Pax Hill
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Pax Hill by Colin Smith as part of the Geograph project.
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Pax Hill
Image: © Colin Smith Taken: 30 May 2010
House name spelled out in logs at the end of the wooded driveway. The house is undergoing building works (2010). "In 1919 a very famous soldier bought Blackacre from a local family and in changing its name to Pax Hill created an important village landmark. That soldier was Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement, who lived at Pax Hill in Bentley for the next 20 years. Since the death of Baden-Powell in 1941 Pax Hill has had a variety of owners. During the wartime period the house was in the hands of the War Department, it was then given, by Lady Baden-Powell, to the Girl Guides' Association. It was used as a Domestic Training College of Guides until the mid 1950s when it was sold after proving to be uneconomic. The house survives to this present day and is a private Nursing Home which, fortunately, retains the name of Pax Hill". http://www.bentleyvillage.com/
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Image Location
Latitude
51.190688
Longitude
-0.891235