On Monday my sister Linda and cousin Kathleen joined Barbara and I on a short tour of some of our Bell family history locations north of Retford around Sutton-cum-Lound, North Nottinghamshire.
Blaco Hill Cottages, between Lound and Mattersey, was the home of our great grandfather John Bell, a gardener, born 1842, and his wife, our great grandmother, Helena, nee Whitehead, born 1845.
It was the birthplace of my grandfather, Robert Bell, and several of his siblings.
Our thanks to Victoria of Blaco Hill Farm for giving us a guided tour.
The Grade II listed farm house is currently being renovated. During re-roofing they found straw, a form of insulation, stuffed beneath the slates.
Victoria sent me a photograph of an oil-on-canvas painting of the farm.