"Amatola" first occupied: 1891
This name may derive from a range of mountains in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.
afterwards known as "Compton House" 1903
Planning application:
10 & 12 King Henrys Road, Lewes for Benjamin Stevens, Old Town, Eastbourne, builder by George Fuller, 19 High Street, Lewes, surveyor
DL/A/25/56 · 2 Jan 1889 · East Sussex Record Office
Owners & Occupiers:
In the 1881 Census Ezekiel Dyer (46) Journalist & shorthand writer and family were living at 12 Southover High Street - other family members: his wife Martha (35), Grace E (13), Florence P (11), Lilian M[abel] (8), Percy F[rederick] (3), Jessie R (2).
1891 Census: "Amatola" Ezekiel Dyer (50) Journalist & Newspaper Editor, widower; his children: Florence P (21), Percy F (14), Jessie R[osalind] (12), and his son William T[homas] (7)
1901 Census: "Amatola" Ezekiel Dyer (60) Newspaper Editor, widower; his daughters: Grace Edith Dyer (33), Florence P Dyer (31), Jessie R[osalind] (22), and his son William T[homas] (17)
Ezekiel Dyer died in 1909 aged 68. He is buried in Lewes, in the graveyard of St John sub Castro; grave no.433. ED was married in 1866 to Martha Piper b.1846. Martha died in 1883 aged 38 - giving birth to William.
[no will found]
Will: Ezekiel Dyer of Amatola, The Wallands, Lewes, d.10.02.1909. Probate to Charles Nettleton Dyer merchant & Charles Joseph Marten solicitor. Effects £10,064 4s 5d
Owners:
23.04.1903: for £300.00 the Rev'd A J Baxter, Independent Minister, sells to The Rev'd Burgess Wilkinson, Independent Minister [with Ezekiel Dyer as tenant?]
05.04.1909: for £750.00 the Rev'd Burgess Wilkinson, Independent Minister, sells to William Thomas Martin of 13 Malling Hill Villas, Lewes
Reconveyance to Mrs Jane Martin, on the death of her husband 30.06.1909.
1911 Census: [as Compton House] Frank Partridge (33) Clerk in Holy Orders, secretary [& chaplain] to the Bishop of Chichester; Elizabeth Maud Partridge (29) nee Barton; one servant, Minnie Taylor (21) from Crowhurst. Frank & Elizabeth were married (in Whitby, North Riding of Yorkshire) in 1910. They had two sons & one daughter. The Rev'd Frank Partridge's move to Lewes was the beginning of a 24 year association with the Diocese of Chichester. He rose through the Church hierarchy to become Bishop of Portsmouth.
Will: The Right Reverend Frank Partridge bishop of Portsmouth of Bishopswood, Fareham, Hampshire, died 01.10.1941. Probate to Elizabeth Maud Partridge widow & Michael Harry Partridge lieutenant HM Army. Effects £10,604 14s 6d
Will: Elizabeth Maud Partridge of 2 Mount Close, Ewhurst, Surrey, died 11.07.1965. Probate to Michael Harry Partridge general manager & Simon Harry Wood Partridge editor. Effects £27,637
1921 Census: Alice Mary Simpson (53) widow [head of this household]; her daughter Bonella Simpson (15) at school; her mother Sarah Constance Barrow (82) from Dublin, Ireland; her brother Francis John Barrow (44) fruit farmer; her sister-in-law Amy Barrow (42); a cousin Frederick Malcolm West (59) a teacher.
Alice Mary Simpson b. 16.10.1867 d. 1969 [aged 102] [RGO 1969/2 Lewes 5h 1263]
08.05.1942 For £950.00 Jane Martin's daughter, Venetia Winton Hughes, sells to Nora Olive Stacey of "Michelham" Southdown Way, Lewes
Wills: William Thomas Martin of 13 Malling Hill Villas, Lewes died 30.06.1909 [aged 61]. Probate to Jane Martin widow. Effects £1,325 13s 11d
Jane Martin of 10 Chatsworth Gardens, Acton Hill, Middlesex died 04.07.1940. Probate to her daughter Venetia Winton Hughes (wife of David Percival Hughes)
01.08.1958: For £2,200 Nora Olive Stacey of 3 Southdown Avenue, Lewes sells to Philip Saxon de Mattos, Chartered Surveyor of 24 St Anne's Crescent, Lewes.
