Lowndes continued to buy up property in Winslow. Some of this was adjacent to the Hall, and if on the south side of Sheep Street it was demolished to create the open view which characterises Winslow now (see photo). He kept careful records of his purchases 1715-20 in a notebook, which is also a valuable source as it contains many extracts from 17th-century court rolls. His usual method was to foreclose on mortgages.

1724: Death of William Lowndes.
Buried in vault in Chancel of Winslow Church. Will leaves his property in Winslow to his son Robert, who already occupied it. Full transcription of the will

1727, Sep 4 (from Caledonian Mercury of 12 Sep)
Wednesday last Robert Lownds of Winslow in the County of Bucks, Esq; having been making a Visit in that Neighbourhood, upon his Return home, alighting from his Horse, fell down dead.

1745: Shipton Enclosure Award.
Richard Lowndes receives multiple allotments and builds new farms like Red Hall Farm.

1760, 5 Jan Jackson’s Oxford Journal

WINSLOW  Dec. 26, 1759

Stolen or Strayed, out of Shipton Pastures, in the Parish of Winslow, Bucks, on Sunday, the 23d Instant; a Black GELDING, rising four Years old, a Star on his Forehead, and a small Snip; both his fore Feet white, and a little white in one of his hind Feet; round carcassed, with clean flat Legs; his Tail is nicked and cut square, and he carries it high; he stands about fifteen hands, high; his Shoes, if not altered, marked H.R.

Whoever gives Intelligence of the said Gelding, if strayed, shall be well rewarded; if stolen, and shall apprehend and bring to Justice the Person or Persons stealing the same, such Apprehender shall be entitled to a Reward of Five Pounds, and all Expences any Way attending the Prosecuting and Apprehending the Person or Persons guilty of stealing the said Gelding, to be paid by me,

RICHARD LOWNDES.

21 Jan 1766: William Lowndes marries Mary daughter of Thomas Goostrey of Missenden Abbey

1767: Winslow Enclosure Award.
William Lowndes receives multiple allotments and builds new farms like Tuckey Farm.

1767: Birth of William, son of William and Mary Lowndes

1772: Will of Thomas James Selby of Whaddon leaving property to his friend William Lowndes who was to take the name of Selby to become his lawful heir

1775, 17 Oct
Richard Lowndes aged 88 buried at Winslow; see his biography on the History of Parliament website

1786, 13 June: Sun Fire Insurance 337/518991

  William Selby of Winslow Esquire On his buildings and goods as particularly expressed on the back of this policy viz;
  On his dwelling house, kitchen, brewhouse and offices adjoining, brick tiled and leaded £3,000
  Household goods therein £200
  China and glass £30
  Coachhouse, stables and laundry only adjoining separate, brick and tiled £400
  Barn and dog kennel only adjoining separate, brick timber and tiled £60
  Three tenements only adjoining in Ship Street in the tenure of Church and others £30
  House only in the tenure of John Cox farmer, brick and tiled £100
  Barn and stable only adjoining separate £20
  House only in the tenure of Lee saddler, brick and tiled £60
  House only in the tenure of Bignell baker  brick and tiled £80
  House only in the tenure of William Bunce £10
  House only in the tenure of Keys farmer £60
  Barn only separate, brick pannelled and tiled £40
  Barn only separate £10
  House only in the tenure of Read farmer, brick panelled and tiled £100
  Barn only adjoining (not communicating) £40
  Barn and woodhouse only adjoining separate £30
  Barn only separate, timber and tiled £20
  Barn only separate £20
  House and barn only adjoining in the tenure of Henry Cox private.
brick and tiled		 £100
  House only in the tenure of Hillier farmer, brick and tiled £80
  Barn and stable only adjoining separate £60
  House gate house woodhouse stable and barns adjoining at Shipen in the tenure of Brandon £120
  Two tenements only adjoining in the tenure of Evans and others £30
  House and dairy house only adjoining separate in the tenure of Wilson farmer, brick and tiled £100
  Cowhouse stable and barn only adjoining separate £40
  Farmhouse only separate in the tenure of Thomas Ingram farmer,
brick and tiled		 £320
  Barn and two stables only adjoining separate £70
  Barn and two cowhouses only adjoining separate £70
    ________
    £5,300
  All thatched except otherwise mentioned and situate in the Parish of Winslow aforesaid  

