Goodacres Lane
From Lacey Green History
Research by Joan West
In 1823 Goodacres Lane did not exist. The land on which it was later constructed was part of the vast common of Princes Risborough which covered much of Lacey Green and some land on the hilltop of Loosley Row. Click Princes Risborough Common to see two maps.
The first map shows the full area of Princes Risborough Common.
The map below that shows the changes made in 1823 when the Enclosures of Princes Risborough took place.
Before 1823 there were no roads in Lacey Green village. The route from the Hughenden Valley to Princes Risborough ran through Speen, along Highwood Bottom, cut straight across the Common of Princes Risborough to the pond behind Windmill Farm. It proceeded down towards Princes Risborough joining Woodway, which was already an established route and on to the town.
After 1823 the proposed Main Road, Lacey Green was confirmed in the 1823 Enclosures of the parish of Princes Risborough.
to be added
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The land on which Goodacres Lane was constructed had formerly been part of the Manor of Princes Risborough. Cows from the town were brought up here to graze.
In 1823 in the Enclosures of Princes Risborough, the Common was divided up and sold. became privately owned by John Grubb, the Lord of the Manor. This part stretched from Windmill Farm to Kiln Farm. and is shown on the second map mentioned above.
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In 1998 A Land Registry map shows the following houses in Goodacres Lane. From the Main Road (west) to the dead end (fields to the east.
The only house on the south west corner (all other houses are on the north side) is -
Opposite on the north side is -
entrance to Griston
Goodacres/ Hillcrest
back on Goodacres Lane - Millbrook
1st June 1841 John Grubb being bankrupt, put his vast estate up for sale
It was purchased the day before the auction by Lord Buckingham and Chandos.
1n 1848 Lord Buckingham and Chandos also went bankrupt in 1848 so the estate was once more put up for auction.
JOHN CHESHIRE, the MILLER PURCHASES
This whole area was put up for auction as one lot, and was purchased by John Cheshire, the miller. (Click John & Ann Cheshire). From 1856 to 1877 he was beset with mortgage debt
In 1889 a track was made. Josephine Irvine, mortgagee of John Cheshire, in order to reduce his mortgage debts sold to William Saunders a plot of land which became a field called Hillocks, together with a track to it from the Main Road, Lacey Green. This track later became Goodacres Lane.
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In 1998 The houses in on the north side of Goodacres Lane from the Main Road were:-
Byways
Gransden Lodge
Stepping Stones
Brambleside
Woodgreen
El Almendra
entrance to first - Goodacres
beyond that Walnut Tree House
return to Goodacres Lane
Griston
Millbrooke
In 1988 on the south side of Goodacres Lane on the corner with Main Road, replacing the Bakehouse is :-
Valletta