[hardy-l] Hardys at Bockhampton

[Rosemarie Morgan]

Yes-- Hardy's mum stayed on til her death (much later). I'm not sure but I 
think the lease could extend to spouses depending on how it was written or 
the goodwill of the lease owner -- not sure which.

But Jemima definitely lived there til she died and TH went every Sunday to 
visit her - when he also pruned trees and so on.
Besties
Rosemarie

.At 02:25 PM 6/28/2009, you wrote:
>I recently came upon a statement to the effect that the Hardy family
>experienced the same fate as Tess's family, eviction from their
>cottage at Bockhampton once their lease had expired.  But I had
>always thought that the Hardys were allowed to stay on at the cottage
>after the death of Hardy senior in 1892.  Can anyone clarify this
>point for me?  Many thanks.
>
>Jack Farrell,
>University of Texas
>
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