Hartwell Photo Gallery and History These photos were taken by David Winmill during a trip to England in 2002.  Potterspury  and Yardley Gobion  was home to the Winmill family from the early 1600 until the mid 1700s.  Read a detailed history of Hartwell here. Richard Winmill and William Winmill Family Home in Hartwell  According to Information provided by  Angela Malin of Hartwell, England In 1776 Richard Winmill Son of  John Winmill and Elizabeth Glen of Potterspury moved to Hartwell to take over the tenancy of Home Farm, Hartwell (now  2 Park Road) at £60 per acre. He leased this farm and land in the nearby fields from the Duke of Grafton.  On December 18, 1777 Richard Winmill married Mary Hodgskins [1]of Ashton at Hartwell Church.   Richard and Mary had 9 children, all baptized at Hartwell Church. Early photos of Hartwell House and Hillside Farm  Richard Winmill was a successful farmer. He bought properties at Hanslope and Potterspury as well as being the tenant of the largest of the Duke's farms in Hartwell. Estate records show payments for improvements to the farm buildings and homestead.   1915 Photos of the Plow Inn which was previously owned and run by Richard and William Winmill in Hartwell, Northamptonshire William is also recorded as a public house keeper and farmer and in 1828, the record shows him as the owner of the Plough Inn shown nearby (now the Conservative Club in Hartwell).  The Bryant’s 1827 map shows that Hartwell was primarily farm land.   It is still a very small village surrounded by farmland. Two modern views of the Conservative Club  formerly the Plow Inn St.John's Parish of Hartwell In 1828, William signed the parish warden account as churchwarden. Churchwardens had a duty to represent the laity and co-operate with the parish priest  (or, in cases of vacancy, the bishop).  They were expected to lead the parishioners by setting a good example and encouraging unity and peace. This could  indicated the congregation of  this parish of the Church of England considered William a devout man of some standing in the community. In July 1832, his widowed mother Mary Winmill died at age 77.  Between 1819 and 1840, nine of their children were christened in the Hartwell parish of the English church.