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Packwood House

:angel: Could this be it?
This one has the car park behind it and the main house just across the foot path.
It probably isn't, but it's a great pic' anyway :cool:

POM :angel:
 
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It is a lovely picture Chris, I wonder!!! Looks abit big, but perhaps there has been lots of add ons!! You would think that when they mention something in a book they would accomodate us with the picture to so people can put into perspective what buildings look like. I've saved the picture anyway, so thankyou :) :)
 
Loisand Packwood Windmill was not by the house but right over the back
 
Thanks Cromwell, dohhhhhh, should have looked on my own map, so in truth it's a good mile or two away from the house. Never take for granted books!! :) :)
 
Hi Loisand,

I know the archway and windmill that you mention, as my great-aunt and -uncle used to live at Packwood Towers, on Windmill Lane. I don't have a photograph of it though; sorry.

I remember that you walked up the main drive, and branched left to come to the brick archway, with the remains of the brick windmill on its right-hand side (it had long since lost its sails, and may even have rather a sawn-off top), and a harness-room on the left. Then you were in a sort of stableyard, with I think a gate leading to a cart track that ran alongside the property to the left - also off Windmill Lane.

Angela
 
Hello Im near to this forum and I wanted to add to this thread , My grandad was the head gardener and the chauffeur at Packwood house , his wife my grandma was the Lord and Lady's nanny . My grandad, grandma, my mum and aunty (who are identical twins) all lived in the servants quarters.. If you look at the front there is a big green door/gate on the left of this door/gate there are several small windows this was were my family lived.. My mum has told me that they used to run around the maze which was bigger then with the other children..My mum also told me that my grandad used to cut the tall trees by hand with Topiary shears... When I visit Packwood I walk around and try to imagine my family living there my mum tells me the tree's looked better when her father looked after them it makes me smile ..

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Welcome to the forum Amanda. What fabulous memories your mum has of living at Packwood House and how wonderful that you are able to walk round the very gardens where your mum used to play. It must have been a very long job cutting the trees by hand - I wonder how they do them now?
Did they live there for long?
 
Welcome to the BHF Amanda. Great to read your memories of your family members living at Packwood House. Thanks for posting.
 
I have just discovered this thread would anyone be able to re-post the original census records that Mike provided us with back in 2007?

thank you...

QUOTE=mike jenks;47946]Hi

Following my recent visit to Packwood house I thought
about the people who had lived there.
I knew it now owned by The Nat Trust and its origins went
back to Family known as the Fetherston's.
What would the 1841 to 1901 Census's show.
I have attached my findings.
From the Landed Gentry to Brummie Iron Mongers.

Mike[/QUOTE]
 
Mike, if this was an originally hacked file and it's anything like the image files, you may need to change the file name slightly before posting to get it to work.

Chris
 
Hi Mike - I managed to download your latest file attachment. If anyone does not have Word then it should open in Libre Office which is a free download.
 
The last one also now opens for me, Mike, in an iPad. (Although it wouldn't twenty minutes ago when I first tried it). The others still won't.

Chris
 
I've got Word 2010, so I've saved it as a pdf. Double-click here to display the pdf. it should help people who want to open it on a tablet. There are pdf reader apps available if you don't have one already. You could even read it on a Kindle :)

If you want to know how to upload a pdf, the instructions are here
 
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Interesting article about Packwood house. I am interested in the Joseph Ash connection. I don't know who the author of the article was but I got the impression that they may have worked at Ash and Lacy sometime. Is this correct?
 
First WHY WAS IT CALLED PACKWOOD HOUSE anyone know? in 1871 Eliz CRUMP very interesting? Wonder if she is a relative to my family? Made many visits to the Packwood House. lived next door to some Packwoods on Moat Lane in Yardley. John Crump OldBrit. Parker. Co USA
 
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