Kiln Lane - Revision history

Joan at 08:29, 6 June 2025

2025-06-06T08:29:17Z

Joan at 07:30, 18 August 2024

2024-08-18T07:30:04Z

Joan at 07:21, 18 August 2024

2024-08-18T07:21:26Z

Joan at 07:15, 18 August 2024

2024-08-18T07:15:32Z

Joan at 07:10, 18 August 2024

2024-08-18T07:10:50Z

Joan at 08:48, 14 August 2024

2024-08-14T08:48:05Z

Joan at 08:45, 14 August 2024

2024-08-14T08:45:37Z

Joan at 08:43, 14 August 2024

2024-08-14T08:43:07Z

Joan at 08:41, 14 August 2024

2024-08-14T08:41:08Z

Joan at 18:25, 13 August 2024

2024-08-13T18:25:58Z

@@ Line 104: / Line 104: @@
 Next door was George Currell and his wife, Mary.   Both were ardent supporters of Lacey Green Methodist Church.  They too, had a son, Charlie Currell, aged thirty-one, a Private in 2/1" Bucks Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, who was killed in action on 2™ April 1917.   Mary was amongst the ladies of the village who pursued the art of Buckinghamshire lace making.  George kept ducks, which found their way into [[Whitewashing Pond]], at the end of the garden.
-'''Another cottage of similar vintage to Lime Tree Cottages lies to the north-eas'''t, a little farther down the Lane. Towards the end of the nineteenth century ‘[[Kiln Hill Cottage]]’ was in the ownership of a Mrs [[Buckmaster]] of Dunstable, Bedfordshire. This name crops up from time to time within the village, suggesting that this lady was perhaps a ‘property developer’ of the era. From eyewitness reports, by the early years of the twentieth century ‘Kiln Hill Cottage’ had fallen into disrepair and become semi-derelict.   Horses from the neighbouring field were said to enter looking for shelter, and the 1901 Census listed it as “Not in occupation’. It was following this period that the cottage came into the hands of Frederick Rogers, who restored the property. By word of mouth Frederick Rogers is said to have been a ‘builder’. However, the 1901 Census records a Frederick Rogers, described as a bricklayer, with his wife and seven month old baby daughter, lodging at ‘[[The Whip]]’.
+'''Another cottage of similar vintage to Lime Tree Cottages lies to the north-eas'''t, a little farther down the Lane. Towards the end of the nineteenth century ‘[[Kiln Hill Cottage]]’ was in the ownership of a Mrs Buckmaster, the mortgagee of John Cheshire of Windmill Farm. From eyewitness reports, by the early years of the twentieth century ‘Kiln Hill Cottage’ had fallen into disrepair and become semi-derelict.   Horses from the neighbouring field were said to enter looking for shelter, and the 1901 Census listed it as “Not in occupation’. It was following this period that the cottage came into the hands of Frederick Rogers, who restored the property. By word of mouth Frederick Rogers is said to have been a ‘builder’. However, the 1901 Census records a Frederick Rogers, described as a bricklayer, with his wife and seven month old baby daughter, lodging at ‘[[The Whip]]’.
 Almost half a century ago, when yet more new owners were once again restoring the property, they made a surprising discovery. Removing wallpaper from an interior wall it was discovered a doorway had been covered over at sometime in the past.   In fact, the door was still intact and contained a pencilled message to the new owners! The message read:

