Setley House, which stands on the main Brockenhurst-Lyndhurst road, was built in about 1855. The Forman and Clapham families, who lived at Setley, appear to have been fond of their servants, judging by the photographs in their family albums.
Doris Forman grew up at Setley House with her brothers Hubert and Geoffrey. Her mother was from the Curtis family who had a sea-biscuit business. Sir William Curtis (1752-1829) was Lord Mayor of London. In 1917 Doris married Lieut Neville Clapham of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force at a service in the Chapel of Rhinefield House.
The following gallery contains more images of Setley House and information about the estate.
The Foreman family at Setley clearly loved their dogs, 1900. LMGLM:2011.116.23 
A visitor to Setley House with one of the pet monkeys LMGLM:2011.116.22 
Doris Forman of Setley House dressed as a ‘little Dutch girl’ presumably for a fancy dress party in 1909. LMGLM:2011.116.6 
Maids at Setley House. LMGLM:2011.116.15 
Tennis party in 1915. LMGLM:2011.116.27 
Tennis party in 1917. LMGLM:2011.116.29 
Soldiers at Setley House during the First World War with Doris Forman in the centre. LMGLM: 2011.116.12 
Sheep on the tennis courts at Setley in October 1917. LMGLM:2011.116.28 
Nurse Fasham with baby Corina in 1908. LMGLM: 2011.116.32 
A group from Setley out for a walk with the goat cart in the 1930s. LMGLM:2011.116.9 
A riding party in the 1930s. LMGLM: 2011.116.32 
The car and chauffeur in the 1900s. LMGLM:2011.116.19 
Group of guests in the gardens of Setley House in the 1910s. LMGLM: 2011.116.10 
The pony and trap in the 1900s. LMGLM:2011.116.20 
The farm cottage at Setley, 1909. LMGLM: 2011.116.26 
The family helping to make hay in 1903. LMGLM:2011.116.25 
The front of Setley House in 1938. LMGLM: 2011.116.2 
Setley House in 2011. Now divided into separate homes.
