Glebe

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Research by Joan West

The Glebe land was given to the Chapel of Ease (later to become St. John's Church) of Lacey green by John Grubb, the Lord of the Manor, soon after 1823.

When the Enclosures of Princes Risborough took place in 1823 the vast Princes Risborough Common which stretched through Lacey Green was sold in three sections. John Grubb had the part that held The Windmill and Windmill Farm to about half way along Pink Road and all the way back to what was later to become Kiln Lane. He gave part of this to be Glebe Land to provide an income for Lacey Green church

In 1832 in the Electoral Register (after the reform act) the voter is listed as the Reverend Charles Wm Hughes. The occupier renting it as Sarah Shard. click Charles & Sarah Shard for more about Sarah.

December 1856 Charles Edward Gray, Curate of the Perpetual Curacy of Princes Risborough,

In the 1930's a row of detached houses was built. The first being the School House. Click The School House for more details