1807, 5 Nov
Birth of William, son of William and Lucy Selby Lowndes

1813, 10 May
William Selby Esq of Winslow buried at Winslow aged 78

1832, 28 June
William Selby Lowndes married Lucy daughter of Isaac Rawlings Hartman

1836, 13 Nov
Birth of William son of William and Lucy Selby Lowndes

1840, 26 May
William Selby Lowndes Lowndes of Winslow and Whaddon buried at Winslow aged 73 years

1841: Census
Winslow Hall

William Lowndes Head 30
Lucy Lowndes nee Hartman Wife 30
Essex Lowndes Daughter 5
William   Lowndes Son 4
John   Son 2
Lucy   Daughter 1
Cressedor       Daughter  2 months
Clara Hartman Sister In Law     25
+ 8 Servants

Clara Hartman subsequently married Edward Selby-Lowndes, William's younger brother, and lived at Selby Lodge (later Redfield).

1848, 20 June: Morning Post
The ENGLISH INSTITUTION of MANNHEIM is REMOVED to WINSLOW in BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. - Dr. Lovell informs his friends that he has taken a large Mansion, with extensive grounds, at Winslow (ten miles from Aylesbury), where his School will be RE-OPENED after the present vacation, on the 1st of AUGUST next. Dr. Lovell is now in town. The terms, references, & c., can be had of Messrs. Field and Bolton, Lamb's Conduit-place, Guildford-street, London.

Ed Grimsdale has written an article about Dr Lovell's school, Ground-Breaking Multilingual Education in Victorian Winslow, and traced the stories of some of the pupils.

1851: Census
Winslow Hall

[There are links to more information about some of the people. Arthur Alington became an admiral.]

Henry Lovell Head married 41 Schoolmaster, M.A. & Dr of the University of Giessen in Germany b. London
Anna Lovell Wife married 30   b. Mannheim, Germany
Anna Lovell Daughter   8 Scholar at home b. Mannheim
Francis Lovell Son   6 Scholar at home b. Mannheim
Emilia Lovell Daughter   5 Scholar at home b. Mannheim
Eliza Lovell Daughter   3   b. Mannheim
Rosa Lovell Daughter   1   b. Winslow
Eleonora Lovell Daughter   2m   b. Winslow
Samuel Warden Assistant unm 26 Teacher of classics & c b. Glastonbury
Constant Gilbert Assistant unm 22 Teacher of French & drawing b. Meaux, France
Radolph Abarbamll Assistant unm 24 Teacher of German & music b. Franstadt, Prussia
Edward Hart Pupil   15   b. Leighton Buzzard
George Suttie Pupil   15   b. Preston Grange, Scotland
Charles Nesfield Pupil   15   b. Swindon
Thomas Sharland Pupil   15   b. Dalston, Middx
Charles Burton Pupil   14   b. Carlow, Ireland
Philip Fitzroy Pupil   14   b. Fakenham, Norf
Arthur Nightingale Pupil   14   b. Twickenham
Alexander Dunne Pupil   13   b. Dublin
Arthur Fleming Pupil   13   b. Dublin
George Ruxton Pupil   13   b. Castle Bellingham, Ireland
Francis Hamilton Pupil   13   b. Madras
Richard Sommers Pupil   13   b. Tyrrells Pass, Ireland
Charles Willis Pupil   12   b. Leighton Buzzard
Frederick Fitzroy Pupil   12   b. Fakenham, Norf
John George Pupil   12   b. Rentstown, Ireland
John Power Pupil   12   b. Clonabrany, Ireland
Samuel Sommers Pupil   11   b. Tyrrells Pass, Ireland
Philip Reade Pupil   11   b. Woodpark Scariff, Ireland
Arthur Alington Pupil   11   b. Swinhope, Lincs
Frederick Ruxton Pupil   11   b. Nenagh, Ireland
Edward Fitzroy Pupil   11   b. Fakenham, Norfolk
Major Dawson Hill Pupil   11   b. Greenock, Scotland
D'Olren George Pupil   10   b. Dublin
Jervis Power Pupil   10   b. Manchester
William Wade Pupil   10   b. Fethort, Ireland
Thomas Willis Pupil   10   b. Leighton Buzzard
Robert Suttie Pupil   9   b. Preston Grange, Scotland
Adam Power Visitor   6   b. Clonabrany, Ireland
Catherine Roebell Servant unm 27 Housekeeper b. Weinheim, Germany
Mary Ann Shillingford Servant unm 21 Housemaid b. Farnborough, Bucks
Carl Gehl Servant married 32 Butler b. Grimstadt, Bavaria
Catharina Kraaft Servant unm 29 Cook b. Monsheim, Bavaria
Sophy Baser Servant unm 44 Nurse b. Durkheim, Bavaria
Margaretha Lorenz Servant unm 33 Nurse & housemaid b. Standenbuken, Bavaria

