Caen Field Wood

From Lacey Green History

Caen Field Wood belonged to the Manor of Princes Risborough.   In the Enclosures of 1823, the woods remained the  property of John Grubb Esq, the Lord of the Manor, remaining as part of the parish Woodlands. See Parish Woodlands for more Parish Woodlands

1st June 1841  John Grubb was bankrupt.   His estate was purchased Lord Buckingham and Chandos, who in 1848 also went bankrupt and his estate was put up for auction.

1848 Lot 15  Caen Field Wood and Colway Wood, contained 22 acres,1 rood & 14 perches together with a Pightle and garden let to John Chilton and Widow Jones, containing 1 acre, 1 rood, 28 perches

1857   COMMUTATION of TITHES no. 3/152    (edited)    OWNERS JAMES STRATTON & JOSEPH LOOSLEY  

James Stratton of Princes Risborough, farmer, and Joseph Loosley of the same place, farmer, owned 47 acres, being Darvills Hill Wood and Caen Field Wood, part of the Parish Woodlands of Princes Risborough, exempted from the Enclosures Award 1823.