Views of Bodlondeb and its gardens

This material is held atGwasanaeth Archifau Conwy / Conwy Archive Service

Reference
- GB 2008 CP509/37-40
Dates of Creation
- [1903]
Physical Description
- 4 photographs

Archive Record|Table of contents

Photograph Album of I [or T] W J Wood of Bodlondeb, ConwayCP509

Albert Wood of Bodlondeb seated on a bench, possibly on board a shipCP509/1

Elderly gentleman identified as G[eorge] S[winford] Wood [elder brother of Albert Wood], standing in the entrance to Bodlondeb.CP509/2

Polly the parrot on top of her cage outside BodlondebCP509/3

Lady identified as P W[ood] sitting in the garden with Ben and Peggy, the dogsCP509/4

Cows grazing in the meadow behind BodlondebCP509/5

View of the River Conway from Bodlondeb groundsCP509/6

P W[ood] sitting in her 'boudoir', knittingCP509/7

The boudoir from another angle, showing ornate fireplaceCP509/8

The gardens from Bodlondeb, with Conway Mountain beyondCP509/9

View from boudoir windowCP509/10

Arthur Spence, Mr [Stiven], Henry [possibly Thomas H Wood, son of George Swinford Wood and Mary Jane E Wood], Bertie [possibly Albert Salisbury Wood, brother of THW] and Townsend Buckley at the cromlech at Bwlch [y Ddeufan]CP509/11-13

Painting of sailing ships displayed in Bodlondeb, entitled 'Off Plymouth' by BertieCP509/14

Large sailing yachts at seaCP509/15-17

The hall at Bodlondeb, decorated for Coronation Day on 9 AugustCP509/18

The first floor landing and staircase at BodlondebCP509/19

The drawing room at BodlondebCP509/20

The drawing room at Bodlondeb from another angleCP509/21

Group on the lawn in front of the verandah at Bodlondeb:CP509/22

Group around sundial on the lawn at Bodlondeb:CP509/23-24

View of Bodlondeb showing verandah and conservatoryCP509/25

Dorothy Cotterill and Muriel Burwood on the front lawn at BodlondebCP509/26

As above, with the addition of G A SevernCP509/27

Two men pushing a large box on a barrowCP509/28

P W[ood] in the garden with dogs Ben and PeggyCP509/29

P W[ood] with petsCP509/30-32

View from Deganwy, looking towards Bodlondeb with quay in foregroundCP509/33

Mr Ravenshaw leaning on the Bodlondeb sundialCP509/34

Group on the verandah at Bodlondeb, around cannon:CP509/35

Florence Severn with her parrot at BodlondebCP509/36

Views of Bodlondeb and its gardensCP509/37-40

The stables at Bodlondeb [distant view]CP509/41

Bodlondeb garden seen from drawing room windowCP509/42

Bodlondeb garden and sundial seen from 'West' roomCP509/43

View of Conway Castle seen from Bodlondeb 'East' roomCP509/44

View of River Conway from Bodlondeb billiard roomCP509/45

George Swinford Wood standing in front of BodlondebCP509/46

Peggy the dog in the entrance to BodlondebCP509/47

View of the lower drive [leading to Conway] at BodlondebCP509/48

View of Conway mediaeval town walls and towers, seen from BodlondebCP509/49

Bodlondeb seen from 'the top of Ffrith'CP509/50

View from Bodlondeb wood, looking towards Puffin IslandCP509/51

View from Bodlondeb's 'east' room, looking towards Deganwy VardreCP509/52

View from Bodlondeb's 'boudoir' window looking towards the walls of Conway town and Benarth WoodCP509/53

Interior view of a room at 49 Pembroke Square, KensingtonCP509/54

As above, another view of the same roomCP509/55

Portrait of Arthur Philip Lomax Wood as a young man [b. 1876, son of G S Wood and Mary Jane Elizabeth Wood, nee Salusbury]CP509/56

Painting displayed on wall of [Bodlondeb]: 'Love and Life' by G F Watts R A.CP509/57

Painting on the wall of the landing at Bodlondeb: 'Neptune and Amphitrite' by C M KennedyCP509/58

