Lingfield Road - No 3 of an Occasional Series

I had hoped to capture the changed weather today; not happy with the results. I did post this on my twitter feed to prove I had been out!

Rather, I thought I'd start to add some detail to the Lingfield Road Story (Part 1 is here and Part 2 is here).

The northern side of the road all the houses are named; names have, in some cases, changed. Today's picture shows the first two houses (there is a third and I'll come back to that at some point).

On the left is "Chetnole" and on the right "Dingley House". All 3 were built sometime between 1882 and 1889. The land was first offered for sale in 1882 (to coincide with the coming of the direct railway line to  London). Kelly's shows that the left-hand side house was named "Rehoboth Villa" and the right-hand house "Beaumont".

Following the death of his wife, "Rehoboth" was sold sometime in late 1897 by Arthur Smith. It was brought up by Sir William Thomas Charley who renamed it "Woodbourne" (the Irish town where his family came from).  The 1913 Kelly's shows the occupant as Mrs A. H. Cooke. In the early 1920s the house had been renamed to "Chetnole" and was occupied by brother and sister Fredrick and Mary Rodgers. Fredrick had retired back to the UK from his post as Archdeacon of Durban. Chetnole was were the family originated.

"Beaumont" gave way to "Dingley" at about the same time. The original owners was an Albert Foster a building Contractor (I wonder if he built the houses?). By 1901 he had emigrated to Canada (Winnipeg). and the house is now occupied by Mrs Amelia Harbord. Widowed in 1899. Her eldest daughter is married to William Charley (next door).

Both houses were built with a double aspect; both have been extended by the addition of a third aspect. Both look as if they were extended at the same time and by the same builder.

Fascinating what you can uncover in a few hours research.