She presided over the rapid growth of Great Malvern during the middle of the nineteenth century. She placed many restrictions on building in the town, ensuring that all houses were well spaced, had large gardens, and maintained many trees. Her family name of Graham provided the name of Graham Road in the centre of the town, with its many large Victorian houses, including the Montrose Hotel.[1]
Lady Foley's Tea Rooms at Great Malvern railway station. They used to be the private waiting room of Lady Emily Foley who owned the land that the station was built on.
When railway line was to be built from Malvern to Hereford across land she owned, she insisted that cuttings be excavated so that the unsightly trains could not be seen. She had a waiting room built for her own use at Malvern station, so that whilst waiting for the ongoing train to London she did not have to wait with the common people, This room became known as Lady Foley’s Tea Room.[2]
She was also a substantial benefactor of many churches and schools in Great Malvern. She left no children and allowed the Stoke Edith estate in Herefordshire to pass to her husband's great-nephew Paul Henry Foley of Prestwood, Staffordshire.
Armsedit
Coat of arms of Lady Emily Foley
Escutcheon
Edward Foley, grandson of Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley (Argent a fess engrailed between three cinquefoils Sable all within a bordure Sable) impaling James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose (Quarterly 1st & 4th Or on a chief Sable three escallops Or 2nd & 3rd Argent three roses Gules barbed and seeded Proper).[3]
Referencesedit
^ abHurle, Pamela (2012). Malvern Women of Note. Aspect Design. pp. 19–25. ISBN978-1-908832-18-4.
^"Stoke Edith House History | Herefordshire Past". herefordshirepast.co.uk. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
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