Owlpen House in Maitland was named after Owlpen House in Gloucester. Emanuel Hungerford’s mother Anne Daunt was descended from the de Ohlpen’s. Over the years the de Ohlpen became Owlpen, pronounced ‘olepen’ rather than ‘owlpen’.
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