Woodway Farm, Loosley Row
From Lacey Green History
Before it was known as Woodway Farm the land laying within the bend of the lane known as Woodway was rented from the Manor by ? Bearfoot. He had a cottage there and had been allotted extra land nearby when a strip he had in the Common Fields was lost in the Enclosures of Princes Risborough in 1823.
Edward Anderson born 1795 and Mary Ward born 1791 lived at Darvills Hill Farm. See Edward Anderson & Mary,nee Ward
11th June 1824 (taken from the deeds of Darvills Hill Farm) Edward leased from the Manor, ground called 'Collins' 1 acre, at Loosley Row.
15th May 1826 leased from the Manor property previously Thomas Barefoot's cottage with meadow/orchard of 2 acres and three fields of arable of 8 acres called Great Anthony, Little Anthony and Lower Baggs, now 1 field with 2 cottages on it built by Thomas Barefoot on Upper Woodway, Loosley Row, in which Thomas Barefoot the younger and William Adams had dwelt. Also an allotment in Middle Field of 2 roods, 13 poles.
14th June 1859. Enfranchisement
Edward Anderson purchased the copyhold of the cottages and land he had been leasing from the Manor in Loosley Row, making them now freehold.
WOODWAY FARM
11th JUNE 1824 EDWARD ANDERSON admitted tenant of the Manor by Copy of the Court Roll to that piece of meadow ground called “Collins” ??? containing one acre with the appurtenances to the same premises at Loosley Row, at the yearly rent of eleven shillings and six pence
AND ALSO all that the south ? end of the messuage or tenement situate at Loosley Row aforesaid formerly in the ownership of THOMAS BAREFOOT and the garden barns and stables outhouses and buildings thereto belonging and therewith held and enjoyed AND THE orchard or meadow adjoining thereto containing by estimation two acres
AND three closes of arable land called “GREAT ANTHONY” “LITTLE ANTHONY” and “LOWER BAGGS” said to contain altogether by estimation eight acres but now laid into one close and actually containing between three and four acres only (except thereon the said closes THOMAS BAREFOOT erected and built two cottages and the gardens thereto belonging with the appurtenances wherein THOMAS BAREFOOT the YOUNGER and WILLIAM ADAMS formerly dwelt which said tenement above described is holden of the said Manor by copy of COURT ROLL and the yearly rent of five shillings
AND ALSO all that allotment of land in “MIDDLE FIELD” containing two roods and thirteen perches bounded on the NNWest and NE by an allotment belonging to Lord George Henry Cavendish on the SE by the “HOME CLOSE” of the said THOMAS BAREFOOT and on the SW by an allotment belonging to the said THOMAS BAREFOOT AND ONE other allotment of land in “MIDDLE FIELD” containing four acres three roods and twenty perches (in lieu of a garden upon THE HILLOCK and an inclosure called “LOWER BAGGS which the said THOMAS BAREFOOT had given to be allotted bounded on the NE by the allotment last described on part of the SE by enclosures belonging to the said THOMAS BAREFOOT on the remaining part of the SE and on the SW by inclosures belonging and an allotment to SARAH TYLER and JOSEPH TYLER and on the NW by an allotment to the said Lord George Henry Cavendish and to which premises the said EDWARD ANDERSON was admitted tenant on the 15th day of MAY 1826
14th June 1859 ENFRANCHISEMENT
AND ALSO all that close piece or parcel of meadow ground called “Collins” ??? containing by estimation more or less one acre with the appurtenances to the same premises belonging at LOOSLEY ROW and belonging to the said Manor by copy of Court Roll and the yearly rent of eleven shillings and six pence and to which premises the said EDWARD ANDERSON was admitted tenant on the 11th day of June one thousand eight hundred and twenty four AND ALSO all that the south ? end of the messuage or tenement situate at Loosley Row aforesaid formerly in the ownership of THOMAS BAREFOOT and the garden barns and stables outhouses and buildings thereto belonging and therewith held and enjoyed AND THE orchard or meadow adjoining thereto containing by estimation two acres AND three closes of arable land called “GREAT ANTHONY” “LITTLE ANTHONY” and “LOWER BAGGS” said to contain altogether by estimation eight acres but now laid into one close and actually containing between three and four acres only (except thereon the said closes THOMAS BAREFOOT erected and built two cottages or messuages or tenaments and the gardens thereto belonging with the appurtenances wherein THOMAS BAREFOOT the YOUNGER and WILLIAM ADAMS formerly dwelt which said tenement above described is holden of the said Manor by copy of COURT ROLL and the yearly rent of five shillings AND ALSO all that allotment of land in “MIDDLE FIELD” containing two roods and thirteen perches bounded on the NNWest and NE by an allotment belonging to Lord George Henry Cavendish on the SE by the “HOME CLOSE” of the said THOMAS BAREFOOT and on the SW by an allotment belonging to the said THOMAS BAREFOOT AND ONE other allotment of land in “MIDDLE FIELD” containing four acres three roods and twenty perches (in lieu of a garden upon THE HILLOCK and an inclosure called “LOWER BAGGS which the said THOMAS BAREFOOT had given to be allotted bounded on the NE by the allotment last described on part of the SE by enclosures belonging to the said THOMAS BAREFOOT on the remaining part of the SE and on the SW by inclosures belonging and an allotment to SARAH TYLER and JOSEPH TYLER and on the NW by an allotment to the said Lord George Henry Cavendish and to which premises the said EDWARD ANDERSON was admitted tenant on the 15th day of MAY 1826
William Anderson born 1851 was the son of
Ruth Saunders born 1853 was the daughter of William
William and Ruth married in 1884.
1891 census.
| Woodway Farm, Loosley Row | |
|---|---|
| Construction Era | 1700-1822 |
| Type of Property | House, Farm, Land |
| Use of Property | Residential |
| Locations | Loosley Row |