Building    To 1930

Apthorp

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Building

The home of Fanny Cradock's maternal grandparents and named after Apthorp Villa, in Weston, Somerset, where Fanny's grandfather Charles Hancock had been born. This all implies that it was built by Charles in the late 1800s, or at least that they were the first owners. Demolished 1930.

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Apthorp

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Fanny Cradock

The plaque gives Fanny one too many "D"s.

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