Colway Wood

From Lacey Green History

Colway Wood belonged to the Manor of Princes Risborough.    In the 1823. The Enclosures of Princes Risborough, 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, 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