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Estate life

  • Knole volunteers who found the Message-in-a-Bottle

    Brenda Jarvis and Jim Parker relive their exciting discovery
  • Douglas Jeffery

    Nephew of Knole's Housekeeper, Bertha Jeffery, in the 1920s
  • Mr and Mrs Jack Tye

    Memories of the 1987 storm in Sevenoaks
  • Emmy Arlett

    Knole Estate Fencer's daughter, grew up in estate cottage in the 1910s and 20s
  • Hugh Sackville-West (1919 -2001)

    Lord Sackville's father was Agent and Administrator of Knole, for Knole Estates and the National Trust
  • Sarah Rendall née Sackville-West

    Lord Lionel Sackville's youngest daughter
  • Nathalie Cohen

    Award-winning Archaeologist, Inspired by Knole project
  • Charlie Beavin, Head Gardener at Knole from 1938

    Born on Knole Estate, started work from the age of 14
  • Jack Pattenden

    Memories of parents - liveried Wicket Keepers [Front Hall Porters] at Knole
  • Mr and Mrs Collins

    Blacksmith and assistant cook at Knole, 1920s
  • Jacquie Elphick and Linda Grimwood, childhood memories of visiting Knole

    Visiting their aunt and uncle, Knole Lodge keepers in the 1950s and '60s
  • Margaret Simmons née Beavin

    Head Gardener's daughter, Margaret lived for 50 years on Knole Estate
  • Jim Potter

    Jim's father and grandfather worked at Knole from 1909
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