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1943

  • 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
  • Emmy Arlett

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

  • Ian Mason

    Ian's father, Frank Mason, was Knole's Estate Manager, 1943-67.
  • Introducing this website

    updated March 2026
  • Jim Potter

    Jim's father and grandfather worked at Knole from 1909
  • Joan Padfield

    Joan went to Knole in 1942 to learn how to clean and cook
  • Lucy and Agnes Hodder

    Daughters of a Head Gamekeeper at Knole
  • Margaret Simmons née Beavin

    Head Gardener's daughter, Margaret lived for 50 years on Knole Estate
  • Mary Bates

    Mary assisted Sir Malcolm Sargent when he lived in the Gatehouse Tower at Knole post-1945
  • Vic Paler

    Related to one of the first 3 National Trust guides at Knole in 1946
  • William Hughes, aged 17, Second Footman's duties included polishing the Knole silver

    Rose from Second Footman to Knole Butler
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