Description:A postcard view of Camp Hall commissioned by Sarah Wedgwood in 1827.
After Camp Hall was built Sarah moved out of her brother Josiah Wedgwood II’s nearby home at Maer Hall. Sarah's house had eight bedrooms and she kept around 25 servants. She never married and lived at Camp Hall until around 1847.
Sarah was aunt to both Charles Darwin and his wife Emma (nee Wedgwood, daughter of Josiah Wedgwood II). Charles is thought to have visited the house regularly and even gave a name to a type of bilberry which was growing on the surrounding heathland.
Sarah was very active in the slavery abolition movement and was a founding member of the Birmingham Ladies Society for the Relief of Negro Slaves, the first anti-slavery society for women, and sometimes referred to as the Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society.
In the early 1900s, the explorer, politician, and entrepreneur, Ewart Scott Grogan lived at Camp Hall. He once walked the length of Africa, from Cape Town to Cairo.
Postcard published by C.H. Deakin, 17 Market Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme.