Hazel Wright

Ha ha Mick Mac - still looking for it!

A very belated thank you for this! Only just seen it for some reason! Hazel

Does anyone have any information about the Bailey Estate? My family lived in Matham Grove from the 1890s so immediately or soon after it was built. I know that the houses were originally built for rental by respectable working class families but I?m assuming that sometime later they were sold to individuals or an organisation and I know that at some stage a church in Norfolk was offering the freehold of some of the Matham Grove houses for purchase. Just interested in the timeline for ownership of the property/freehold. And any other info on the Bailey Estate in general

Hi Nina. This is going to be a very interesting dissertation and I'd love to be updated with information. My mother lived at 6 Matham Grove for many years as a child and lived there with my father for a while after they married. My mother passed away several years ago but my father is still alive. He's 96 but is mind is still as sharp as anything, so anything he can tell you would be spot on. I've just emailed him your post and will let you know if he has anything he can tell you. Hazel

I'm trying to find out some information about my great-great-grandfather, Martin Fentum. He was an ivory turner in the second half of the 1800s, and lived at Norville, near Alleyne Park. Judging by information on his probate he was a reasonably wealthy man, and I am wondering if he owned any properties around the East Dulwich area. My grandfather used to collect rents from a couple of properties in East Dulwich, and I wondered whether they might be linked to Martin Fentum in some way.

I'm trying to find out some information about my great-great-grandfather, Martin Fentum. He was an ivory turner in the second half of the 1800s, and lived at Norville, near Alleyne Park. Judging by information on his probate he was a reasonably wealthy man, and I am wondering if he owned any properties around the East Dulwich area. My grandfather used to collect rents from a couple of properties in East Dulwich, and I wondered whether they might be linked to Martin Fentum in some way.

Thank you Kathleen. That is very helpful information.

Thank you peckwoman. The 1939 'census' is a strange one.All 4 of the family would have been living there at the time, so I'm assuming that all of them, excluding Emily Annie were staying elsewhere on the relevant night, though I couldn't find them recorded anywhere! The information about Walter Sydney's ancestors is fascinating. My mother, Flora Fentum, was Walter Sydney's daughter from his second marriage to Gladys nee Richards. We have been trying to trace the Richards family line as we thought that there was a link, apart from Gladys, to the house in Crystal Palace Road. It looks like we were looking at the wrong family line!

Thanks Lynne. That's helpful. We're planning to visit to look at local records but we live in Sheffield so want to gain as much info as possible before we go, to focus our search as much as we can.

Am trying to find out some family history relating to 6 Matham Grove. My mother moved there as a child, it would have been in the 1920s or early 1930s. The family comprised Walter Fentum, Gladys Fentum, Annie Fentum and Flora Fentum. We believe that they moved there from a house in Crystal Palace Road and that 6 Matham Grove had been in the family before they moved in. If anyone has any information relating to earlier occupants/owners I would love to hear about it. The last of my family (as far as I'm aware) to live in 6 Matham Grove was Annie Fentum , who might show up on records as Emily Annie Fentum. She was there until her death in !982, but we believe she may have passed ownership of the house to some-one or some organisation sometime prior to her death. Again any information would be gratefully received.