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Dolly is wearing a Japanese silk smock and a shawl and she is carrying an ostrich feather fan brought form Africa by her Godfather

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Dolly is wearing a Japanese silk smock and a shawl and she is carrying an ostrich feather fan brought form Africa by her Godfather

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Jack West was nicknamed 'Wild Man'

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Jack West was nicknamed 'Wild Man'

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The Duke of Leeds, the Chown's Landlord had added bay windows to enlarge the rooms.

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Looking towards Wood Farm note the cows

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she is sitting down wearing her new whit silk hat with ruched ribbons

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she wears a mantle of black wool or silk with an elaborate bonne tied with silk ribbon

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she wears a mantle of black wool or silk with an elaborate bonne tied with silk ribbon

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Dolly is wearing a brown velveteen pinafore dress, hand embroidered with gold thread. She carries an Ostrich feather fan brought from Africa by her godfather.

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Dolly is wearing a brown velveteen pinafore dress, hand embroidered with gold thread. She carries an Ostrich feather fan brought from Africa by her godfather.

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The old Buckshead House was originally a public house hence the phrase "going to 'Bucks Head'" meant going to Townshend

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Horse and cart loaded possibly with seaweed this was probably after the Chowns move to Buckshead House
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