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A new photo of the front of Honeywood

27/1/2021

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The details of the house show that this photo was taken between about 1886 and 1898. There are several similar photos from around this time, but this is very sharp and shows a lot of small details. It also provoked some thoughts about of the land between the front garden and Upper Pond.
​Looking at the picture I realised that the shrubs on the north – or right-hand side of the culvert under Honeywood looked small and relatively recently planted whereas those of the left look larger and more established. This suggests that the two parts had different histories and it led me to check back through the documentation. In the early 19th century the pond was part of the common waste belonging to the Lord of the manor of Carshalton and the two areas were presumably part of the same land. The small area to the north of culvert right in front of the house was leased by John Pattinson Kirk in 1886. He presumably then erected the railings and planted the shrubs. It seems likely that the photo was taken soon after. He bought the freehold in 1893.
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Image courtesy of Chris Pocock
The other area to the south of the culvert is a bit of a mystery. It is fenced and it looks like it is part of Honeywood’s extended garden, but I have not, so far, found any evidence that it was ever part of the property either rented or freehold.
 
I guess the railings were taken down for scrap in the second world war. I don’t know when the shrubs were removed.
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Well thoughts.....

16/1/2021

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The Covid virus is obviously preventing us doing any practical work in the garden but it also leaves me with thinking time. There is a well in the garden which supplied water to the house. The existing well head with its windlass was installed in 1990 based on an old photo of the well at Whitehall in Cheam.
 
The Honeywood well-head is now in need of major repair and it has caused me to think about what the original was like. The well at Whitehall is about more than 20m deep so there would have been the need for a windlass and a long bucket rope. This would be quite unnecessary at Honeywood where the well is only 1.2m deep. My first thought is that there was a hand pump like the one on the corner of Pound Street and West Street. However, it seems that this sort of pump only became common in the 19th century and the well is almost certainly much older than that. So what was used? I have not found an immediately obvious answer. Investigation continues.
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Welcome!

16/1/2021

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This blog is going to follow the development of the Honeywood Garden Project which is a collaboration between volunteers and staff from the Museum and The Friends. It will feature work and new discoveries and thinking about the garden.
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    • Back Garden >
      • French Windows
      • Well
      • Raised Beds
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      • Northwest Corner
      • Rectangular Pond
      • Oval Pond
      • Water System
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      • Belfry
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      • WW1 Centenary 2014
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      • Olympic Torch 2012
      • Museum Status 2007
      • Maid of the Oaks 2007
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        • Horse Play 2007
        • Top Sutton Attraction 2007
        • VE Day 2007
      • Yarn Bombers
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      • Carshalton Park Grotto
      • Culvers Lodge
      • Honeywood
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      • The Old Rectory
      • Wallington Green & Holy Trinity Church
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      • Echoes of my past
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