P S de Mattos b.1926/4
Will: Nora Olive Stacey of 3B Southdown Avenue, Lewes, d.04.04.1981. Probate: £121,339 Nora Olive Stacey 1898-1981;
1919-1927: Kelly's Directory - Simpson
1935: Kelly's Directory - Frederick Cull
1939 Register: Frederick Cull (50) Elementary School Teacher & Special Constabulary, East Sussex Police; his wife, Madeline N Cull (51); their daughter Madeleine (23) and 2 records officially closed.
Frederick & Madeline N Smith were married in 1914 in the Isle of Wight.
Children: Madeline (1916) John F[rederick] (1921)
Madeline Cull died in Lewes in 1940 aged 52. Frederick Cull died in 1965 aged 76.
Will: Frederick Augustus Cull of 27 Gundreda Road, Lewes, d.19.12.1965. [Letters of] Administration to Phyllis Hilda Cull widow. Effects £1828 [nb FC re-married in 1943 - Phyllis Hilda Salvage - after the untimely death of Madeline.]
1962: a planning application for a garage was approved and completed.
29.09.1966: for £5,500 Philip Saxon de Mattos, Chartered Surveyor sells to John Anthony Teakle, Veterinary Surgeon & his wife Mary Marcia Teakle of "The Croft" Southover, Lewes.
16.05.1972: for £15,300 John Anthony Teakle, Veterinary Surgeon & his wife Mary Marcia Teakle sell "Compton House" to Angus John Graham & Catherine Audrey Graham (from 4 Segrave Close)
? -1984: The Nuttall family
1984-2009: The Long Family
2009-2018: Lindsay Gould & Family
The present owners
afterwards known as "Compton House" 1903
Planning application:
10 & 12 King Henrys Road, Lewes for Benjamin Stevens, Old Town, Eastbourne, builder by George Fuller, 19 High Street, Lewes, surveyor
DL/A/25/56 · 2 Jan 1889 · East Sussex Record Office
Owners & Occupiers:
In the 1881 Census Ezekiel Dyer (46) Journalist & shorthand writer and family were living at 12 Southover High Street - other family members: his wife Martha (35), Grace E (13), Florence P (11), Lilian M[abel] (8), Percy F[rederick] (3), Jessie R (2).
1891 Census: "Amatola" Ezekiel Dyer (50) Journalist & Newspaper Editor, widower; his children: Florence P (21), Percy F (14), Jessie R[osalind] (12), and his son William T[homas] (7)
1901 Census: "Amatola" Ezekiel Dyer (60) Newspaper Editor, widower; his daughters: Grace Edith Dyer (33), Florence P Dyer (31), Jessie R[osalind] (22), and his son William T[homas] (17)
Ezekiel Dyer died in 1909 aged 68. He is buried in Lewes, in the graveyard of St John sub Castro; grave no.433. ED was married in 1866 to Martha Piper b.1846. Martha died in 1883 aged 38 - giving birth to William.
[no will found]
Will: Ezekiel Dyer of Amatola, The Wallands, Lewes, d.10.02.1909. Probate to Charles Nettleton Dyer merchant & Charles Joseph Marten solicitor. Effects £10,064 4s 5d
Owners:
23.04.1903: for £300.00 the Rev'd A J Baxter, Independent Minister, sells to The Rev'd Burgess Wilkinson, Independent Minister [with Ezekiel Dyer as tenant?]
05.04.1909: for £750.00 the Rev'd Burgess Wilkinson, Independent Minister, sells to William Thomas Martin of 13 Malling Hill Villas, Lewes
Reconveyance to Mrs Jane Martin, on the death of her husband 30.06.1909.
