George & Anne Hawes
From Lacey Green History
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Research by Joan West, also information given by Harry Hawes, George and Annie's son
George Hawes born 1860 was the son of John and Sarah Hawes
Anne Morris born 1866 was from Staffordshire, in service at Loosley House.
George and Annie married in 1892
George and Annie had 8 children as follows :-
Ethel Mary Hawes born 1893, died 1893 aged 81 days
George Hawes born 1894,died 1894 aged 1 day
Constance Hawes born 1895 married John Neighbour in 1920. Connie died in 1989 aged 94
Gertrude Florence Hawes born 1896
Albert John Hawes born 1898 married Ethel Stevens in 1924 'Bert' enrolled in WW1 in 1916.
Mabel Hawes born 1900
Annie Hawes born 1904
Harry George Hawes born 1905 married Minnie Annie Ward in 1940. click Harry & Minnie Hawes for their life story
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George had first been a chair maker. He bought an acre piece of land about 1889 and started to farm.
George built Woodbyne Farm when he got married. Unfortunately they forgot to allow for the stairs, which had to be squeezed in afterwards making them very narrow and steep.
George had first been a chair maker. He bought an acre piece of land about 1889 and started to farm.
KINGSWOOD FARM
In 1903 Kingswood Farm in Highwood Bottom, now cleared of trees, came up for sale and he bought it. They lived there for a year or two and Harry, the youngest was born there. Finding it inconvenient for the children getting to Lacey Green School they returned to Woodbyne in the village. However, George kept Kingswood Farm. He also rented Hawk Hill
Harry Floyd Recalled George Hawes in article of 1980. as follows :-
"George Hawes, who lived at Woodbyne Farm, was probably the first to deliver milk around the village. He kept his cows at Kingswood Farm, in Highwood Bottom. Twice a day they would be brought up Kiln Lane and along Main Road for milking. Foot and mouth disease was quite common, and during outbreaks, no cattle could be moved and his had to be kept at Woodbyne Farm in the farmyard. If a single cow became infected, the whole herd had to be slaughtered. Although some compensation was paid for each cow, this was a disaster for the farmer. No doubt, George was very much relieved when, in 1934, he was able to purchase an extra seven acres around Woodbyne Farm from the sale following the death of William Saunders of Stocken Farm, Harry's grandfather. This enabled him to keep his cows up there more easily when foot and mouth restrictions were in force."
The Glebe land which stretch from the behind the bottom of Goodacres Lane across to Windmill Road, now known as `Pink Road`, he part time rented.
FIELD BEHIND WOODBYNE with BARN
In 1934 he bought the field behind Woodbyne Farm. William Saunders had died and his Stocken Farm was sold. Stocken was bought by William’s son-in-law, but the field George bought had been owned by William separately, having purchased it before he bought Stocken Farm William Saunders had had a barn built by Wards of Speen in that field.
MANY BAD WORDS
William had made a sort of cross roads by gating across Goodacres track, Hillocks Field (also his) and track to Stocken Farm, in order to drive the young horses in which he dealt from Stocken Farm to this field, not only blocking the road but making a lot of mud. Many bad words were exchanged.
THE FIRST MILK ROUND
In 1934 when piped water was laid on in the villages by Wycombe Rural District Council, George Hawes connected his Woodbyne Farm to water, bought 5 or 6 cows and started the first milk round hereabouts, delivering it in one of the first cars here in the village It had not been possible to keep cows here before as they need a considerable amount of water in order to produce milk and that had simply not been available. . Amy Johnson, the aviator, rode up from Risborough on her horse to buy milk from him.
1939 Register (census). Harry G Hawes 34 Dairy Farmer, George Hawes 79, Emma Hawes 77.
N.B. A shepherd`s hut is a small wooden caravan on wheels (metal) which could be moved around for a shepherd to live in. Especially useful at lambing time. They were beautifully made, with an iron wood-burning stove for cooking and warmth.
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