Friends of Woking Palace

The Old Vicarage part two

A succinct account of the Rev. Carter Moore is given in J A Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses, Part II vol IV, Cambridge 1951, p.450, as follows:

Admitted sizar (subsidised student of moderate means) at St John's 5 Dec.1836, of Lincs., son of Rev. DWC (Daking William Carter) Moore; matriculated in the University Michaelmas Term 1837; gained B.A. 1841, M.A.1847. ordained deacon (Lincoln) Dec. 19 1841, priest 18 Dec. 1842; curate of Barton-on-Humber Lincs, 1841-3; curate of St. Anne's Limehouse 1843-6; curate of West Ham Essex 1846-8; curate in charge of Flordon Norfolk,1848-52; 'deprived of his licence by the Bishop of Norwich, for having, in full canonicals, cursed a magistrate of Norfolk as he was getting into his carriage at Flordon station'; committed to Norwich Castle 21 March 1852; domestic chaplain to Viscount Valencia, 1855-84; curate of Leyton Essex, 1867-9; curate of Woking, Surrey, 1869-71; curate of St. Martin's Colchester and curate of St. Peter's Colchester ,in 1878; chaplain of Colchester Union, 1875-84; author: 'Sermons: The Institution of the Sabbath', etc.; died  1884.

 

1881

John Maber, the curate of Woking, his wife Theophila, daughter Ethel Mary, son Alfred, a nurse, Mary Ann Elson and a servant, Alice Emma Crane. Another curate of Woking, Francis Champneys, was living at Goldsworth Old Nursery with his mother Sophia and sister Jessie, a cook, Kate Lambert and a servant, Susan Gray.

 

An entry in Edward Ryde’s diary of 7th May 1884 (now in the care of the Surrey History Centre) notes, Attend sale of the Glebe at the Masonic Hall and buy the little meadow for £120, (George) Smallpeice buys the House and Garden for £440, the house having no connection with the church thereafter.

 

The Old Vicarage was sold by auction by the Devisees under the wills of the late William and George Smallpiece on 13th October 1894.  At the time the house was said to comprise:

 

On the ground floor,

Drawing and Sitting Rooms, Study, Kitchen (fitted with Range, Cupboard and Dresser), Butler’s Pantry (with Sink and Water laid on), Larder, Cellar and a detached Scullery and WC.

 

On the first floor, approached by front and back staircases

Four bedrooms, Dressing Room, Bath Room ( with hot and cold water laid on) and WC.

 

The grounds were described as well timbered and comprising Lawn, Flower and Kitchen Gardens.

 

There was Stabling and a Coach House.

 

For those wishing to view, the keys were with Mrs Cole, close by.

 

Parsonage and Ford Farms referred to in the main note were farmed together and owned by Edward Ryde. The two farms were sold by auction on 2^nd November 1892 following Ryde’s death. Parsonage Farm was between the Old Manor House and what is today Manor Way. Ford Farm was on the other side of Manor Way with its entrance opposite where the entry to the printing works installed in what was originally Woking Mill. There were two farmhouses or homesteads attached to Ford Farm, one a modern construction and a single homestead at Parsonage Farm.

 

© Phillip Arnold 2007

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