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1908 to 1947

The Borough Surveyor arrives

In March 1908 Charles Isaac Hibbard leased Yucca Villa initially for 6 years to Consulting Borough Surveyor Henry Joseph Hamp.  The rent was set at £45 for the first 3 years and £50 for the next 3 years.

Charles Isaac Hibbard died on . His Will named Charles James Hibbard & William Eastcott Smith, son of the late Edward Smith, as Trustees and Executors. http://www.flickr.com/photos/swindonlocal/4324365441/

William married Jessie Emily Morris, the eldest daughter of William Morris, proprietor of the Swindon Advertiser, in 1882. http://swindonhistory.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Morris%20family

William Eastcott Smith died in 1911 leaving the house in the sole ownership of Charles James Hibbard.

The 1911 Census lists the occupies of Yucca Villa as Henry, his wife of 25 years Sarah Ellen Hamp nee Miller and their staff Lily Beatrice Fullaway (Cook) and Alice Emily Mason (Housemaid)

After paying rent for thirteen years Henry buys Yucca Villa from Charles James Hibbard on the 18th March 1921 for £1200 of which £600 is raised via a mortgage courtesy of the Swindon Permanent Building Society.

Henry died at Yucca Villa on 6th April 1939 leaving the house to his wife Sarah Ellen Hamp nee Miller  who remained at the house until her death on 21st November 1947.
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Henry Joseph Hamp 05/08/1897
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Lease of Yucca Villa to Henry Joseph Hamp in 1908 (1 of 8)
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Lease of Yucca Villa to Henry Joseph Hamp in 1908 (2 of 8)
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Lease of Yucca Villa to Henry Joseph Hamp in 1908 (4 of 8)
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Lease of Yucca Villa to Henry Joseph Hamp in 1908 (5 of 8)
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Lease of Yucca Villa to Henry Joseph Hamp in 1908 (6 of 8)
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Lease of Yucca Villa to Henry Joseph Hamp in 1908 (7 of 8)
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Lease of Yucca Villa to Henry Joseph Hamp in 1908 (8 of 8)
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Charles Isaac Hibbard 1908 Death
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Henry Joseph Hamp 1857 Birth
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Henry Joseph Hamp 1871 Census
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Henry Joseph Hamp 1901 Census
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Henry Joseph Hamp 1911 Census
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Abstract of the Title of Yucca Villa 1921 (1 of 2)
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Abstract of the Title of Yucca Villa 1921 (2 of 2)
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Henry Joseph Hamp 1921 Mortgage (1 of 9)
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Henry Joseph Hamp 1921 Mortgage (2 of 9)
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Henry Joseph Hamp 1921 Mortgage (3 of 9)
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Henry Joseph Hamp 1921 Mortgage (4 of 9)
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Henry Joseph Hamp 1921 Mortgage (5 of 9)
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Henry Joseph Hamp 1921 Mortgage (8 of 9)
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Henry Joseph Hamp 1921 Mortgage (9 of 9)
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Henry Joseph Hamp buys Yucca Villa 1921 (1 of 5)
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Henry Joseph Hamp buys Yucca Villa 1921 (2 of 5)
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Henry Joseph Hamp buys Yucca Villa 1921 (3 of 5)
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Henry Joseph Hamp buys Yucca Villa 1921 (4 of 5)
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Henry Joseph Hamp buys Yucca Villa 1921 (5 of 5)
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Henry Joseph Hamp 1939 Death
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Sarah Ellen Hamp 1947 Death
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Edward Smith c1900 Butchers
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