Richard spent all his working life as an agricultural labourer, and over sixty years in the service of the Lowdell family of Baldwins Hill, East Grinstead. Isaac and Jessamine Lowdell originated from Warwickshire and their family included, Emily, born in 1821, Louisa born 1823, George, date of birth unknown, Thorold, born 1830, all born in Southam, Warwickshire, and Sidney Poole, born in Brighton in 1831. In the second half of the 19th century, the Lowdell family owned much of the Felbridge Water area, the Northern end of East Grinstead Common, and land at Baldwins Hill leading from East Grinstead Common to Felcourt Heath, Lingfield, - the Chartham Park area. Isaac Lowdell died in 1841, and in the Census of 1851, the entry for Chartham Park lists Thorold as a farmer of 90 acres, employing seven men, Sydney as a medical student, and Emily and Louisa as annuitants.
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