Wades Grove

Wades Grove is a field first mentioned

1769 Wadesgrove at Darvills Hill - 8 acres

Edward Stone admitted as tenant of the Manor of Prince Risborough on the death of his father the Reverend Edward Stone.

also 2 closes of arable land lying at Lacey Green one called Lower Close adjoining Smallridge Wood (2 acres) and 1 called Crooks (5 acres)

On July 1731 Mortgage. Mr Edward Stone to John Darvill of Darvills Hill for £100. see Darvills Hill Farm Deeds, modern parlance

Land in Lacey Green and Loosley Row. click Edward Stone (The Aspirin Man) born 1702 for more about Edward.

In Lacey Green he leased from the Manor of Princes Risborough a close (field) called 'Wades Grove' containing 8 acres. Also two closes of arable land - 'Lower Close' adjoining Smallridge Wood and 'Crooks' containing 5 acres. These he bequeathed to his son, Edward Stone born 1743.

Reverend Edward Stone, son of the Reverend Edward and Elizabeth, born 1743, died 1811, married in 1764 Sarah Witts of Oxon (1745-1834). He was rector of Hartwell from 1783 to 1793. .He was for 42 years rector of Horsenden. He was said to be "an amiable character beloved by all who knew him". He left 'Wades Grove', 'Lower Close' adjoining Smallridge Wood and 'Crooks' to his daughter Sarah Shard born 1770

XXXVIII  Road of the breadth of twenty feet

leading from Dawes Lane (later known as Slad Lane) over part of the south side of an enclosure belonging to the said Lord George Henry Cavendish to the south west corner of Wades Grove for the use of and to be kept in repair by the owners and occupiers of Wades Grove aforesaid for the time being for ever.

27^th March 1829. Purchase by William Lacey

Indenture. Between Stephen Clinch of Green Terrace, Islington, Middlesex, gentleman, and Ann his wife sold to William Lacey of Catherine Wheel Alley, St Botolph without Bishopsgate, London, bricklayer.

Schedule :-

The cottage (later called Turnip End Cottage) wherein John Biggs formerly dwelt, now in the occupation of Caleb West at a place called Turnip End, Princes Risborough together with a close of grass ground adjoining the cottage containing by estimate one acre, adjoining on the south and west the wood ground (Wades Grove) of the Reverend Edward Stone and on the north and east the land of the late Richard Wade containing about a rood and a half.

Research Note. By the nineteen hundreds Wades Grove had become a field, part of Stocken Farm and was called 'Waysgrove'.