A HISTORY OF
WANDSWORTH COMMON

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Ivy House, Wandsworth Common



Croquet on the lawn, Ivy House

MJ=?, GB=Geoffrey Bevington, MP=?, RP=?

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[A clearer version of this image also appears on the Croquet Association website, uploaded by John Bevington, "the author's great-grandfather's brother".]

Early garden croquet. Players: GB = Geoffrey Bevington. Others unknown. Venue: Ivy House, Wandsworth. Event Date: 1860s. Author: John Bevington. Uploaded: 23 Nov 2008. This photograph is taken from an album made by Geoffrey Bevington (1838-1872), a keen amateur photographer and the author's great-grandfather's brother, and shows the equipment in use at the time.

[Source: Croquet Association website.]





Above: Mary [GB's mother?] in her garden, Wandsworth.

Below: Contemplation [GB]

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From Ivy House Garden

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Above: Hazel leaves, Ivy House Garden.

Below: The Misses Barker [in the Ivy House Conservatory]

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Ivy House

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Ivy House

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Anna Hezlet, Conservatory, Ivy House

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Above: Ivy House Workshop.

Below: Repairs.

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Major Bevington [presumably GB's brother Samuel, in the Conservatory at Ivy House]

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Geoffrey Ivy House

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Mrs Bevington [Mother] with Geoffrey [in Conservatory, Ivy House]

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Wandsworth Common [where? Is that Ivy House in the distance?] [393]

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Above: Anna Hezlet [in Conservatory, Ivy House].

Below: Building the Billiard Room.

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