and when did Edward Woollacott, a retired fur merchant, retire to Starcross?
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Does anyone know when Edward Wollacott retired to Starcross? Here
is a photo of him out driving with his wife (?) and another of him
sitting in his garden on a strange garden seat that may have been made
from tusks or whale bones.
Mr Wollacott was a retired fur merchant and may have had access to exotic animal remains.
Does anyone know of his house, 'Faleide' at Southbrook ? Is it an existing building since renamed?
His
gardener, shown standing behind the garden seat, was William Stephens
who had two sons, William Edwin and Leonard Reggie Stephens, who appear
in a school photo of Starcross School ca 1903.
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| Edward Wollocott (seated) in grounds of Faleide |
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| Starcross School ca 1903 |
The South West Heritage Trust hold a catalogue of the sale at Faleide, Southbrook, Starcross. "Furniture and effects, including
carpets, escritoire, musical instruments, paintings, china, books etc.
Sale by direction of the executors of Mrs E Langford, deceased. Auction
by W Brock & Co on the premises on May 27th, 28th and 29th 1924. "
