Have you searched for the address on a later census to see how many rooms were in the house?  Lots of rooms could suggest that the owner of number 3 was away for the weekend and had left the staff in charge of the house.  The 1911 census is probably the easiest to search - at your local library perhaps?  You'd need to look on the enumerator's schedule to see if there was more than one household at that address.  No idea how it was spelt in 1911 but today there is an s on the end of Maid. If the butler doubled as valet, then he might have accompanied his master.  Unlikely for a butler to accompany his master if he were a guest of somebody. Perhaps you could try to find out who owned both houses in 1861.  Start with http://www.richmond.gov.uk/home/leisure_and_culture/local_history_and_heritage/local_studies_collection.htm Hilary   > I'm new to this list and I'm hoping that someone with local > knowledge of The > Green area of Richmond can answer a couple of questions for > me. > >  > > I've found my ggGrandfather, Owen OWEN a butler, on the > 1861 census living > at 3 Maid of Honour Row.  The rest of the household > were all servants, a > ladies maid, a house maid and a nurse maid. > > At the adjacent property, Heidigger House, was a civil > engineer, his wife & > daughter, a housemaid and a cook.  Would I be right in > thinking that 3 Maid > of Honour Row was being used as servant's quarters for the > employees of > Heidigger House? > >  > > Secondly, being the only male servant of the household, is > it likely that > the butler would have accompanied his employer on his > travels? > > Thanks in advance > > Robin > > Bookham. >