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Guyers House near Corsham, Wiltshire is a building of historical significance and is listed on the English Heritage Register. It commenced modestly as a farmhouse in about 1670 and sections were added to it progressively through the centuries. It is now a hotel and restaurant and caters for special events particularly weddings. ==Early residents== The first residents of the house were the Snelling family who built a small farmhouse. In 1678 they sold it to Edward Bayley who transformed it into a very substantial building. A sketch of this house is shown. Edward was a member of the Quakers who were very prominent in Pickwick at this time and he is listed in the Quaker burials.〔Wiltshire notes and queries (1907), p. 516. Online reference https://archive.org/stream/wiltshirenotesqu52unse#page/n275/mode/2up〕 Sometime after his death in 1707 it was sold to the Bennett family. The most likely Bennett would be Thomas Bennett who opened a Quaker Boarding School in Pickwick in about 1725.〔"Thomas Bennett Schoolmaster of Pickwick", Journal of the Friends Historical Society, October, 1913, p. 203. Online reference https://archive.org/stream/journaloffriends10frie#page/n429/mode/2up〕 After Thomas died in 1764 his son John Bennett took over teaching at the school. A map of 1773 (shown at left) shows that John Bennett owns a property called Guyers at this time. John died in 1802 and by 1813 Thomas Pycroft (1774-1849) owned the house.〔"The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine" Online reference https://www.google.com.au/search?tbm=bks&hl=en&q=%22james+pycroft%22+guyers&=&gws_rd=ssl#hl=en&q=%22james+pycroft%22+geyers+pickwick&tbm=bks〕 Thomas Pycroft was barrister who practiced in Bath. He was born in 1774 in Essex and gained his qualifications in 1811. In 1805 he married Mary Collinson. The couple lived in Hempstead, Essex for several years then in about 1813 moved to Guyers House.〔Baptism Certificate of their son James Pycroft born in 1813 says he was born at Guyers House.〕 They had seven children two of whom two became notable as they have entries in the Dictionary of National Biography.〔Dictionary of National Biography, Vol 47, p. 67. Online reference http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Dictionary_of_National_Biography_volume_47.djvu/73〕 In about 1830 Thomas and his wife moved to Bath. He died in 1849 and is buried in St Bartholomew’s churchyard, Corsham. His tombstone is well preserved and states that he lived at one time in Guyers House.〔Corsham and Lacock Churches. Online reference http://corshamandlacockchurches.org.uk/?page_id=56〕 Reverend Timothy Conyers moved to Guyers House with his mother in about 1831. Reverend Timothy Conyers was born in about 1790. After his father died his mother Susan married in 1812 Reverend Henry Brindley who was famous for his speeches against cruelty to animals. Brindley died in 1819 and Timothy Conyers went to live with his widowed mother. They moved to Guyers House in about 1830 and in 1835 his mother died. After this Timothy married Eliza Richards who was 30 years his junior and the couple remained at Guyers until 1850. When Timothy died in 1850 the house was put on the market for sale. The sale notice is shown. Captain William Wallace Rooke (1816-1864) was the next resident and he remained there until about 1858.〔Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Thursday 9 December 1858, p. 4.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Guyers House Hotel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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