Stocken Farm
From Lacey Green History
click Richard West reports Stocken Farm News from November 1922.
click The Lords of the Manor of Princes Risborough for details.
click Manor Documents for list
click Farms for a list of other local farms
click Stocken Wood for history of this wood
click Farming pre 1823 for this era
click 1899 Modern transcript of 2 fields for the purchase of 'Hillocks' and a pasture field by William Saunders.
Research by Joan West taken from the deeds.
The History
click 1066-1827 Stocken Farm under the Lords of the Manor and Lord Cavendish.
click 1621 Lease of Stocken Farm giving details of lease from the Lord of the Manor to Henry Lacey.
click 1631 Lease of Stocken Farm a
click 1632 Stocken Farm and 1632 Stocken Farm Summary
click 1649 Stocken Farm and
click 8 December 1658 Stocken Farm
click 1658 Summary of 8 December 1658 Stocken Farm
click 1683 Stocken Farm Lease giving details of lease from the Lord of the Manor to William Lacey
click 1735 Stocken Farm. Lease from Henry Penton (Lord of the Manor) to Samuel Wade of Culverton.
click 1735 Stocken Farm Summary of lease to Samuel Wade
click 1827-1910 Stocken Farm with Charles Brown and John Forrest. Charles Brown lived at & farmed Stocken, John Forrest lived at Grymsdyke.
click 1911-1934 William Saunders - farmer giving details of farming and family
click 1934-1948 Stocken Farm with landlord Ernest Smith and tenants Dick& Hilda West
click Stocken Farm with Dick & Hilda West for the history of the farm from 1948 to 1960
click Stocken Farm with R M West & Son from 1960 to
The articles called 'Stocken Farm Diary' were all printed in Hallmark - as follows :-
Stocken Farm Diary Part 1 from July 1976 to May1986
Stocken Farm Diary Part 2 from Sept 1986 to Oct 1996
Stocken Farm Diary Part 3 from Jan 1997 to June 2007
Stocken Farm Diary Part 4 from July 2007 to Oct 2017
Individual records not recorded above are as follows :-
click 1911 Coronation Celebrations for programme of celebrations for King George V, 22nd June 1911 in Stocken Farm meadow
click 1914 Royal Engineers at Stocken Farm for more details of WW1 training taking place
click 1915 Philip & Alice Pitcher for wedding photos taken at Stocken Farm
click 1916 Horses taken by the Army by Mabel Janes. Horses taken from a loaded wagon on its way to London
click 1917 Plane Lands in Stocken Farm Front Meadow. The military seized the infant classroom from which to guard the aeroplane
click 1919 Wedding of Daisy Saunders & Ernest Smith.
click 1931 Douglas Brett in Lacey Green in which Douglas mentions catching mice to let loose at school
click 1931 Fete at Stocken Farm for a report of the occasion
click 1944 Stocken Farm Airfield by Doug Tilbury with photos
click 1944 Lacey Green Airfield by Doug Tilbury for more details of this airfield on Stocken Farm
click 1955 A Year at Stocken Farm by Alistair Fagge, student for a year prior to Agricultural College
click Stocken Farmhouse. John and Joan west, with three young children moved in in 1970. They modernised & part restored the old house.
