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Charles Telford and Sarah Kymer

2/3/2022

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On This Day 2 March 1822 Sarah Kymer married the stockbroker Charles Telford at St Leonard's Church. They were the landowners of the Telford Park area
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Tooting Bec, the derivation of which was St. Mary de Bec after lands owned by John, Duke of Bedford, Regent of France.
He was given the Bec Manor by Henry V in the l5th Century, with the land passing through the Bedfords' during the ages until the last Duke died in 1802, without issue, and the Bec Manor passed to his brother, John, who broke the estate up into several parts and sold it to a number of families. 
The area including Telford Park was sold to a Mr Maximilian Richard Kymer. His sister, Sarah, married Charles Telford, a stockbroker in the city of London, and as a dowry she brought the part of the estate under question into the marriage - hence the name.
With the death of Charles Telford in 1876, or possibly prior to this date, the lands reverted to the Kymer-Stewart estate. 
Ordnance survey maps in 1877 and 1900 show clearly how "Telford Road," surrounded by fields, became Telford Avenue with Criffel, Killieser and Kirkstall all around it, with Thornton at the bottom of the hill. All the roads are named after lands on the Sternholt's Scottish estates, with the exception of Thornton, which is dedicated to the Clapham philanthropist and friend of Wilberforce, Henry Thornton.
(Source Lambeth- Conservation area appraisal)
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