John Cawte, Gamekeeper, aged 40, b. Twyford, Hants, lived in the adjacent house (on the south-east side).

1856, 13 Dec: Northampton Mercury
Deaths: Dec. 4., at Winslow Hall, in the 6th year of her age, Eleanor Matilda, daughter of Henry Lovell, Esq., D.C.L.

1857, 25 April: Bucks Herald
Wanted, directly, a respectable young man, as GENERAL HOUSE SERVANT, in a large Establishment, where a boy is kept.
Apply by letter, stating length of service and wages expected, to Dr. LOVELL, Winslow Hall, Bucks.

1861: Census
Winslow Hall

Henry Lovell Head married 50 Schoolmaster b. London
Anna Franziska Lovell Wife married 41   b. Germany
Anna E. Lovell Daughter unm 18   b. Germany
Emily C. Lovell Daughter   15   b. Germany
Eliza Lovell Daughter   12   b. Germany
Rosa A. Lovell Daughter   10   b. Winslow
Henry A.G. Lovell Son   9   b. Winslow
Theodore E.D. Lovell Son   6   b. Winslow
Edward A. Lovell Son   4   b. Winslow
Catharine Raebel   unm 36 Housekeeper b. Germany
Charles H. Pinnock   unm 30 Assistant Master -----
Edmond F. Graillot   unm 27 Assistant Master b. France
Carl J. Matini   unm 27 Assistant Master b. Germany
Robert Cruikshank     24 Assistant Master -----
Henry C. Horrocks Pupil   14   b. Germany
Percy A. Penn Pupil   15   b. Woolwich
James Blyth Pupil   16   b. London
Henry Cox Pupil   12   -----
George Willis Pupil   15   b. Leighton Buzzard
Henry J Jeffreys Pupil   9   b. Australia
Herbert K. Heyland Pupil   11   -----
Willoughby H. Crewe Pupil   13   b. Breadsall, Derbys
Gerald S. Crewe Pupil   11   b. Breadsall, Derbys
Walter R. Gilbert Pupil   11   b. Newcastle on Tyne
Leonard B. Horrocks Pupil   9   b. Belgium
Henry T.V. Gaitskell Pupil   11   b. India
Charles S.F. Somers Pupil   13   -----
William E. Lavins Pupil   15   b. Manchester
James R. Courtenay Pupil   14   -----
Francis D. Huish Pupil   10   b. Castle Donington, Leics
Henry T. McNeale Pupil   13   -----
Edgar Trollope Pupil   11   b. Lincoln
Andrew Trollope Pupil   10   b. Lincoln
Claude F.C. Vivian Pupil   12   -----
Charles H.P. Vivian Pupil   13   -----
Frederick Clough Pupil   14   b. York
Henry E. Walker Pupil   11   b. India
Alfred C. Walker Pupil   9   b. India
Lindsay Horrocks Pupil   14   b. Germany
William J.S. Dunlop Pupil   13   b. Switzerland
John Hall Huish Pupil   13   b. Castle Donington, Leics
Jesse Spicer Servant   14 Footboy b. Winslow
Edward Fortnum Servant unm 18 Footman b. Padbury
Elizabeth Foot Servant married 29 Cook b. Uxbridge
Mary A. Woodward Servant unm 20 Housemaid b. Loughton, Bucks
Ellen J. Holt Servant unm 17 Nursemaid b. Swanbourne
Ann Holloman Servant unm 19 Kitchenmaid b. Long Crendon

