They were to have four daughters who inherited great-grandfather Pearce's manor of Whitlingham by Norwich, Norfolk.
Gravel from Whitlingham has been used to build projects in the city such as the Castle Mall, The Forum and more recently, the redevelopment of the old Nestlé site into a major new shopping facility Chapelfield.
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The Great Broad at Whitlingham Park has been created through the process of gravel extraction.