Gardeners

 

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Austin Barnett 1848-1926

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John Eayrs 1862-1940

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Charles Evans 1855-1922

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Sergt John Harrison 1817-1896

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Major Herbert Hart 1849-1909

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Samuel Hawes 1801-1859

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William Haycock 1788-1851

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Henry Johnson ​1816-1889


Edward Joyce 1848 - 1935

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Thomas Laxton 1830-1893

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Sergt Matthew Lightfoot 1854-1914

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William Mitton 1789-1886

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Thomas Sandall 1839-1922

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John Swan 1812-1891

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Samuel Weddell 1819-1879

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Edward Winterton 1835-1890

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MEET TODAY'S WATERFURLONG GARDENERS

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150 YEARS OF WATERFURLONG GARDENERS

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FORMER GARDENERS' BIOGRAPHIES

  • home

  • start here

  • where we are

  • history

    • the town of stamford
    • waterfurlong timeline
    • ermine street
    • bradcroft
    • the sack friars
    • the austin friars
    • still glides the stream
    • creation of the gardens
    • a town of shopkeepers
    • bull-running and pistol-whipping
    • gardeners -v- scrumpers

  • gardeners

    • 150 years of waterfurlong gardeners
    • austin barnett 1848 - 1926
    • john eayrs 1862 - 1940
    • charles evans 1855 - 1922
    • sergt john harrison 1817 - 1896
    • major herbert hart 1849 - 1909
    • samuel hawes 1801 - 1859
    • william haycock 1788 - 1851
    • henry johnson 1816 - 1889
    • edward joyce 1848 - 1935
    • sergt matthew lightfoot 1854 - 1914
    • william mitton 1789 - 1866
    • thomas sandall 1839 - 1922
    • john swan 1812 - 1891
    • samuel weddell 1819 - 1879
    • edward winterton 1835 - 1890

  • apples

    • traditional orchards
    • stamford's lost apples
    • pippins, codlins, pearmains and russets
    • pie, sauce or apple snow?
    • our waterfurlong apples
    • allington pippin
    • annie elizabeth
    • ashmead's kernel
    • barnack beauty
    • beauty of bath
    • belle de boskoop
    • betty geeson
    • blenheim orange
    • bramley's seedling
    • brenchley pippin
    • charles ross
    • cornish aromatic
    • cox's orange pippin
    • crimson bramley
    • discovery
    • dumelow's seedling
    • ellison's orange
    • gascoyne's scarlet
    • howgate wonder
    • irish peach
    • james grieve
    • john standish
    • jupiter
    • keswick codlin
    • lady sudeley
    • lady's delight
    • lane's prince albert
    • laxton's fortune
    • laxton's superb
    • loddington
    • london pippin
    • lord derby
    • lord grosvenor
    • lord hindlip
    • lord lambourne
    • lord suffield
    • manx codlin
    • mère de ménage
    • margil
    • merton beauty
    • monarch
    • nelson's codlin
    • newton wonder
    • northern greening
    • ontario
    • peasgood's nonsuch
    • queen caroline
    • red lady sudeley
    • red victoria
    • ribston pippin
    • schoolmaster
    • tydeman's early worcester
    • warner's king
    • worcester pearmain

  • nature

    • our flora and fauna
    • azure damselfly
    • bladder campion
    • brimstone butterfly
    • bullfinch
    • cinnabar moth
    • coal tit
    • collared dove
    • common inkcap mushroom
    • common toad
    • gatekeeper butterfly
    • goldfinch
    • grass snake
    • great spotted woodpecker
    • great tit
    • green woodpecker
    • holly blue butterfly
    • leaf-cutter bee
    • long-tailed tit
    • lords and ladies
    • marbled white butterfly
    • narrow-bordered bee hawk-moth
    • orange-tip butterfly
    • red campion
    • ringlet butterfly
    • rose chafer beetle
    • self-heal
    • speckled wood butterfly
    • sweet violet
    • tawny owl
    • treecreeper
    • white plume moth
    • wild honeysuckle
    • wood forget-me-not

  • gallery

    • our gardening year

  • blog

  • more information

    • applying for a tenancy
    • links and resources
    • notes for family historians
    • acknowledgements
    • copyright
    • privacy policy

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