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Charles Henry Nevill

Career Unknown

Biography Owned Bramall Hall in Cheshire from 1883-1916 and renovated the house a good deal. Uncle of Thomas Nevill Carleton Nevill.[qv] Head of father's calico printing works (Strines Printing Works in Marple). Charles married Mary Jane Booth in 1878. He had a passion for fishing, and was a keen traveller. He seems to have been very interested in the history of the Hall, and it was he that uncovered the magnificent wall paintings.[Thanks to Amanda Phillipson, Formal Learning Manager, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council for this information][Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 09/03/2007]

Biography References E. Barbara Dean, "Bramall Hall - The Story of an Elizabethan Manor House" ISBN 0 905164 50 4

County Cheshire

Relationship Other Owner

Archaeological or Ethnographic Archaeology

Collected around 1925

Dates active 1848-1916

Donated around 1925

English collections Wooden spade reinforced with iron around the cutting edges

Oxford Uni Education Unknown

Oxford based No

English collection size 1

Connections T.N.C. Nevill

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