Dorothea Amy Enock (1877-1959)

1877 - Middleton Villas, Middleton Hall Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, England.

Demolished in the 1960s/1970s.

Middleton Villas (property on the right) pictured in 1928. Taken from Britain From Above

1877-1879 - 10, Noel Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England.

1879-1883 - "1, Park Place" (now 104), Alcester Road, Moseley, Birmingham, England.

1883-1888 - "Hill Crest" (No. 28), Lickey Square, Lickey Rednal, Worcestershire, England.

1889-1890 - "Inglewood", Lower Contour Road, Kingswear, Dartmouth, Devon, England.

1891 - "Coombeside", Castle Road, Kingswear, Dartmouth, Devon, England.

1893-1895 - "Dimora" (now Tudor Lodge), Higher Erith Road, Torquay, Devon, England.

1899-1901 - "Inglewood" (No. 15), Totnes Road, Newton Abbot, Devon, England.

1911 - 26, Abbey Road, Torquay, Devon, England.

Cannot locate house.

1925-1926 - Railway Mission, Chatham Street, Reading, Berkshire, England.

Site now occupied by Malthouse Court.

1927-1928 - 144a, Castle Hill, Reading, Berkshire, England.

1938-1939 - "Kingswood" 13, North Street, Hailsham, Essex, England.

Cannot locate property.

1955 - 93, Chapel Street, Tiverton, Devon, England.

1959 - 9, Greenway Flats, Gold Street, Tiverton, Devon, England.

Date of Probate: 25th September 1959
Gross value of Estate: £266. 3s. 9d.
Net value of Estate: £234. 17s. 9d.

This is the last Will of me DOROTHEA AMY ENOCK of 93 Chapel Street Tiverton in the County of Devon

