G.A. Garfitt
| G.A. Garfitt | |||||||||
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Holmesfield, Sheffield Belknap, Ryde, Isle of Wight [1925] | ||||||||
| Occupation | archaeologist | ||||||||
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Office Notes
RAI Council 1926 Member
RAI Council 1927 Member
RAI Council 1928 Member
House Notes
1916.10.17 proposed by H.J.E. Peake, seconded by H.J. Fleure
Notes From Elsewhere
G. A. Garfitt, Cartledge Hall, Holmesfield, near Sheffield. [Prehistoric Society list]
Robert Murray Gilchrist who died 100 years ago today on 4th April 1917 from Pneumonia at Cartledge Hall, Holmesfield where he lived with his close friend & companion, the artist George Garfitt.
Dating from at least the 16th century, Cartledge had an ancient and doubtless spooky atmosphere which seeded ideas. The house was sub-divided for Robert and his sisters, and later for his close friend George Garfitt. Cartledge Hall remained home to Gilchrist for 25 years until his death – half his entire life.
He set up home at Highcliffe Nook, near the crest of Sir William Hill (now topped with a tall communications mast), high above Eyam, with his friend George Garfitt. The Nook, a lane, runs from Hawkhill Road, up the steep hill to Highcliffe
Farm and Highcliffe Hall, from which there is an extensive view. Some of his best novels are centred in Eyam, which he
called Milton. His first novel Passion and Plaything was published in 1890.
Correspondence from the editor of Abstainer’s Advocate confirms that they were at Eyam until May 1895, after which
the pair moved to Cartledge Hall in Holmesfield. They were definitely in the Hall by 24 October 1895. (Sheffield Archives:
M.D. 3546). The arrangement at Cartledge Hall was that Robert and George lived in one half of the house, and his father, mother and sisters in the other half
Gilchrist’s relationship with George Garfitt lasted throughout his life. Garfitt worked for Thos. Garfitt & Son, Cross Scythes Works, and travelled quite extensively for the business, visiting, for example, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Calais, Paris, Cork, and other places. On these journeys he wrote regularly to Robert. From the Victoria Hotel in Kilkenny in April 1898 he wrote: “I think constantly and tenderly of you and my thoughts always turn to you”, though at the same time he lamented: “It seems an age since I had a letter from you”. The Stone Dragon and Other Tragic Romances, (1894), is “Dedicated to George Alfred Garfitt”.
George Alfred Garfitt (Thomas Garfitt & Son) Scythe manufacturers 66 London Road