There was now a gamekeeper in the house between Brook Hall and Winslow Hall (either 11 Sheep Street or the building which was originally the west pavilion of Winslow Hall): James King, 43, b. Whitfield, Northants, + family.

1863, 21 Feb: Bucks Herald
Presentation to to Dr Lovell, lately of Winslow Hall, recently removed to Apsley Guise, Beds, where he has purchased more commodious school premises … fourteen years residence

1871: Census
Sheep Street

John Lane Head married 43 J.P., Barrister at Law b. London
Sarah S. Lane Wife married 36   b. Ellesborough
Francis D. Lane Son   11 Scholar b. Calverton
Grace E.D. Lane Daughter   10 Scholar b. Calverton
Arthur P. Lane Son   8 Scholar b. Rugby
Bazil N. Lane Son   6 Scholar b. Rugby
Beatrice Lane Daughter   4 Scholar b. Rugby
Montagu Lane Son   2   b. Rugby
Frances Dease
-----
 unm 36   b. Downham, Cambs
Annie Bukler
-----
 widow 33 Governess b. London
William Fairbrother
-----
 married 33 Groom b. Haiton, Northants
Mary Fairbrother
-----
 married 32 ----- b. Bloxham, Beds
William Fairbrother
-----
   6 Scholar b. Rugby
Mary A. Owen
-----
 unm 46 Cook, Domestic Servant b. Ashton sub Mersey, Cheshire
William Gwilliam
-----
 unm 23 Footman, Domestic Servant b. Worcester
Phoebe Downing
-----
 unm 27 Nurse, Domestic Servant b. Oldbury, Worcs
Rachel Waddup
-----
 unm 23 Housemaid, Domestic Servant b. Stratton Audley
Adeline Dyke
-----
 unm 23 Housemaid, Domestic Servant b. Banbury
Mary Banks
-----
 unm 18 Kitchenmaid, Domestic Servant b. Blackburn

1873, 2 June: 14 year lease of Winslow Hall
1) William Selby Lowndes of Whaddon Hall Esq
2) Henry Ralph Lambton of 47 Eaton Place Middlesex

1881: Census
Sheep Street

Bertha Lambton Daughter   11   b. London
Margaret Lambton Daughter   8   b. London
Dorothy Lambton Daughter   7   b. London
Jeanne Souchet Governess widow 26 Governess b. Brussels
Therese Bell Children's Maid unm 24 Children's maid b. Germany
Eliza Beene Schoolroom maid unm 18 Schoolroom maid b. Essex
Catherine Berry Housemaid unm 18 22 Housemaid b. Berks
Ellen Chatty Scullery maid unm 20 Scullery Maid b. London
Anne Williams
Housemaid
 unm 33 Housemaid b. Hertford
Jain [sic] Locker
Kitchen maid
 unm 24 Kitchen maid b. Wishaw, Lanarks
John Caddington
Footman
 unm 21 Footman b. Boxmoor, Herts

3 more male servants lived in the next household to the south. The Lambton parents, Henry and Elizabeth, were at their London residence, 47 Eaton Place, on census night. In 1885, they bought Selby Lodge from the Selby-Lowndes family, and renamed it Redfield (it was also known as Winslow Court at first).

