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Wimpole Hall Servants, c1902
Photograph loaned by Grace Everson of Arrington

Image: c1902. The quality of the original image (large mounted print) is rated as 'fair' - the contrasts are fading to a light brown but the clarity of the faces is exceptional. The image at both bottom corners has deteriorated.
Location: It is assumed that the photograph was taken in one of the (now demolished) side wings to Wimpole Hall.

This superb photograph is understood to show the staff at Wimpole Hall, with their families, around the turn of the century. Click on any face in the main image to see that section of the photograph in greater detail.

One person has been positively identified - John Reed, the Arrington cobbler, can be seen in the back row fourth from the right. The two people in the centre of the group (see detail left) are possibly Harry and Emma Herne, Butler and Housekeeper to Lord Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden.

The 1901 Census for Wimpole Hall contains the following entries

Harry HERNE Servant M 41 Butler (Domestic) Chertsey, Surrey
Emma HERNE Servant M 40 Housekeeper (Dom.) Wokingham, Berkshire
Amy TAYLOR Servant S 24 Kitchen maid (Dom.) Langley, Warwickshire
Fanny COLLINS Servant S 19 Scullery maid (Dom.) Arrington, Cambridgeshire
Annie HARRIS Servant S 25 Housemaid (Dom.) Not Known
Lydia Ann SMITH Servant S 25 Housemaid (Dom.) Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Fredrick G LLEWELLYN Servant S 24 Footman (Dom.) Sheen, Derbyshire
Fred THREADKELL Servant S 23 Groom (Dom.) Playford, Suffolk
Arthur VINCENT Servant S 21 Groom (Dom.) Haynford, Norfolk
Hubert REYNOLDS Servant S 17 Hall boy (Dom.) Arrington, Cambridgeshire

and it is likely that most, if not all, are present in this photograph.

 

 

 
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