Portobello Cottage no 2

also click Portobello Cottage no 1, Portobello Cottage no 3, Portobello Cottage no 4, Portobello Cottage no 5 and Portobello Meadow

Portobello Cottages were five attached properties built before the Enclosures of Princes Risborough in 1823

Portobello cottages 1 - 5, left to right.

Portobello Cottage no 1 on the left, Portobello Cottages no 2 and 3 in the centre. Portobello Cottage no 4 just on the right.

CONVEYANCE MARCH 24^th 1860

The Executors of Sarah Shard (click Charles & Sarah Shard)of Grymsdyke sold to Charles Brown of Stockings (Stocken Farm), Portobello Close with gardens and pasture of 2 acres, 2 roods, and 15 perches.

MARCH 9th 1881.   DEATH OF CHARLES BROWN

Charles Brown left his estate to be divided between his three nieces.    He had already sold Stocking Farm.    Fourteen cottages were independently estimated as worth £971–13s-10d.

CONVEYANCE FEBRUARY 22^nd 1886

All fourteen cottages were purchased for £971–13s–10d by Charles Brown’s executor, Frederick Aldridge Clark.    The proceeds divided to the three nieces.

CONVEYANCE OF GIFT

1894.   Frederick Aldridge Clark put the 14 cottages in trust for his daughter, Margaret Emma Clark, one of Charles Brown’s nieces.

MARRIAGE NOVEMBER 21^st 1895

Margaret Emma Clark married The Most Honourable John Henry, Marquis of Ely thus becoming the Marchioness of Ely.

CONVEYANCE FEBRUARY 17^th 1921

Margaret Emma Marchioness of Ely sold to Harold Edward Carter of Grymsdyke. click Harold Edward & Eliza Carter for their life story.

TENANTS

1851 census. John Floyd 36 ag.lab, Mary Ann 36 schoolmistress, Jane 9, Mary Ann 6, Albert John 4

1861 census. Jabez Lane 19 ag.lab, Emma 19 lacemaker. click Jabez & Emma Lane for their life story

1871 census. Sarah Lane widow 58, (click John & Sarah Lane), William 32 sawyer, Reuben 21 sawyer, Owen 18 groom, Emma Rixon wid 30 lacemaker, Horace Rixon g.son 9,George Rixon g.son 7

1881 census. George Baker 36 ag.lab, Fanny 34 lacemaker, George 12, Albert 8, Isabella 5, John 2. click George & Fanny Baker for their life story.

1891 census. George Baker 48 ag.lab, Fanny 45, George 21 ag.lab, Isabella 19 lace beader, John 16 ag.lab, Minnie 10, Ruth 8, James 5. click George & Fanny Baker

1901 census. George Baker 60 BCC roadman, Fanny 56 lacemaker, James 14 stable boy, Alice 11, Minnie (dau) Dashper 19, Fred Dashper, son in law, railway platelayer, Polly Dashper granddaughter 1. click George & Fanny Baker.

1891 census. George Baker 48 ag.lab, Fanny 45, George 21 ag.lab, Isabella 19 lace beader, John 16 ag.lab, Minnie 10, Ruth 8, James 5

1901 census. George Baker 60 BCC roadman, Fanny 56 lacemaker, James 14 stable boy, Alice 11, Minnie (dau) Dashper 19, Fred Dashper, son in law, railway platelayer, Polly Dashper granddaughter 1. click George & Fanny Baker.

1921 census. Mrs S Adams

1939 Register (census). Alfred W Adams 46 chairmaker, Florence Adams 46, Leslie W Adams 23 chairmaker, 1 absent to war. click Alfred & Florence Adams