Vicarage, College, Country Club, Bishop’s House

In this photograph of the front of the building the Vicarage is now the private residence of the de Bruyne family who owned the Swaine Adeney leather goods factory behind School Street. It was variously named Hall Yard, Chesterford Hall and finally Bishop’s...

Vicarage, College, Country Club, Bishop’s House

When the college closed in 1937 Mr Tothill kept the ownership and in 1947 opened it as a Country Club.  Membership was decided by an application followed by an interview.  The photograph shows Mr and Mrs Tothill playing croquet on the lawn. For more information on the...

Vicarage, College, Country Club, Bishop’s House

Photograph of the Vicarage in its second incarnation as Chesterford College, a cramming college for well-heeled young men preparing for entry to Oxford or Cambridge.  Started by the Rev Robert Doble with the help of Richard Tothill, it had 16 bedrooms and charged 60...

Vicarage, College, Country Club, Bishop’s House

Photograph of the rear of this Grade II listed red brick building built in the early 18th century as a Vicarage. This photograph from the mid 19th century shows the extensions on either side which were added by the Rev Charles Amelius Hervey, and his family enjoying...