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servants

  • David and Margaret Richie

    Knole Estate gardener and housemaid, 1930s
  • Douglas Jeffery

    Nephew of Knole's Housekeeper, Bertha Jeffery, in the 1920s
  • 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
  • Pru Carter, née Fairweather

    Chauffeur's daughter, growing up at Knole
  • Jack Pattenden

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

    Blacksmith and assistant cook at Knole, 1920s
  • William Hughes, aged 17, Second Footman's duties included polishing the Knole silver

    Rose from Second Footman to Knole Butler
  • Maria Stevens

    Knole Estate servant during the Great War
  • Jacquie Elphick and Linda Grimwood, childhood memories of visiting Knole

    Visiting their aunt and uncle, Knole Lodge keepers in the 1950s and '60s
  • Pilacita Pluckrose

    Daughter of Knole's cook and the valet to the Spanish Ambassador
  • Barbara Elgar

    Barbara's grandmother and great-aunts worked as housemaids at Knole
  • Leslie Farrow

    Leslie's mother was housemaid at Knole in 1880
  • Kay Stratford recalls her mother’s service in about 1900

    Kay's mother was roast meat cook in the Knole kitchen
  • Gwen Froggatt

    Gwen visited Muriel Pinner, housekeeper at Knole in 1945
  • Ian Pattenden

    Ian's grandparents were Knole front hall porters between the two world wars
  • Ann Hammond

    Ann's mother was live-in assistant to the housekeeper in 1960
  • Joan Padfield

    Joan went to Knole in 1942 to learn how to clean and cook
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