THIS IS FINDON VILLAGE — these Findon Chronicles are created by Valerie Martin and contain scenes from her home village of Findon,
West Sussex, U.K.    Everyday stories about real people.

Manor of Findon

(Map reference TQ 1108)

Findon Place early in the twentieth century (view from the rear).

THIS IS FINDON VILLAGE — the website containing everything you are ever likely to want to know about the Manor of Findon.

Copyright Valerie Martin 2012

Findon Place 2000.

Articles in chronological date order —

 1478 — A January Wedding

 1643 — The Lost Feather Bed
Early 1700s — The Dower House — Holmbush
1741 — Findon's Norroy King at Arms
1742 — John Cheale's Merry Christmas
1751 — William Green Claims His Findon Inheritance
1787/1801 — William Richardson — Lord of the Manor of Findon
 
MARGESSON FAMILY
     1831/2 — A Peek into the Diary of John Margesson (1794-1866)
     1872 — The Margesson Family of Findon Place

      Colonel William George Margesson's  Horses (1821-1911)
     Sunny Days at the Manor of Findon for the Margessons
     1911 — The End of an Era — Colonel William George Margesson (1821-1911)
     pre 1914 — The Mystery of the Organ in the Ballroom
     1914 — Daisy Minns — Below Stairs  
     The Great War and the Margesson Family
     c. 1932 — The Hartridge Years
     1936 — Richard David Margesson Returns to his Roots in Findon
     1936 — Richard David Margesson's First Encounter with Mann the Chauffeur
     1936 — Richard David Margesson's First Evening with his Uncle
     1941 — The End of Another Era — Lieutenant Colonel Evelyn Margesson (1865-1941)
     The Crafty Chauffeur
     The Lord of the Manor's Rolls Royce
     1977 — Richard Somerset Margesson's Memories of the Manor of Findon
 
  1967 — October 1972 The Middlemas Years
  Late 1970s/late 1980 — John Young and the Classic Cars of Findon Place
  Classic Cars for the Connoisseur at Findon Place
1985 — John Young and The Golden Dolphin
 

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THIS IS FINDON — was launched by Valerie Martin in January 1999 and will grow to be a historical record of life in Findon, West Sussex, U.K.

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