Found it - Stapleton Grove is now known as Beech House. Interesting that all references to it describe it as "the home of Raja Rammohun Roy Bahadoor, the noted Hindu reformer" - in fact he was the guest of the Castles and his visit had a profound effect on the early movers of women's liberation in the southwest, including childhood friends Deborah Castle and Mary Carpenter (daughter of Lant Carpenter of Lewin's Mead Unitarian Chapel in Bristol). Story here: http://talltalesfromthetrees.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/deborah-castle-1816-1902 -and-womens.html

On Fri, 20 Dec 2013 22:14:39 -0000, Colin Salter <colin.salter@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > Found it - Stapleton Grove is now known as Beech House. Interesting that > all references to it describe it as "the home of Raja Rammohun Roy > Bahadoor, the noted Hindu reformer" - in fact he was the guest of the > Castles and his > visit had a profound effect on the early movers of women's liberation in > the> southwest, including childhood friends Deborah Castle and Mary > Carpenter > (daughter of Lant Carpenter of Lewin's Mead Unitarian Chapel in Bristol). Hi Colin, If you haven't already seen it, you may be interested in this BBC article from 30 September 2012 which was mentioned on the B & S list on that date. Indian reformer Raja Rammohun Roy celebrated http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-19773060 Josephine