People
John Arnold, watchmaker to George III, lived at Well Hall House (between the Moat and Well Hall Road) from 1779 until his death, at 63, in 1799. He made what was then the smallest repeating (striking) watch, which was set in a ring and given to the king.
Children's author, Edith Nesbit 1858 - 1924 and author of 'The Railway Children', lived at the 1750s house situated between the Moat and Well Hall Road.She liveds there from 1899 to 1922, married to the Fabian Hubert Bland
William Barefoot can be considered the Pleasaunce's founder and is commemorated on a plaque in the wall opposite the front of the Tudor Barn, sundial and seat.
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