Taryn Jones in Canada asked "Big house in Yeovil abt 1913? " >My grandmother always told me that her mother worked as a parlour maid in >a 'big house' in Yeovil. She met my great grandfather when he was visiting >with a friend who was 'stepping out' with another maid. My gr >grandparents, Lilian Clegg and George Burrows were married in Yeovil in >November 1914. The next day, George went off to war. I have no idea what >George was doing anywhere near Somerset, as he was born in Shoreditch, >London. I'm wondering whose house Lilian >may have been working in at the time. Anyone know? Paul Benyon replied:- >The only one I can think of off hand in Yeovil is Hinton House, but there >are also several others in nearby villages eg Montacute House and >Tintinhull House. .............. My relative Jacob Cridland HALLETT owned Tintinhull Court and in the 1891 census there were no servants of that name and all were from Somerset. That HALLETT family also were in Swell Court, Langford Manor and Walrond's Park which are further from Yeovil and none of their 1891 servants have Taryn's names. When the 1901 census comes out it could be nearer to Taryn's time period. If she cannot wait for that then the marriage certificate should tell her the village in which they were living. Unfortunately it will have nothing like the detail found in Canadian records. Geoff Hallett near Kingston, Canada