Moulsecoomb - Bevendean History Project
Wedding at Hodshrove Farm in 1913
Patrick Bates has provided some information about Hodshrove Farm and a photograph of a Wedding Party there in 1913.
Patricks Grandfather Harry Joseph Charles Bates started farming at Hodshrove Farm between 1911 to 1913 with his sons the oldest also called Harry Joseph Charles Bates a Market Gardener and William Bates Market Gardener and Shop keeper.
He has provided a photograph of a wedding dated 1913 outside Hodshrove. My Grandfather gave up farming at Hodshrove around 1933, his oldest son Harry and William carried on the Market Gardener business on land which now forms the Bates Estate and part of Wild Park until the 1950s.
Patrick Bates - February 2022
Patrick Bates has provided some information about Hodshrove Farm and a photograph of a Wedding Party there in 1913.
Patricks Grandfather Harry Joseph Charles Bates started farming at Hodshrove Farm between 1911 to 1913 with his sons the oldest also called Harry Joseph Charles Bates a Market Gardener and William Bates Market Gardener and Shop keeper.
He has provided a photograph of a wedding dated 1913 outside Hodshrove. My Grandfather gave up farming at Hodshrove around 1933, his oldest son Harry and William carried on the Market Gardener business on land which now forms the Bates Estate and part of Wild Park until the 1950s.
Patrick Bates - February 2022
