Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
House of Edward Gray's only daughter on market for £2.5m
My current spurt of local history digging is, as usual, taking a number of tangents. I thought I'd share this one because of its relative currency.
Edward Gray had one daughter, Lydia. I don't have her date of birth but I'm guessing it was around the time he built Harringay House; so 1792ish. She married in 1810 to a John Smith Wright from the Nottingham banking family that ran Wright's Bank.
Smith Wright moved her up to his house in Leicestershire, Rempstone Hall. Coincidentally Rempstone was built in the exact same year as Harringay House. So I'm left wondering how much the two houses shared in their appearance.
In the twentieth century Rempstone was bought by an order of nuns. It's now up for sale and the BBC have produced this video which will give you an idea of what Lydia's life might have been like.
Here's Strutt & Parker's page on the house if you've a mind to make a bid!
Sadly, Lydia didn't have long at the house, after giving birth to three daughters and a son and seeing her son die in his infancy, Lydia passed way a relatively young woman on April 10th 1820.
Edward Gray had one daughter, Lydia. I don't have her date of birth but I'm guessing it was around the time he built Harringay House; so 1792ish. She married in 1810 to a John Smith Wright from the Nottingham banking family that ran Wright's Bank.
Smith Wright moved her up to his house in Leicestershire, Rempstone Hall. Coincidentally Rempstone was built in the exact same year as Harringay House. So I'm left wondering how much the two houses shared in their appearance.
In the twentieth century Rempstone was bought by an order of nuns. It's now up for sale and the BBC have produced this video which will give you an idea of what Lydia's life might have been like.
Here's Strutt & Parker's page on the house if you've a mind to make a bid!
Sadly, Lydia didn't have long at the house, after giving birth to three daughters and a son and seeing her son die in his infancy, Lydia passed way a relatively young woman on April 10th 1820.
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Permalink Reply by alistairj on
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Interesting, Hugh!
In the absence of any real photos of Harringay House, this does seem to match the size and aspect of the site (as well as the historical connections).
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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I've also discovered that Lydia died in Tours, France. Her grandfather was a Quaker. So I'm guessing that she's more likely to have been there as a wealthy Englishwoman on the Grand Tour, rather than for a pilgrimage.
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Permalink Reply by LOUISA LIVERMORE on
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That's interesting. My parents live in Leicestershire and my Dad was chaplain to the nuns at Rempstone!
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