[Ted Ward] Called a public school, Canford's fees are currently £12,686 per term for boarders. Poole, Canford Manor. The Guests of Canford Manor : a history of the Guest family from 1760 to the present day. Exterior, from S.W. Canford School is a co-educational independent school for day and boarding pupils. History. The most popular custodians of Canford estate were Ivor Bertie Guest and Lady Cornelia Guest of Canford Manor (the Aunt of future Prime Minister Winston Churchill). Exterior, from N.E. Canford Manor, home of Lord Wimborne, photograph by Lafayette, 1902. It is known as John of Gaunt's Kitchen and is a survival from the medieval period, specifically of the 15th century. 15th and 16th century Growing up in the village of Canford Magna, many things intrigued me about its history.The main residence, Canford Manor was sold in 1923 and became Canford School.The Wimborne family had owned the manor house as well as many other houses, lodges, stables and even a bridge. The Normans called the heath ‘Chereford’. Subsequently in 1845, the Guests purchased the Canford estate for £335,000, Charlotte immediately taking upon herself the mammoth work of re-organisation. Magazines vaunting the beauty of British country life now included articles on the early motorists. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book as the “Manor of Cheneford”. The mansion is 19th century but there is also a notable kitchen. The manor is a highly attractive building rebuilt between 1825-1836 by Blore for Lord de Mauley. In 1810, it was subdivided among Poole's Proprietors, in response to the 1805 Enclosure Act, which "enabled the enclosure of over 9000 acres of ‘Common Meadows, Heaths, Waste Lands and Commonable Grounds’". Date: 1804-1840 Held by: Dorset History Centre, not available at The National Archives Get this from a library! Author merthyr.history@gmail.com Posted on 29 March 2019 15 January 2019 Tags Canford Manor, Dowlais House, Dowlais Ironworks, G T Clark, John Josiah Guest, Lady Charlotte Guest, Mabinogion, Maria Guest (née Rankin) Leave a comment on Merthyr’s Lost Landmarks: Dowlais House Sir Josiah John Guest Guest, Guests of Canford Manor Museum Ref No: PEO B/ GUE The Guests of Canford Manor a history of the Guest family from 1760 to the present day by Ted Ward, 1992. Canford Heath was common land. CANFORD ESTATE ARCHIVE Description: Inquests by the Coroner of Cogdean Hundred 1804-1838 with a copy of a Parliamentary return about inquests 1836-1839 and two letters about a body found at Lytchett Minster 1840. The name Canford comes from the Saxon ‘Cana.’ There are traces of medieval roads near Gravel Hill and to the east of Canford Heath. 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