"[8] Attacked by hostile mobs in London, Girling announced to her followers in 1872 that they were going to move to Hordle in the New Forest in Hampshire.
[10] They settled in New Forest Lodge, a house which was partially paid for by one of the followers Julia Wood,[11] the remainder being mortgaged.
[12] The mortgage remained unpaid and on a bitterly cold night of December 1874, in the rain, sleet and snow, 60 women, 35 men and 45 children were evicted.
[13] It included 3 pianos, 77 beds, boxes of eggs, butter and vegetables valued at about £1,000 and worthless by the end of the night.
[13] They were aided by the political philosopher Auberon Herbert, who gave them temporary shelter on his estate in nearby Ashley.
[14] Other prominent sympathisers of their plight included liberal politician William Cowper,[15] and local eccentric and spiritualist Andrew Peterson.