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Selby House, Ham
View on WikipediaSelby House is a Grade II-listed house facing Ham Common in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.[1][2]
Description
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Selby House is a three-storey brick house with five windows. Built in 1683, it was modified in the early 18th century. In the 19th century it was refaced and a porch was added.[1][2]
History
[edit]Selby House dates from the 17th century when in the 1649 Survey of Ham Manor the land was called Three Elm Square Piece. A farmhouse known as Brimsweech Close stood here in 1695 and was replaced or enlarged in the early 18th century as Selby House.[3]
There is a story that George III’s wife, Charlotte, visited in 1809 but that is more likely to have been Newman House in Ham.[4]
It was the home of the writer and poet Ann Rolfe (1789–1850) from about 1835 to her death in 1850.[5][6] She operated a seminary for girls and her husband Edward was schoolmaster at the National School.[7]
Frederick Benbow, a perfumer, second son of George Henry Benbow, died here in 1859.[8][3]
Miss Copeland advertised her services in teaching French, German and drawing about 1870. It was then the home of Charles Edward Withall and his family until the late 1880s.[9]
The Noble family lived in Selby House from 1889 to 1953.[10] Archibald Francis Noble (1886–1916) was a captain in the 10th Cheshire Regiment who was killed in World War I fighting in France. There is a memorial to him in St Andrew's Church, Ham.[11] Elizabeth Mary Noble had married Kenneth Douglas Field (1880–1917) from Latchmere House; he was killed in 1917.[12] They are both commemorated on Ham's War Memorial. Her son-in-law, RAF pilot Arthur David Watson, was killed in 1940 in World War II and is commemorated on Petersham's War Memorial.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Historic England (25 June 1983). "Selby House (1358075)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ a b Groombridge, Garth (2008). The changing face of Richmond, Petersham and Ham. The History Press.
- ^ a b Lang, Paul Howard (2018). Ham and Petersham through time. Amberley. p. 17.
- ^ Pritchard, Evelyn (1994). "Queen Charlotte visits Ham". Richmond History: Journal of the Richmond Local History Society. 15: 27–28.
- ^ Bassett, Troy J. (31 December 2024). "Author: Ann Rolfe". At the Circulating Library: A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837—1901. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ^ "Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries". Bury and Norwich Post. 21 August 1850 – via British Library Newspapers.
- ^ Pritchard, Evelyn (1999). A portrait of Ham in Early Victorian times 1840–1860. Alma Publishers. pp. 46–47. ISBN 0951749757.
- ^ "Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries". Morning Post. 15 July 1859. p. 8 – via British Library Newspapers.
- ^ "Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries". Morning Post. 25 March 1886. p. 1 – via British Library Newspapers.
- ^ Frood, Margaret (26 September 2018). "Archibald Francis Noble (1886–1916)". Ham Remembers. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "Captain Archibald Francis Noble". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
- ^ "Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Douglas Field". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
- ^ "Flight Lieutenant Arthur David Watson". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