Water colour sketch displayed on a chair: The Huguenots' by MillaisCP509/59

Painting displayed [at Bodlondeb]: 'The Wheel of Fortune' by Burne JonesCP509/60

Painting displayed on a chair: portrait of a woman by S SolomanCP509/61

Views of winter sunset from Bodlondeb's 'west' roomCP509/62-63

Horse-drawn lawn-mower on the lawn at BodlondebCP509/64

Lawn and sundial at BodlondebCP509/65

In Bodlondeb woodCP509/66

Hilltop with stone wall, labelled as 'The Ffrith opposite Bodlondeb'CP509/67

Garden view labelled as 'Daffodils in Green Park'CP509/68

View of the Great Orme from BodllondebCP509/69

Thomas Henry Wood looking through a telescope which is balanced on a park bench.CP509/70

Group outside Bodlondeb: Mary Anne [Frost], Albert Wood and P W[ood] holding Peggy the dogCP509/71

Sir Richard Bulkeley's yacht 'Gelasma', 146 tons, moored off ConwayCP509/72

Peggy the dog on the verandah at Bodlondeb beside a cannonCP509/73

Peggy the dog in the entrance to a greenhouseCP509/74

View of the front of BodlondebCP509/75

Garden path and fence at Bodlondeb, labelled 'Hyacinth Walk'CP509/76

View of Bodlondeb and Conway town from the flagstaffCP509/77

View of Conway from Bodlondeb WoodCP509/78

Group sitting under verandah at Bodlondeb: G S Wood, Mary Anne Frost and Albert WoodCP509/79

M[ary] J[ane] E[lizabeth] Wood [wife of G S Wood] and dogs Peggy and Princess Penelope, outside BodlondebCP509/80

M J E Wood and Edith Frost o utside Bodlondeb with dogs Peggy and PrinceCP509/81

Albert Wood in his carriage driven by Benson and pulled by Olga and Sirdar, outside BodlondebCP509/82

On board the yacht 'Priscilla', sailing off Anglesey: Albert Wood, G S Wood and M J E WoodCP509/83

Albert Wood looking through binoculars on the yacht 'Priscilla' as aboveCP509/84

View along the extensive deck of the 'Priscilla', sailing off the coast of AngleseyCP509/85

Carriage outside large house, labelled as 'Miss Rodick, Miss Jones and M A E Wood, at Trefriw'CP509/86

Views of the town of Rye in SussexCP509/87-88

Interior and exterior views of Rye Parish ChurchCP509/89-90

Views of and taken from Gungarden Cottage in Rye, Sussex, where Bertie [Wood], his wife Dorothy and baby Mervyn were [living or visiting]CP509/91-109

Exterior views of Halkyn Castle with people in the groundsCP509/110-111

Janet and Pat the dog in Bodlondeb grounds with Deganwy in the distanceCP509/112

G S Wood outside Bodlondeb [probably in the year of his death]CP509/113

Janet and Pat the dog on [Twthill?] in Bodlondeb groundsCP509/114

On board the yacht 'Priscilla'CP509/115

View of the yacht 'Erin'CP509/116

On board the yacht 'Priscilla'CP509/117

The yacht 'Priscilla' moored in the River ConwayCP509/118

View of another sailing boat taken from the 'Priscilla'CP509/119

Florence E Severn in Bodlondeb gardenCP509/120

Portrait of Evelyn Norton, labelled 'At Bath'CP509/121

Arthur Wood as a young man, smoking a pipeCP509/122

I [or T] W J Wood [the creator of the photograph album] and Albert Wood sitting in front of Bodlondeb with dogs Peggy and BenCP509/123

Edith Mary Frost, a teenage girl, probably in the grounds of BodlondebCP509/124

Dogs Ben and Peggy on a chair in Bodlondeb gardenCP509/125

Ladies around the Bodlondeb sundial: Lady de Vere Foster, Mrs [Thoresby?] Pelham and Mary Jane Elizabeth Wood, with Prince the dogCP509/126

Marjorie Jones and her dog at 7 Weston Terrace, Cape Town, South AfricaCP509/127

Mary Jane Elizabeth Wood with dogs Peggy and Prince by the Bodlondeb sundialCP509/128

MJEW and dogs on the lawn at BodlondebCP509/129

Group seated on Bodlondeb verandah with canon: Dora Sola, G A Severn and FlorenceCP509/130

Group in Bodlondeb garden: Florence, P W and DoraCP509/131

The dogs Peggy and Prince playing on the lawn at BodlondebCP509/132

Albert Wood in his phaeton outside Bodlondeb [duplicate of 82]CP509/133

Baby Mervyn in the garden at Bodlondeb with his parents Bertie and Dorothy Wood and other named elderly ladiesCP509/134-137

