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May Savidge (25 May 1911–30 April 1993)[1][2] was a British woman who dismantled and rebuilt her medieval home to prevent it from being demolished.[3][4]
Life
[edit]May Alice Savidge was born in London in 1911.[5] She worked as a technical illustrator.[6]
Savidge's home was built in Ware, Hertfordshire, in about 1450.[7] When the council issued a demolition order in the 1960s, Savidge decided to relocate the house brick by brick to Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[7]
Savidge died in 1993, leaving the house to her niece, Christine Adam.[7]
In 2007, the BBC's Antiques Roadshow broadcast two features on May Savidge.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007". Find My Past. 1993. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ "England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019". Find My Past. 1993. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ Christmas, Linda (2017-06-01). "The Extraordinary Story of May Savidge: review - Telegraph". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ "Ware Hall House". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ "1921 Census Of England & Wales". Find My Past. 1921. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ "London Gazette 1665-2018". Find My Past. 1993. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ a b c "The house that moved 100 miles". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ Adams, Christine; McMahon, Michael (2009). A Lifetime in the Building: The Extraordinary Story of May Savidge and the House She Moved. Aurum Press. ISBN 978-1-84513-396-2.