1. I HEREBY REVOKE all former Wills and testamentary dispositions made by me
2. I APPOINT Henry Pinhey and May his Wife both of 169 Chapel Street Tiverton Devon to be Executors and Trustees of this my Will
3. DIRECT my Trustees to pay all my debts and funeral and testamentary expenses I WANT as inexpensive and simple coffin and funeral as possible I DO NOT WISH mourning to be worn or flowers other than garden or wild ones to be sent and gifts in lieu thereof to be sent to The British and Foreign Bible Society I WISH to be buried in Tiverton and I hope that my dear Minister The Reverend R. D. Browne will lay me to rest
4. I DESIRE my Trustees to plant my grave with snowdrops crocuses and daffodils as a reminder of the Resurrection Life to those who visit the Cemetary
5. I have little of value to leave as I gave everything of real value to the Duke of Gloucester's Red Cross Fund during the war but I GIVE the following gifts :-
(1) TO my dear Brother Arthur Guy Enock of Tower House Chinnor Road Thame Oxfordshire my oak medicine chest and Scotch Bible or should he predecease me then to his grand-daughter Josephine I wish I had some thing of value to give him but I pray God to bless and reward him for all he has done for and been to me since my childhood to the present day
(2) TO my Brother John Kemp Enock of 39 Priory Gardens Wembley Middlesex the picture of my sister Christine by my Mother and the photo of Combeside garden and the picture of boats by my sister
(3) TO Olive Wife of John Kemp Enock the bevelled looking glass framed in fumed oak
(4) TO my nephew Derek Enock of 5 Fairview Terrace Exmouth the painting of gladioli by my sister Christine
(5) TO my niece Joan Enock of 39 Priory Gardens Wembley the pair of flower- drawings by my aunt Emma Enock
(6) TO my nephew Joseph Enock The Studio Mount Park Road Ealing W.5. I BEQUEATH my every day little Bible which I ask him to read daily and the little folding book shelves
(7) TO my dear friend and Minister The Reverend Robert David Browne of The Baptist Manse 12 Castle Street Tiverton my Corona typewriter all my gardening tools the three books "Writers and Artists Year Book for 1955" "A Guide to Fiction Writing" and "A Guide to Article Writing" the tall cupboard which contains my manuscripts and all my manuscripts
(8) TO Mrs. Browne Wife of the said Reverend Robert David Browne the taller of the two Indian brass vases and my walking stick
(9) TO The Reverend and Mrs. Browne the oil painting of Dartmoor near Bovey Tracey by my late Father I esteem them both very “highly in love for their works sake”
(10) TO John and Ada Bray the picture cupboard with three pictures in front
(11) TO Mrs. Pinhey the best of my little folding tables and my Irish tablecloth She has, been a good friend to me
(12) TO Mr. Pinhey the panel of four sketches of (1) Mill Bay Kingswear round the coast from our garden (2) Wolborough Church in the Valley where my Mother is buried (3) Malvern Hill's from our garden and (4) Our house in Newton Abbot
(13) TO Mrs. Margery Jones of 128 Chapel Street Tiverton my kind and willing "help" the imitation cut glass vase and the fruit dish with flowers round the border
(14) TO Mrs. Gasson of 22 Franklyn Road Haywards Heath Sussex one of the brass Indian vases (the bowl one) which I brought home from South Africa
(15) TO Margaret and Mary Shapland "Smith's Bennet" Halberton my brown teapot
(16) TO Margaret Shapland my Shorthand Dictionary and the book "The Dictionary Of Typewriting"
(17) TO Mary Shapland the books "The Dictionary of Book-keeping" and "The Scripture of Truth"
(18) TO The Africa Inland Mission my little clock to be given to a lady missionary going to the field also my little travelling rug
(19) TO my sister Christine Lavinia Enock my four tea trays table covers and all my cushions and my book "Young's Concordance" and all my tools and if she should predecease me then to my nephew Derek Enock
(20) I should like the local Librarian to go over my books and take any he would consider useful for the Library
(21) ALL my spectacles and loose lenses and dental plates to go to the Ivory Cross Dental Aid 67 Welbeck Street London W.1.
(22) TO Miss Baber of 50 Saint Peter Street Tiverton the sketches with her name of the back as a small remembrance of all the library books she has brought me
(23) TO my brother Charles Reginald Enock of Oak Tree Cottage Froxfield Petersfield Hants or should he predecease me then to his daughter Enid the case of my Mother's old sewing machine which I use as a small letter cupboard
6. I DEVISE AND BEQUEATH all the residue of my estate unto my Trustees Upon Trust to sell call in and convert the same into money and to pay the proceeds of such sale calling in and conversion unto my sister Christine Lavinia Enock of Hulham House Hulham Road Exmouth or should she predecease me then to my brother John Kemp Enock or failing him to my nephew Derek Enock

IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand this nineteenth day of May One thousand nine hundred and fifty five

WILLS CONNECTED TO DORA

Arthur Guy Enock - 1957

"I BEQUEATH to my two sisters Dorothea Amy Enock and Christine Lavinia Enock the legacy of FIFTY POUNDS each and also an annuity of NINETY SIX POUNDS each during their lives Such annuities shall be free of all death duties and shall be payable quarterly the first payments to be made one month after the date of my death And I direct my Trustees to appropriate in respect of each such annuity in their names investments of any nature authorised as trustee investments of an amount sufficient at the date of such appropriation in the opinion of my Trustees to answer out of the income thereof the annuity in respect of which such appropriation is made And I declare that such income shall be the primary fund for answering the said annuity and the capital of the said investments shall form the secondary fund for answering the same in the event of the income proving insufficient and further that after any such appropriation shall have been made my residuary estate or the income thereof shall no longer be liable to provide for the annuity in respect of which such appropriation shall have been made."

Christine Lavinia Enock - 1958

Net value of Estate: £40. 12s. 7d.

"To my sister Dorothea Amy Enock my Mother’s tall round work table or in the event of my said sister predeceasing me then I bequeath the said table to my said nephew Derek Enock."

"Subject to the foregoing I GIVE DEVISE AND BEQUEATH all the rest residue and remainder of my estate of whatsoever kind and wheresoever situate (including any property over which I have a special power of appointment) to the Bank UPON TRUST to sell the same and after payment of my just debts and funeral and testamentary expenses to hold the net proceeds thereof UPON TRUST for my sister the said Dorothea Amy Enock absolutely or in the event of her predeceasing me then for my said nephew Derek Enock absolutely."

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