Dry Hillocks
From Lacey Green History
Before 1823 the land upon which Dry Hillocks was later built belonged to the Lord of the Manor of Princes Risborough.
In 1823 in the Enclosures of Princes Risborough this land was allotted, freehold to Daniel Ginger, labourer, adjoining a garden already in his own possession.
Sale 2nd November 1830. Indenture
The piece of land, bounded on the east by Lacey Green Road (Main Road) and on the SW and N by other land allotted in 1823 was sold by Daniel Ginger to William Ginger.
Cottage. William Ginger built a cottage on this site
24th March 1860. Conveyance. The above land and cottage recently erected, and occupied by William Ginger, was sold by William Ginger, labourer, to Miss Mary Ginger for £50.
August 1865. Mary Ginger married Jeptha Smith of Loosley Row, labourer.
23rd March 1893. Conveyance The above ground of 2 poles and cottage was sold by Jeptha & Mary Smith to Elizabeth Ward, the wife of Alfred Ward of Loosley Row, carpenter. click Alfred & Betsy Ward The cottage now tenanted by Edward Rixon.
1893 Elizabeth Ward gave the above property to her daughter and only child Mary Ann Allen click Henry & Mary Ann Allen
13th July 1913 Marriage. Mary Ann Ward married with Henry Allen. He took over being Loosley Row sub-postmaster from Mary Ann.
13th October 1916 Conveyance. Mary Ann Allen sold to Noah Saunders of Manor Farm, Bradenham for £9 ?
Researcher's Note
In the 1920s part of the land belonging to the Methodist Chapel was let to Mr Edwin Rixon, chair bodger, with his sons. They erected a workshop there. One morning a shaft had appeared in the night, some 8 feet in diameter and several feet deep. Their chopping block had disappeared down it. A tunnel went westwards from the bottom for a considerable distance. It was concluded that it was an old chalk digging for agricultural use. It was refilled. click Edwin & Clara Rixon for the story of this family
5th September 1958. Covenant. Between Peter Henry John Walker and Percy William Simmons, of the ‘Thatched House’, Main Road, Lacey Green.
To erect and maintain a 3 foot fence along the SE and SW boundaries of the plot.
The old cottage became a garage for Thatched House, Main Road which was further along the road. The garage was later demolished.
2nd December 1958 Conveyance. Percy William Simmons of 61 Lambert Road, Banstead, Surrey, instrument maker sold to Maurice James Saunders of 6 Greenlands, Lacey Green, builder, for £500
Schedule. All that land frontage to Lacey Green Road of 73 feet with covenant to maintain boundary fence.
Research Note. This was now bare land. Maurice ‘Mosh’ and Trudy Saunders cleared the ground. Trudy spoke of the amount of rubble from the old flint cottage on the site. They built the house ‘Dry Hillocks’ on the site. The site of the old cottage/garage became the drive for ‘Dry Hillocks’. click Mosh & Trudy Saunders for their life story.
November 1962. Conveyance
Dry Hillocks purchased by Mr and Mrs P L B Pilkington for £2500
Hallmark December 1990. Planning Application. Demolition of existing garage, construction of new garage on land adjacent to Dry Hillocks,
1998 Owned by Mark Leonard Jenkins of 3 Deanfield Close, Saunderton.