BERKSHIRE

DING 2012: “She died unmarried in Tavistock, Devon, on September, 30th 1954. We thank Ms. Liz Cook, from Devonport on line (www.DevonportOnline.co.uk) for this information. Her father, Charles Frederick Hayden (1928-1905) was born in Bath, So. He married Charlotte P. Bartrum, also from Bath, So., in 1856. They had twelve children of whom Eleanor Grace Hayden was the eldest. Two of them emigrated to Australia and New Zealand.”

Leclaire (1954:237): “Born at Helmdon, Northamptonshire. In 1872, her parents moved to West Hendred, a village in Berkshire, at the foot of the Downs, about 13 miles from Oxford. Her father was a scholar, Fellow and Dean of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. After his death, in 1905, she and her mother settled in a village of the Vale of the White Horse, where they lived for two years. Then they went to Wantage, where her mother died after six months. Miss Hayden then travelled extensively all over the world visiting brothers and sisters, served in various capacities during World War I, and took part in political work. She is at present living in Devonport, Devon.”

works

Travels round our Village.  A Berkshire Book. 1902. London: A. Constable. SC. EDD.

“Sketches of North Berkshire village life, from intimate knowledge, the village being West Hendred. This volume contains articles and papers previously published in The Spectator, Country Life, and The Cornhill.” (Leclaire 1954: 237.)

From a Thatched Cottage. 1902. London: A. Constable. EDD

“ Berkshire country folk and ways about 1865. The central incident, a crime, was founded on a true happening.” (Leclaire 1954: 237)

Turnpike Travellers. 1903. London: A. Constable

“The original title was Turnpike Sailors, a title altered to that given here by the publishers, referring to the Berkshire peasant phrase used to describe gipsies and other “travelling” folk. A sort of guide-book on foot in Berkshire through the seasons.” (Leclaire 1954: 237)

Rose of Lone Farm. 1905. London: Smith, Elder and Co.

“ Love stories of Berkshire, in a farm environment, “Lone Farmn” being about six miles east of West Hendred, and farming life. “Cateswick”. the market town, probably drawn from Wantage.” (Leclaire 1954: 237)

Islands of the Vale. 1908. London: Smith, Elder and Co.

“ Descriptive of the villages in the Vale of the White Horse.” (Leclaire 1954: 237)

1914. Love the Harper. London: Smith, Elder and Co.

“ Though the theme, treatment, and main scene are the same as in Rose of Lone Farm, this book owes something to the author’s visit to Australia and Ceylon. (Leclaire 1954: 237)

Kingkong Project

Eleanor G HAYDEN {UK} (F: c1865 - ?)

Travels Round Our Village [n|1901]

From A Thatched Cottage [f|1902]

Turnpike Travellers [f|1903]

Rose Of Lone Farm [f|1905]

Islands Of The Vale [1908]

Love The Harper [f|1914]

For further information about her life and works, see:

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/o/w/Lorna-P-Cowan/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1691.html

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