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1881 CENSUS - COMBERMERE ABBEY, CHESHIRE.

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Ted

Ted Report 7 Oct 2006 23:02

one of my great aunts worked at this Abbey in the 1880s as a Laundry Maid. They had a huge staff, totalling about 40 in all, but what I Iwould like to know is! who were the family living there at the time? their names are not on the census, only the staff, but there are a couple of visitors (3 IN ALL) 'IN THE EMPLOY OF THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA' so I guess the owners must have been pretty important. i bet that theres someone here who knows all about this ABBEY which is situated in the WHITCHURCH AREA of CHESHIRE. TED.

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 7 Oct 2006 23:26

http://www(.)mkheritage(.)co(.)uk/EoA/docs/combermere(.)html remove the brackets It mentions the Empress and the article is dated 1881 and 1882 Not sure if it will help or not Maureen

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~ Berni ~

~ Berni ~ Report 7 Oct 2006 23:30

hi ted 1865-91 owned by sir wellington henry stapleton cotton berni

sandbach99

sandbach99 Report 8 Oct 2006 01:21

Try www'thornber' net scroll down to search box and type in Combermere Abbey, it comes up usually first site that gives a very long list of the memberf of the Cotton family that lived there. t h o r n b e r if I put the letters together it looks like a different word

Ted

Ted Report 8 Oct 2006 17:02

thanks for replying. My mind wasnt working when I posted the message, it was only this morning when I realized that I should hve 'googled', and sure enough all the info is there. but thanks all the same. TED