Abingdon Past

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Caldecott House was, for many years, the home of the Hyde family. When its last owner, Major-General Bailie, died in 1918, the place became an hotel. Requisitioned during the last war, it was, finally, a Barnardo's Children's Home until its demolition, in 1972, to make way for the present housing estate.
The Bailie Family with children Hugh, Douglas, Jack and Hope. Douglas Bailie died in the 1st world war as a major.
The coachman Charles Battrick transporting a young man (Douglas Bailie?).