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In 1900 Frances Horner, her husband and young family left Mells Park for the nearby and more manageable Manor House. The house at Mells Park was destroyed by a catastrophic fire in
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The village of Mells contains other works commissioned by Horner from leading artists, including two shelters designed by
Lutyens in memory of her son Mark Horner, both with lettering by Gill. The
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in 1880, carrying cymbals at the bottom of the stairs. She has been described as one of the most important women in his life, after his wife, his daughter and his mistress
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in 1919. She continued to live in Mells after her husband's death in 1927, living with her widowed daughter
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that she commissioned as a memorial to her elder son, Edward Horner, which includes a bronze statue by
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beginning a paid career as a garden designer as her garden at Mells Manor was designed by
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Jekyll). Pamela was her niece, the daughter of
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244:diphtheria
212:Early life
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447:the Souls
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186:the Souls
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