Belle Vue Cottage no 2
From Lacey Green History
also click Frank & Elsie Chilton for their life story
click Belle Vue Cottage no 1 for the attached property
research by Joan West from Deeds lent by Ian Kelloway
In the Inclosures of the Parish of Princes Risborough in 1823 the plot of land upon which the semi-detached Belle Vue Cottages were later built was allotted to John Carter Dell as freehold. click Ian & Sue Kelloway and click John Carter & Elizabeth Dell for more about these families.
A Foundation stone states that the cottages were built in 1869.
Belle Vue Cottages were built in 1869 by Rebecca nee Carter Dell & Uriah Dell. The stone on it states "This stone was laid by Laura Dell Sept 1869" Laura was their 4 year old daughter. The land on which they were built was owned in 1823 freehold by John Carter Dell, Rebecca's father.
The cottages belonged to Rebecca. In 1823 the land on which they were built had belonged freehold to her father John Carter Dell.
By 1871 Rebecca and Uriah had moved away and the cottages were let.
Around 1900 the tenant in No 2 was William Rixon.
APRIL 7th 1909. DEATH OF REBECCA DELL, widow of Uriah Dell. see Ardengrove.
EXECUTORS of REBECCA DELL SOLD TO the Reverend William Robson. This document is archived in Lacey Green Village Hall.
1910. Conveyance. The Executors of Rebecca Dell, nee Carter Dell, sold no 2 Belle Vue Cottages to the Reverend William Robson with outbuildings, yards and gardens for £280
THE REV’D WILLIAM ROBSON SOLD TO JAMES LACEY
December 14th 1921. Conveyance. James Lacey of 35 George Street, High Wycombe, wood turner, purchased the cottages, no 2 then unoccupied.
JAMES LACEY SOLD TO RUPERT JAMES RIXON. (click Rupert & Beatrice May Rixon for more about Rupert)
August 2nd 1924. Conveyance. Ruert James Rixon, of Redland End, woodman, purchased the cottages from James Lacey, for £350
2nd July 1931 Rupert James Rixon sold No 2 Belle Vue Cottages to Frank Abbott Chilton for £325.
No. 2 Belle Vue to continue to enjoy drainage to a cesspool on the property of No 1 Belle Vue. The cost of repairing and cleansing to be borne jointly. The wall separating the houses to be a party wall and maintained as such.
COVENANT AGREEMENT
April 21st 1981. Covenant agreement between Christopher David Pomeroy of No 1 Belle Vue Cottages with Mrs. Chilton of No. 2 Belle Vue Cottages.
In consideration of the covenant permitting the continuation of the encroachment in title, that if within 80 years the owners of no. 2 Belle Vue should wish to build a two storey extension, the owners of no. 1 Belle Vue will grant the right to build up to and touching the existing building, attaching it in perpetuity and will allow the removal of gutters and roof slates, resiting them as necessary to both properties. If the covenanter shall not grant the right, the covenantee shall be at liberty to terminate the present encroachment by an injunction for damages or otherwise as permitted by law.
FENCING AGREEMENT
It was agreed that Mrs Chilton would erect a fence down a central line to the rear, to the centre of the existing laurel hedge, and a further fence from the centre line of the existing holly tree, following the line and adjacent to the grass path to the rear boundary of the properties.