1911 Census: [as Compton House] Frank Partridge (33) Clerk in Holy Orders, secretary [& chaplain] to the Bishop of Chichester; Elizabeth Maud Partridge (29) nee Barton; one servant, Minnie Taylor (21) from Crowhurst. Frank & Elizabeth were married (in Whitby, North Riding of Yorkshire) in 1910. They had two sons & one daughter. The Rev'd Frank Partridge's move to Lewes was the beginning of a 24 year association with the Diocese of Chichester. He rose through the Church hierarchy to become Bishop of Portsmouth.
Will: The Right Reverend Frank Partridge bishop of Portsmouth of Bishopswood, Fareham, Hampshire, died 01.10.1941. Probate to Elizabeth Maud Partridge widow & Michael Harry Partridge lieutenant HM Army. Effects £10,604 14s 6d
Will: Elizabeth Maud Partridge of 2 Mount Close, Ewhurst, Surrey, died 11.07.1965. Probate to Michael Harry Partridge general manager & Simon Harry Wood Partridge editor. Effects £27,637
1921 Census: Alice Mary Simpson (53) widow [head of this household]; her daughter Bonella Simpson (15) at school; her mother Sarah Constance Barrow (82) from Dublin, Ireland; her brother Francis John Barrow (44) fruit farmer; her sister-in-law Amy Barrow (42); a cousin Frederick Malcolm West (59) a teacher.
Alice Mary Simpson b. 16.10.1867 d. 1969 [aged 102] [RGO 1969/2 Lewes 5h 1263]
08.05.1942 For £950.00 Jane Martin's daughter, Venetia Winton Hughes, sells to Nora Olive Stacey of "Michelham" Southdown Way, Lewes
Wills: William Thomas Martin of 13 Malling Hill Villas, Lewes died 30.06.1909 [aged 61]. Probate to Jane Martin widow. Effects £1,325 13s 11d
Jane Martin of 10 Chatsworth Gardens, Acton Hill, Middlesex died 04.07.1940. Probate to her daughter Venetia Winton Hughes (wife of David Percival Hughes)
01.08.1958: For £2,200 Nora Olive Stacey of 3 Southdown Avenue, Lewes sells to Philip Saxon de Mattos, Chartered Surveyor of 24 St Anne's Crescent, Lewes.
P S de Mattos b.1926/4
Will: Nora Olive Stacey of 3B Southdown Avenue, Lewes, d.04.04.1981. Probate: £121,339 Nora Olive Stacey 1898-1981;
1919-1927: Kelly's Directory - Simpson
1935: Kelly's Directory - Frederick Cull
1939 Register: Frederick Cull (50) Elementary School Teacher & Special Constabulary, East Sussex Police; his wife, Madeline N Cull (51); their daughter Madeleine (23) and 2 records officially closed.
Frederick & Madeline N Smith were married in 1914 in the Isle of Wight.
Children: Madeline (1916) John F[rederick] (1921)
Madeline Cull died in Lewes in 1940 aged 52. Frederick Cull died in 1965 aged 76.
Will: Frederick Augustus Cull of 27 Gundreda Road, Lewes, d.19.12.1965. [Letters of] Administration to Phyllis Hilda Cull widow. Effects £1828 [nb FC re-married in 1943 - Phyllis Hilda Salvage - after the untimely death of Madeline.]
1962: a planning application for a garage was approved and completed.
29.09.1966: for £5,500 Philip Saxon de Mattos, Chartered Surveyor sells to John Anthony Teakle, Veterinary Surgeon & his wife Mary Marcia Teakle of "The Croft" Southover, Lewes.
16.05.1972: for £15,300 John Anthony Teakle, Veterinary Surgeon & his wife Mary Marcia Teakle sell "Compton House" to Angus John Graham & Catherine Audrey Graham (from 4 Segrave Close)
? -1984: The Nuttall family
1984-2009: The Long Family
2009-2018: Lindsay Gould & Family
The present owners