1887: Kelly's Directory
Chinnery, Henry Joseph, Winslow Hall

1891: Census
Winslow Hall

Henry J. Chinnery Head m 43 Stock Jobber b. Clapham
Marion Chinnery Wife m 40   b. Gt Yarmouth
Ellice H. Chinnery Son unm 16 Scholar b. Teddington
Dorothy N.T. Chinnery Daughter   12 Scholar b. Teddington
Charles E. Lacy Visitor unm 42 Solicitor b. Hedley, Surrey
Gladys Knox Visitor   13 Scholar b. East Indies
Moresly Chinnery Nephew unm 16 Scholar b. Teddington
Thomas Hambly Servant m 50 Butler b. Morval, Cornwall
Henry Turridge
Servant
 m 23 Footman b. Bishop's Castle, Salop
Charles W. Baker
Servant
 m 27 Odd-man b. Hallidon, Northants
Ellen Dean Servant unm 30 Cook b. Scotland
Alice Edwards Servant unm 26 Kitchen maid b. Islington
Ellen Sirett Servant unm 18 Scullery maid b. Adstock
Mary A. Baker Servant m 30 Housemaid b. Vauxhall
Emily Stagg Servant unm 24 Housemaid b. Hungerford
Louisa M. Erby Servant unm 39 Lady's maid b. Guernsey
Susanna J. Wright Visitor's servant unm 28 Lady's maid b. Leinster
Marie Ramus Governess unm 35 Governess b. Switzerland
Amelia Jacobs Servant unm 47 Lady's maid b. Bristol

1897, 27 July: Sale of Winslow Estate by William Selby Lowndes.
Northampton Mercury, 30 July
SALE OF THE WINSLOW HALL ESTATE
On Tuesday afternoon Mr George Wigley submitted to public auction, at the Bell Hotel, Winslow, the estate known as Winslow Hall, comprising the mansion itself and several grazing, dairy and milk farms, besides accommodation holdings, allotments, etc., the whole comprising 1,399 acres. There was a very large company, and the bidding for some of the lots was very spirited. Winslow Hall, with its grounds and several paddocks and enclosures of grass land were not sold.

Property Occupier Purchaser Price (£)
Allotment garden & small grass field fronting Station-road: 21a 1r 20p   Mr T.P. Willis 2,000
Red Hall Farm: 135a 1r 11p Mr S. Jones Mr G.R. Greaves 4,000
3 enclosures of accommodation land: 23a 3r 4p   Mr G.R. Greaves 2,600
Shipton Farm and allotments: 90a 0r 14p Mr G.A. Monk Mr Archer of Chalfont 4,900
Rands Farm: 171a 3r 21 Mr G.A. Monk H. Brazier of Grandborough 4,150
4 enclosures of grass land abutting Grandborough-road: 17a 0r 27p Mr J. Corkett Mr John Hedges of London 1,075
Holcombe Farm, Swanbourne: 218a 1r 27p Mr H. Dancer Mr H. Bullock for Lord Cottesloe 4,500
Christmas Gorse: 15a  
House in Sheep-street Mr W.H. Stevens 300
Ivy Cottage   Mr W.S. Neal 140
House, premises & orchard in Sheep-street with buildings and paddock   Mr Law 330

1897, 1 Dec
Norman McCorquodale buys Winslow Hall
A branch of his family's printing works had been opened in Wolverton in 1878

1901: Census
Servants only

1909: Norman McCorquodale High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire

