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  Themes Homepage > Herschel Park (formerly Upton Park) > Basement kitchen, 2 East Villas, about 1884
   
Basement kitchen, 2 East Villas, about 1884
 
   
Basement kitchen, 2 East Villas, about 1884
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Brief Description: Photograph of older image showing view of a basement kitchen, believed to be that of 2 East Villas, Upton Park.
Subject Date: About 1884
Creator: Copy by Reg Harrison
Owner: Slough Library
Contributor: Slough Library
 
Full Description: 2, East Villas consisted of substantial semi-detached, three story houses. Each house included 14 reception, bed and bathrooms, stables and a coach house. The annual rent of the house was £100. In 1881 2, East Villas housed George Bentley, three members of his family and their two servants. George and Richard Bentley were publishers, who, amongst others, pubished the work of Charles Dickens. The poster calendar (on top left) shows a date 1884, three years before the before the Bentley Brother built the Mere.
 
Place: Slough; Upton Ward; Upton Park
Dimensions: 18.6 x 23.4 cm
Subject: Kitchen fittings ; Ovens ;
Name Subject: East Villas ; Upton Park ; George Bentley
Content Type: Photo Black and White
Location: Slough Library
Local Ref: I2113
Unique ID: sl-sl-2113_eastvillas-i-00-000.tif
IPR: Slough Library
 
 
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