'Mount Edgecombe'. Mrs Annie Goodson, wife of William Goodson, head master of Doncaster Primary School. Built in 1883 by Richard Serpell. Given to his daughter as a wedding present in 1906. Demolished in the 1970s to make way for the first extension of Doncaster Shoppingtown. DP0213
Mrs William Goodson (nee Annie Serpell) was born in 1876, married in 1906, and died in 1966. She lived in a house named Mount Edgecombe in Doncaster Road on part of the site of Doncaster Shoppingtown. Her husband was headmaster of Doncaster Primary School No. 197. They had no children. Some of the furniture in Schramm's Cottage came from her estate.
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