DAUX, West Chiltington, Sussex. Daux, pronounced ‘Docks’, was in 1841 the home of John Balchin, a widower, and his family, his son George and his wife Sophia, and two other children, Elizabeth and Edward. John was one of the eleven children of Thomas Balchin of Wisborough Green who married Susannah Gravet in Pulborough in 1786. […]
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Cedar House, Cobham, Surrey
CEDAR HOUSE, Cobham, Surrey is a handsome large dwelling built in red brick and carefully sited near the Rover Mole but above its flood plain. It was originally a timber framed open Hall, dating from the 15th century. A 17th century wing was added at right angles facing the river; at the same time it acquired its […]
Carlton House, 15 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea
Originally known as Carlton House, 15 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea was built in the early part of the 18th century by the architect Huddleston. It is an elegant four-storey house, the outside of which is substantially as originally constructed, although the wrought iron gate and railings have been repaired. Over the gate is a gilded dolphin […]
Professor William Balchin and ‘Mount Balchin’
William Balchin, a distinguished Professor of Geography, died on 30th July, 2007, aged 91, and will be sadly missed in many quarters. He had two great devotions during his life – family and Geography, and was superbly successful in relation to both. He was a Hampshire man, born and bred in Aldershot, with many long […]
Nigel Marlin Balchin (1908 – 1970)
Nigel Marlin Balchin was born on the third of December 1908 in the small Wiltshire village of Potterne, near Devizes. Nigel’s father, William, was born in Godalming, Surrey; his mother, Ada, was originally from Wolverhampton. According to the 1901 census, William was a master baker at the time. Later, the family moved to nearby West […]
Beatrice Emma Mary Balchin and Henry Herbert la Thangue, RA
Beatrice Emma Mary Balchin, known as Trixie, was the great aunt of The Rt Hon the Lord Lingfield, as a child, always looked forward to his visits to her house Haroldsleigh at Gatton Point in Surrey. Over her bed was a small reproduction of a painting which, she said, hung in the Tate Gallery. As a […]
Edmund Balchin (1826 – 1888) – Gun Maker of Hull
Edmund was born in 1826 and baptised at Shalford on 14th May 1826, his parents were John Balchin, Bargeman and his wife Mary. On 26th June, 1850 he married Mary Mandeville of Send, Surrey at Send Church, they were both 24. Her father was a labourer but John Balchin is shown at this time as a publican. John may […]
Captain Joseph Moss Balchin (1777 – 1851)
Captain Joseph Moss Balchin was at various times a Lieutenant in the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons and a Captain in the Surrey Fencibles or Light Dragoons. On 1st May 1794 he, then aged 17 or 18, was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Surrey regiment which was formed to repel invasion during the time of the Napoleonic Wars. […]
The Loss of the Victory Man of War
The Loss of the Victory Man of War Source: Real Sailor-Songs Collected and Edited by John Ashton 1891 London The Leadenhall Press, 50 Leadenhall Street, EC Good People all, pray give attention, To this fatal Tragedy, Which I am bound to mention, Of the gallant Victory: Fourteen hundred Souls did perish, And to the Bottom […]
Admiral Sir John Balchin (1669 – 1744)
The Naval Record – by Professor William Balchin Victorian historians have suggested that John Balchin was the fourth child and the oldest surviving son of John Balchin and Ann Edsur; the paternal grandfather was a Lawrence Balchin who married Abigail Hockley: all were of Godalming. However more recent research has suggested that he was actually born […]