Group outside West Mersea school. John Thorpe was schoolmaster at this time.
The woman is Harriett Thorpe. Standing girl, Doris Butcher, central sitting girl, Stella Butcher. Boy with cap John Thorpe. Baby probably John Butcher, died in infancy.
The photograph and details are from Jill Jeffery (née Manthorp) who is a granddaughter of John Thorpe She says this is the front door of the school house at West Mersea..
From other research [TXA00420]: Harriett Thorpe's oldest daughter, Annie Toone Thorpe (1873) married Frederick James Butcher in 1897 and the couple can be found in the censuses of 1901 and 1911 living in Ipswich. Now, FreeBMD has a death for John Thorpe aged 71 in 1916 in Ipswich and Harriet Thorpe in 1920 in Ipswich aged 74.
The Butcher girls, Doris & Stella were born in 1898 and 1899 respectively in Ipswich. A younger daughter, Janet Annie, was born in 1909 also in Ipswich [Rosemary Rainbird].
Date: c1908