BAWDESWELL’S    Notable Families in the past

The Gurney Family & Barclays Bank   Founder members.

Elizabeth Fry   A  member of the Gurney family, famous as a prison reformer.

The Eglinton Family   builders of Bawdeswell Hall.

The Lloyd Family  lost Bylaugh Estate at gambling and moved to Bawdeswell Hall.

The Stoughton Family   Also once lived in Bawdeswell Hall.