F E Severn with her grand-nephew Mervyn Wood in the gardenCP509/138-139

Mervyn Wood with his new pushcahir, labelled as 'given to him by his great aunt M A Frost'CP509/140-141

Henry [Thomas Henry Wood, bro Bertie] with children Gwentie and MervynCP509/142

Canon Fairchild with baby Mervyn and his unnamed GodmotherCP509/143

Dogs Peggy and PrinceCP509/144

Baby Mervyn playing in the garden outside BodlondebCP509/145

Group under the verandah at Bodlondeb: Canon Fairchild, Bertie, Arthur, Gwentie, Henry, Mervyn and DorothyCP509/146

Group on verandah of house at Aberdovey: Albert Wood, Mary Jane Elizabeth Wood, Mrs Fitzgerald, Dr Jack Frost, Col. Norton, Laurie Frost and Evelyn NortonCP509/147

Group as above, with addition of Judith RobinsonCP509/148

View of Harlech CastleCP509/149

View of Cader IdrisCP509/150

Woman identified as PW and girl under verandah at BodlondebCP509/151

Family group: Bertie, Dorothy and baby Mervyn with elderly ladies on the lawn at BodlondebCP509/152

Woman identified as PW with man [Outram?] and dogs under verandah at BodlondebCP509/153

Front view of BodlondebCP509/154

Large house labelled as 'Grappenhall'CP509/155

Large house labelled as 'Upton Lawn, Chester'CP509/156

Large house labelled as 'Blaindon Hall, Gloucester'CP509/157

Five individual portraits: Colin [Maciver?], Mary and 3 unnamed young girlsCP509/158

View of the arch in Conway town wall, labelled ' The arch made through the walls by Albert Wood 1877 into Berry Street'CP509/159

Fishing boats in the River Conway with Castle beyondCP509/160

Five small children paddling at Conway QuayCP509/161

Ladies identified as Dora and PW on the verandah with Prince the dogCP509/162

Albert [Wood] and Mr [Macarthur?] on the verandah at BodlondebCP509/163

Mervyn Wood [now a small boy] on the lawn at Bodlondeb with a toy engineCP509/164

Mervyn WoodCP509/165

Mr and Mrs Knight, Bryn GlasCP509/166

Portrait of three small children labelled as 'Triplets... born [in] Conway, Mary, Richard and Alfred Burton'CP509/167

Woman holding baby, labelled '[illegible] Coltart and Billy'CP509/168

Two ladies ofn the verandah at Bodlondeb: PW and Lady FosterCP509/169

Older lady [PW] and small girl, labelled 'Helen and Grannie Wood'CP509/170

Baby seated on cushion labelled 'Billy'CP509/171

Three small children seated on a garden seat, labelled 'Mervyn, Winnie, Helen'. A bigger girl stands behind themCP509/172

Group looking over balustrade in Bodlondeb garden, labelled '[Auntie?] C, Dora and [Bloods?]'CP509/173

Rural cottage and outbuildings labelled as 'Beachlands'CP509/174

Man and woman apparently cooking something over a campfire, labelled 'Gilbert Cohen and his wife' [at Beachlands]CP509/175

Ploughing with a three-horse team at BeachlandsCP509/176

Herd of long-horned sheep or goats [at Beachlands]CP509/177

Horse labelled as 'Osterley's Pride' at [Beachlands]CP509/178

View of river, coniferous forest and cut timber [at Beachlands]CP509/179

WoodlandCP509/180

Grazing cattleCP509/181

House [Bodlondeb?] glimpsed through treesCP509/182

Two figures by a streamCP509/183

Small boy, labelled as Henry Louis Brackenbury HughesCP509/184

Carriage outside the entrance to Bodlondeb pulled by horse called Masher, driven by Bob and containing Mary Jane Elizabeth Wood, Hattie Lloyd and HewittCP509/185

On board the 148 ton yacht 'Mare [illegible]' with Mrs E H Lloyd and Capt. [Donovan?] at the wheelCP509/186

Smaller yacht labelled as 'the new 'Spindrift'CP509/187

View of Holyhead harbour from the 'Priscilla'CP509/188

View of what appears to be the yacht 'Priscilla', labelled 'at Kingstown'CP509/189

The S Yacht 'Priscilla', 272 tons, with crew, moored off DeganwyCP509/190

Large yacht [name illegible] at unidentified location, 199 tonsCP509/191

Views of Bodlondeb and its gardens under a blanket of snowCP509/192-195