Notes for Elizabeth Mary PASK-HUGHES The picture shows the nine children of Samuel & Elizabeth. See the history
web page for more on this picture.
Notes for Samuel BODDINGTON JP Of Solihull, Warwickshire, UK. Samuel lived at Hillfield Hall, Solihull,
built in the 15th century and is a listed building now converted to apartments, as
is the adjoining stable block. Samuel moved c.1917 to Widney Manor Farm about
two miles up the road; he extended the original cottages and named them The
Chase. He bred shire horses and hunting dogs there until his death in 1937.
Samuel was a member of the North Warwickshire Hunt. His groom and chaufeur was a man
called Hart whose son later established the motor repair garage and petrol pump in
Claverdon village (where I, the webmaster, was brought up). The Chase was
bought by Captain Oliver Bird MC in 1937, he being from the Bird's Custard
family. Samuel's great grandson, Simon Boddington, began work at
Samuel Boddington & Sons Ltd of 20-21 Cannon Street and continued in this
trade, though not the company, into the 21st century. The full picture of Samuel
Boddington on his horse is shown on his history page.
Samuel's comments appear in his daughter Clare's domestic Visitor Book. [269]
Family notes for Elizabeth Mary PASK-HUGHES and Samuel BODDINGTON JP The 1911 census shows the family living at Hillfield Hall, Solihull. They had their own page in the census (146). Present in the house on that day were Samuel, wife Elizabeth Mary, daughter Nellie Elizabeth, son Leonard William, son Guy Livingstone, and three staff, cook, housemaid and chamber maid. [305]
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