Jubilee Cottage no 2
From Lacey Green History
also click Jubilee Cottage no 1
Research by Joan West
See below for the history of this plot of land prior to 1889.
In 1889 Josephine Irving, the mortgagee, sold off several plots of the land to ease some of John Cheshire's growing debt. click John & Ann Cheshire.
One of these plots was sold to John Saunders. click John & Corah Saunders for the life story of John and his wife
By 1897 John Saunders had built Jubilee Cottage no 1 and Jubilee Cottage no 2 (semi-detached) and Rose Villa, next door.
No 2 CENSUS 1901 Oliver Bearfoot 41 sandstone miner at Walters Ash Farm, Mary Ann 40, Rose 15, Owen 13, Harry 7. click Oliver & Mary Ann Bearfoot
About 1910 Ernest Isaac Lacey purchased both Jubilee Cottage no 1 and Jubilee Cottage no 2 from John Saunders
No 2 CENSUS 1911 Ernest Isaac Lacey 39 , Lily 36, Archibald Ernest 14, Bertie Rollo 10.
Occupants of No 2 from purchase
Ernest Isaac and his family continued to live in no. 2.
1st. First Ernest Isaac with wife Lily nee Ginger with 2 children, Archibald Ernest born 1897 & Bertie Rollie born 1977.
2nd. Then Archibald Ernest with wife Edith nee Harmen with 2 children, Constance born 1917 & Donald born 1931
3rd. Constance married Alfred Stevens. They had 2 children Trevor born 1944 & John born ?
4th Trevor Stevens, single.
No 2 CENSUS 1939
Archibald Ernest Lacey widower 43 brick kiln setter, Walters Ash Farm, Constance Lacey 22.
In 1823 Jubilee Cottage no 2 did not exist. The land on which it was later built 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.
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click Main Road section 1 for other properties in this area.
The land on which Jubilee Cottage no 2 was built had formerly been part of the vast common, known as Princes Risborough Common, Cows from the town were brought up here to graze.
In 1823 at the time of the enclosures of Princes Risborough, the Common was divided up and sold. A large part was purchased 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.
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.