In 1941 the Randall family, who owned a timber yard in Fishponds, gave an 8 acre field to the National Trust. They donated it in memory of their daughter who had died in Canada. She had emigrated with her husband and lived on a remote farm. Medical help was unable to reach her in time and she died in childbirth. Her body was brought back to Bristol and she was buried in her tennis dress.
How did the National Trust come to own Frenchay Moor?
In 1941 the Randall family, who owned a timber yard in Fishponds, gave an 8 acre field to the National Trust. They donated it in memory of their daughter who had died in Canada. She had emigrated with her husband and lived on a remote farm. Medical help was unable to reach her in time and she died in childbirth. Her body was brought back to Bristol and she was buried in her tennis dress.
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Professor Chris Pascal
1/6/2019 07:38:42 am
I was very interested to read this post. My mother, Sadie, is the granddaughter of Henry Randall and the daughter of Sarah Randall to whom the land is dedicated, She was brought home from Canada after her mothers tragic death and lived her early life at Cleve House in Fishponds with Henry Randall. Sadie has 6 children, of whom I am one. She is 90 now and full of tales of her childhood. The family and I would very much like to know how this story was posted and by whom.
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