The Burtons’ St Leonards Society held today a very enjoyable event in the joined, beautiful gardens of 81 and 83 Pevensey Road in sunny weather. Our host kindly provided tours of some of the rooms of both houses which have been handsomely restored to their 1880s look, including the furniture. No. 81 is now a […]
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Houses with a name may sound easy to research. They can, however, cause problems, as in the case of James Farish Danvers’ devotion to the name of Swithland. He lived in four houses named Swithland, three of them in St Leonards. The name probably comes from Swithland Hall, Leicestershire, which was lived in by a […]