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Kendal House Temperance Hotel is the location of what is now (2024) Number [[4 Fountain Terrace]]. It has also been the location of the Post Office.
Kendal House Temperance Hotel is the location of what is now (2024) Number [[4 Fountain Terrace]]. It has also been the location of the Post Office.


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From Kelly's Directories showing the various uses of Kendal House:
From Kelly's Directories showing the various uses of Kendal House:
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Register 1939 Kendal House: Annie E. Nesbit, proprietress, private hotel.
Register 1939 Kendal House: Annie E. Nesbit, proprietress, private hotel.
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It is assumed that the writing underneath refers to Mrs. Tweddle (nee Florence May Davison) 1889-1970 who married John Hawarden Tweddle, master plumber and mason, in July-September 1917. He was shortly afterwards sent to France as a sapper and was killed on 26th August 1918. His widow duly received his medals but sent them back as "not desired". We cannot find her in the 1921 census and, apart from a few adverts in guides and newspapers, she next appears widowed in the 1939 register as a schoolteacher.
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For a list of all Fountain Terrace Houses and a history of Fountain Terrace overall please refer to the Fountain Terrace page.

Kendal House Temperance Hotel is the location of what is now (2024) Number 4 Fountain Terrace. It has also been the location of the Post Office.

Kendal House Temperance Hotel
Kendal House Temperance Hotel

From Kelly's Directories showing the various uses of Kendal House:

Kelly 1906 Fountain Terrace: John Gemmell Welsh, surgeon and medical officer, Bellingham Union

Kelly 1910 Kendal House: John Gemmell Welsh, surgeon and medical officer, Bellingham Union

Kelly 1914 Kendal House: Robert William Huntington, postmaster and photographer

Kelly 1921 Kendal House: Hilda Ingledew (Miss), postmistress and stationer

Guide 1924 Kendal House: Mrs. Tweddle, proprietress, private hotel and café.

Advert 1924 Kendal House: Mrs. Tweddle, proprietress, private hotel and café.

Guide 1932 Kendal House: private café and hotel.

Register 1939 Kendal House: Annie E. Nesbit, proprietress, private hotel.

Kendal House Temperance Hotel - date unknown but possibly 1920s
Kendal House Temperance Hotel - date unknown but possibly 1920s

It is assumed that the writing underneath refers to Mrs. Tweddle (nee Florence May Davison) 1889-1970 who married John Hawarden Tweddle, master plumber and mason, in July-September 1917. He was shortly afterwards sent to France as a sapper and was killed on 26th August 1918. His widow duly received his medals but sent them back as "not desired". We cannot find her in the 1921 census and, apart from a few adverts in guides and newspapers, she next appears widowed in the 1939 register as a schoolteacher.