Barrow FRERE (General)

by Ann Broom, Monday, February 12, 2018, 15:36 (2553 days ago) @ Mike Pinchin

Hi Mike,
Many thanks for your reply. Yes that is the ad that I saw, it seems to describe Walford House well and also I haven't seen anything that advertises the property at a similar time. From what I have read in other sources it was thought that the house was built around 1830, however through researching it appears that one of the first residents- Samuel Woodfield Compton was in the house by 1820 so maybe even before this date. So its a bit of a puzzle. I thought that if I could find out where Barrow Frere did his farming it might help to discount the advert as being Walford House or confirm that it might be.
I also read that John Stratford Collins and John Partridge were involved somehow with the early days of the house, and I don't know how. I wondered if maybe Stratford Collins owned the land (he seems to own most of the land in my area of Walford) and maybe John Partridge lived there, which would maybe make him the first resident, but I have no proper evidence about either of their involvement
I am off to the archives in Hereford later this week and see where that takes me in the hunt as well!
Any advice from you would be great, this is the first time I have tried to do any research into historical stuff so I would be grateful.
many thanks
Ann