1911: Census
Winslow Hall

Norman McCorquodale Head 47 married private means b. Newton-le-Willows, Lancs
Constance Helena McCorquodale Wife 42 married 14 years, 5 children private means b. Northampton
Mary Rosamond McCorquodale Daughter 13   student b. St George's, Hanover Sq
Malcolm Stuart McCorquodale Son 10   school b. Lancaster Gate
George McCorquodale Son 6     b. St George's, Hanover Square
Pamela Constance McCorquodale Daughter 11m     b. St George's, Hanover Square
Gweneth Singers Groom Governess 25 single Governess b. Streatham, Surrey
Elizabeth Ann Dodd Servant 40 single Cook b. Millford, Staffs
Kate Radburn Servant 25 single Lady's maid b. Grafton Court, Warws
Mary Ellen Mayes Servant 22 single Kitchen maid b. Ringstead, Northants
Ellen Matilda Day Servant 19 single Housemaid b. Moulton, Northants
Alice Beacon Servant 23 single Housemaid b. Linthwaite, Yorks
Cora Annie Restrick Servant 18 single Under nurse b. Lyme Regis, Dorset
William George Milton Bolton Servant 20 single Footman b. Burghclere, Berks
Arthur George Salmons Servant 18 single Footman b. Greenwich, Middx [sic]
Helen Martha Smith Servant 29 single Nurse b. King's Lynn, Norfolk

1913: Norman McCorquodale builds St Laurence Room near the entrance to Winslow Parish Church

1938, 3 Jan: Death of Norman McCorquodale

1939: Kelly's Directory
Major Norman Duncan McCorquodale, Winslow Hall

Fete at Winslow Hall, 1940 Fete at Winslow Hall, 1940

1941: Winslow Hall requisitioned by the RAF

1947: Winslow Hall bought by Thomas Oakley Ltd demolition contractors

1948: Geoffrey Houghton Brown, an antiques dealer, purchases Winslow Hall

1959: Sir Edward & Lady Tomkins move into Winslow Hall

Arthur Clear: A Thousand Years of Winslow Life (1888): pp.15-16 on Winslow Hall

Winslow Hall is a commodious, but plain brick, edifice, standing at the entrance of the Town from Aylesbury. Until recent years it was approached by a handsome flight of stone steps leading to the south front, over the door of which is the name of William Lowndes, and the date of its erection, 1700 the Architect being Inigo Jones; a modem carriage way now leads to the north front of the house. The Lowndes Family must have had a mansion at Winslow long previous to this, for we find mention in the Church Register, that Robert Lownes of Winslow was married to Jane Croke on the 4th. June, 1575; a Edward Lownes was buried there Aug. 30, 1575; Jone Lownes the wife of Robert Lownes, was buried on 8th, June, 1589, and a Richard Lownes on the 28th June, 1591. The name of W. Lovnes appears on the Sanctus Bell dated 1611.

On several occasions, a member of this family has been elected to represent Buckinghamshire in Parliament, the most eminent being William Lowndes Esq, chairman of the Committee of ways and means in the House of Commons, and commonly called "Ways and Means" Lowndes; he died in 1723-4 and on the 22nd of January, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer acquainted the House of Commons "that this House has lost a very useful member, and the Public as able and honest a Servant as the Crown ever had, by the death of Mr. Lowndes." A contemporary account states-"January 28th, 1723, the corpse of William Lowndes Esq., was this day carried out of town, to lie in state at his seat at Chesham. Jan 29th, the Funeral procession of the late Wm. Lowndes Esq. left his seat at Chesham, and proceeded to his other seat at Winslow. The body lay in state there during the day till late in the evening, when it was interred at the Parish Church at Winslow.". The following lines were written as an Epitaph to his memory.

"No ways or means, against the tyrant death,
Could raise supplies to aid thy fund of breath,
O Lowndes; it is enacted, soon or late
Each branch of nature must submit to fate,
Each member of that House where thou didst stand
Intent on Credit, with thy Bill in hand
Shall equally this imposition bear,
And in his turn be found deficient there,
But trust in heaven where surplusses of joy,
And endless produce will all cares destroy,
And may'st thou there, when thy accounts are passed,
Gain a quietus which shall ever last."

A Richard Lowndes of Winslow, was Sheriff of Bucks in 1738, and M.P. for the County in 1742 and 1754. He died at Hillesden in 1775, and was buried at Winslow.

A detailed article on Winslow Hall was published in 2007, including a photo of a painting of c.1700 showing the building in its original form:

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Copyright 5 February, 2013