This page will contain photos we think may be of interest to others researching the family name.

From left to right: (1) & (2) Hollowbrooks Cottage, Conderton, Worcestershire. The home of John & Harriet Surman, nee Taylor from c.1834-1870. The first photo was taken c.1960s by R. Horseley of Birmingham and the second in 2006 during a tour of the villages by the S*rm*n FHS. (3) is another view of St. Johns, Beckford taken during the above mentioned tour. (4) & (5) is Tredington Court, Gloucestershire. The first is taken from a Sales Document circa early 1900s and the other by ourselves in 1989. (6) is the Coat of Arms for the Surman family.

(4) 'The Ancient Court House' A beautiful half-timbered Edifice with Cotswold tiled roof and most substantially built, was the seat of the Surman family for upwards of four centuries.....' Documents state that in 1625 Hall Place [Tredington Court] was leased to Thomas Surman (1574-1647) who appears to have brought the freehold soon after. The Court was eventually occupied by Thomas's 3rd son John (1625-1688). Two branches of John's lineage intermarried 148 years after his death, that is John Surman of Gt. Malvern and Elizabeth Goodlake in 1837. There were no children from this marriage and all property passed to William Mansell a nephew. (6) Coat of Arms for this branch of the family 'Yet in my flesh shall I see God' is to be found in St. John's Church, Tredington.

(1) and (4) reproduced by permission of Worcs. & Glos. Record Offices