Edwin & Clara Rixon
From Lacey Green History
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Edwin Rixon born 1866 in Radnage was the son of George & Fanny Rixon.
Clara Dormer born 1871 was the daughter of Eli & Mary Ann Dormer
Edwin and Clara married in 1889.
Edwin and Clara had 3 children as follows :-
Horace Rixon born 1891 married Ivy Mary Harwood in 1912. click Horace & Ivy Rixon for their family story
Alfred Rixon born 1892 married Hilda Page in 1916. They moved to Cryers Hill Hughenden
Ernest Charles Rixon born 1898 married Myrtle A Harwood in 1917. click Ernest & Myrtle Rixon f
1911 Census. Hillock Cottages no 2. Edwin Rixon timber carter.
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1925. In his research on the Methodist Chapel, Lacey Green, Dennis Claydon wrote ---
A small part of the land belonging to the Methodist Chapel was under the tenancy of Mr. Edwin Rixon for 15 shillings (75p) per year, it was the scene of a strange occurrence. Edwin and sons, local chair bodgers, had erected a workshop on the site.
It followed the drought of 1921. on arrival at work one morning they found a subsidence had occurred during the night and their chopping block had disappeared into a shaft some eight to ten feet in diameter and several feet deep.
Upon inspection at the bottom of the shaft, a tunnel extended in a westerly direction for a considerable distance. At some time in the past chalk had been “mined” for agricultural purposes, as was the custom, and then the shaft refilled. To give some indication of the size involved, a disused rotten trap, belonging to the local newsagent, helped in filling the subsidence, together with loads of earth.
In 1976 an echo of this event returned in that dry summer, when again there was a subsidence in the same place to a depth of twelve inches.