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1921

  • Audrey Longley

    Audrey's mother and two aunts worked as Still Room maids at Knole in the 1920s
  • Charlie Beavin, Head Gardener at Knole from 1938

    Born on Knole Estate, started work from the age of 14
  • Christmases at Knole

    Memories of interviewees from the earliest decades of the 20th century
  • Douglas Jeffery

    Nephew of Knole's Housekeeper, Bertha Jeffery, in the 1920s
  • Emmy Arlett

    Knole Estate Fencer's daughter, grew up in estate cottage in the 1910s and 20s
  • Ian Pattenden

    Ian's grandparents were Knole front hall porters between the two world wars
  • Introducing this website

    updated March 2026
  • Lucy and Agnes Hodder

    Daughters of a Head Gamekeeper at Knole
  • Mr and Mrs Collins

    Blacksmith and assistant cook at Knole, 1920s
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