Blenheim House

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Blenheim House, Holyhead Road   BANGOR, Gwynedd LL57 2DP (Period Interiors)

Formerly the Greystone Hotel and in 1899 the Railway Villa


As The Railway Villa


Included on Railway Estate plans


An early photograph showing the rear section was an addition to the original


As the Greystone Hotel (on the Occasion of The Visit of Princess Elizabeth & Duke of Edinburgh)



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c1881 Census

William Smith Head Married 55 abt 1826 Male Civil Engineer (L N Rw) Preston Lancashire
       
Martha Smith Wife Married 55 abt 1826 Female Preston Lancashire

William Smith Son Married 28 abt 1853 Male Piano Tuner & Engine Fitter Buxton Derbyshire

Margret S. Smith Daughter 23 abt 1858 Female Cromford Derbyshire

Richard Smith Son 18 abt 1863 Male Cromford Derbyshire England

Grace Ellis Servant 18 abt 1863 Female (Dom Serv) Anglesey


c1885
Marriage: 21 Nov 1885 St Michael in the Hamlet, Aigburth, Lancs.
 William Smith - 60 Civil Engineer Widower of Railway Villa, Bangor
 Charlotte Edgerley Taylor - 52 Widow of Walton on the Hill
     Groom's Father: George Smith, Deceased, Inn keeper
     Bride's Father: Robert Jones, Deceased, Provision Merchant
     Witness: John Scott; Mary Scott
     Married by Licence by: John R. Eyre, Inct.
     Register: Marriages 1885 - 1887, Page 14, Entry 28
     Source: LDS Film 2147884 1

c1888 - North Wales Chronicle, listing Mr Seymour Taylor's attendance at a grand ball at the George Hotel


Wales Trades Directory 1948-49
At this time ran by Phoebe Lloyd



1950's

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Period Interiors in recent history

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As the Bangor Royal Air Force Association 1971