Portobello Cottage no 5

also click Portobello Cottage no 1, Portobello Cottage no 2, Portobello Cottage no 3, Portobello Cottage no 4 and Portobello Meadow

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

Portobello Cottages nos 1-5

l-r. Daniel Blomfield, Lavinia Blomfield Margaret Baker (sister of Lavinia), George Baker. seated, Boaz Redrup 1936 at Portobello Cottage no 5

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 (Stocken 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.

Margaret Baker at Portobello Cottage no 5. (unknown man)

CONVEYANCE FEBRUARY 17^th 1921. Margaret Emma Marchioness of Ely sold to Harold Edward & Eliza Carter of Grymsdyke

1851 census. Sarah Lane 35 lacemaker, Jesse 14 ag.lab, William 12 ag.lab, Jabez 10 & Emma 10 lacemaker (twins), George 4, Reuben 1. click John & Sarah Lane for more.

1861 census. James Loosley 24 Farm labourer, Elizabeth 28 lacemaker. click James & Elizabeth Loosley for their life story.

1871 census. David Wootton 58 farm lab. Esther 58 lacemaker, Ellen 22 lacemaker, Jesse 18 farm lab. click David & Esther Wootton for their story.

1881 census. David Wootton 61 farm lab. Esther 60 lacemaker, Jesse 25 farm lab.

1891 census. Francis Kenton 34 schoolmaster, Annie 36 schoolmistress, Alec O Kenton. 4, Bernard C Kenton 1. click Francis & Annie Kenton for more.

1901 census. Ellen Janes widow 50 washerwoman, Leonard 24 farm carter, Harry 21 bricklayers labourer, Emily 18 lace beader, George 15 under gardener. click Abel George & Ellen Janes for their life story.

1911 census. House later renamed Fernhurst. George Baker 41 farm lab. Margaret 37 lace beader, Daisy 15 lacemaker. Click George & Margaret Baker for their life story

February 17th 1921. House later renamed Fernhurst. Tenant George Baker 51

1939 Register (census). Fernhurst. George Baker 70 gardener, Margaret Baker 65, Boaz Redrup 77 retired hospital worker, widower of Thirza Rixon

Hallmark March 1986. Planning Application. Ground and first floor extensions to provide additonal residential accommodaion at Fernhurst, Portobello Cottages, Main Road, Lacey Green.