Page 25 - Froghall Drive Our Story

• The drive to the hall is not as clearly marked as before and the lake does not exist.
• The site of the Three Frogs is marked with the word "Froggs".

© Chris French 2020

Internet search results
Google Books

It is possible to search a vast number of online Google Books and the following items have come to

light. They indicate who was living in the hall at certain times.

[Ref: 1] Tales & Poems – Mrs Stanley – 1818 Richard Crabtree of Waterloo Lodge was a subscriber

(in those days subscribers paid a small sum that helped towards the publication cost of books they
would like to encourage and their names featured prominently at the beginning of the book).

[Ref: 2] Universal Masonic Library - Volume 10 – Robert Macoy – 1855 – Mrs Hulme of Waterloo
Lodge was a subscriber.

[Ref: 3] Records of the parish church and parish of Wokingham, Berks – Bertram Long – 1937 –
"Richard Crabtree lived at Waterloo Lodge, now called Froghall. He died in 1836".

Wokingham remembers

This website was created to collect information about those from the area involved in, or affected
by, the Great War.

[Ref: 4] A page about Dudley Barnard, who attended Wellington College and died on 10 February
1915, records that in 1911 his parents were living at Frog Hall. The 1911 Census Return for Frog Hall

also shows it was occupied at that time by a Lionel Barnard, a solicitor, his wife, 3 guests and 4

servants.

[Ref: 5] A page about Samuel Lomax, who died on 10th April 1915, says his probate register entry

has his address as Froghall, though he did not die there.

Miscellaneous finds

[Ref: 6] William Goodchild was a churchwarden, magistrate and finally Mayor of Wokingham in
1887. He lived at Waterloo Lodge.

[Ref: 7] As at 1st May 1962, the Berkshire Archaeological Society has a list of members, which
included Major H and Mrs Charlesworth, of Frog Hall, Wokingham.

[Ref: 9] A Finnish web site, recording the ownership and pedigrees of racehorses, shows that in
1968 Major Charlesworth, of Frog Hall, owned a stallion called Cedar Lucifer, stabled near

Ringwood.

The London Gazette
Searches of the Gazette show the name, date of death and last address of a number of people.

Searching for Buzzacott finds two ladies and James Buzzaccott himself.