@@ Line 55: / Line 55: @@
 All the land bordering the northern edge of Kiln Lane was in the ownership of John Grubb. This land, apart from a small area now bounded by Main Road, [[Idle Corner]], the [[Village Hall]] and [[Roundlands]], extended eastwards, and northwards as far as [[The Windmill]]. It consisted of over one hundred acres, in a series of large fields, which Grubb had purchased from the Commissioners. [[The Windmill]], at this time, was considered to be in Loosley Row.
+[[File:The Lost Ancient Highway.jpg|left|thumb|As it reaches the valley Kiln Lane ends, becoming [[Highwood Bottom]] to the right.  The gated track to the left is a modern entrance to [[White House Farm]].]]
 Along the southern boundary of Kiln Lane, land was divided between two owners, Lord Cavendish and Grubb. Cavendish held one hundred and seventeen acres, comprising ‘Stockings Farm’ ([[Stocken Farm]]) in the tenancy of Ann Dell. Grubb had been successful in his claim for the Brick Kiln.  He had thus been awarded ‘Plot 729°, comprising ‘Brick-kiln Cottage and Inclosures’, totalling a little over four acres. This area was termed as ‘Old Inclosures’, suggesting they had been enclosed in earlier times. ‘Brick-kiln Cottage’ was in fact ‘[[Malmsmead]]’, the only dwelling in Kiln Lane at this time.

@@ Line 49: / Line 49: @@
 '''Chapter 4.'''  "'''Kiln Lane at the Enclosure", from Tarmac and Beyond.'''   Despite the turmoil and emotional upset of the Enclosure, plus the devastating effect on certain individuals, the original document held in the County Record Office makes interesting reading.   It records landownership by numbered plots, public and private roads, public footways and bridleways, and public ponds. This document provides the modern local historian with a wealth of information.
+[[File:North Eastwards Into The Valley.jpg|left|thumb|Public footpaths cross to left and right.  Kiln Lane continues down into the valley.]]
 The Commissioners nominated and appointed to oversee the Enclosure were William Collisson of Brackley, Northamptonshire, Edward Horwood of Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, and Charles Smith of New Windsor, Berkshire. Their task would keep them occupied for a further three years, until the Enclosure was finally concluded on the thirteenth of March 1823.

@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
 There were many houses in KIln Lane before 1986.  read Deninis Clayon's "Tarmac and Beyond" below for those.
+[[File:Kiln Lane Lime Tree Cottage.jpg|left|thumb|Kiln Lane looking towards the Main Road, showing Lime Tree Cottages.]]
 In '''Hallmark March 1986 a Planning Application''' was made for the Erection of two new cottages in Kiln Lane.

@@ Line 11: / Line 11: @@
 In '''Hallmark March 1986 a Planning Application''' was made for the Erection of two new cottages in Kiln Lane.
 [[File:Kiln Lane Map 01.jpg|thumb|Kiln Lane circa 1990]]
@@ Line 20: / Line 16: @@
 '''In 2023 Dennis Claydon published a booklet called "[[Tarmac and Beyond]]".'''   Much was known about Kiln Lane, but Dennis Claydon researched and wrote about it so brilliantly that the history of the lane written here will include extracts from his booklet leaving nothing out.   A few later facts have been added.
 [[Rosemary Mortham]] wrote the following introduction, dated February 2003 : -
 '''"The coming of the year 2000 was celebrated in Kiln Lane with the burying of a time capsule''' in the garden of '[[Pondside]]';  also a most enjoyable "Millennium" Party, held in midsummer rather than New Year's Day, in the hope of enjoying good weather.   We were indeed blessed by a beautiful day.   Everyone was out bright and early for a shared lunch in the field next to "[[Highwood]]", which had been kindly loaned for the occasion  by Dennis Claydon.

@@ Line 47: / Line 47: @@
 Common land, in medieval times, provided rights for the peasants. These rights included the removal of wood and stones, grazing of stock and the gathering of fallen fruit. During the twelfth century, lords of the manor began to claim direct ownership of such ground. From the thirteenth century, areas were fenced off in a trend known as enclosure. This practice rapidly escalated during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
-[[File:Kiln And Brickfield Looking North East.jpg|left|thumb]]
+[[File:Kiln And Brickfield Looking North East.jpg|left|thumb|'Unadopted' section of Kiln Lane, looking north-east. Site of Kiln and Brickfield to the right.]]
 The survey and valuations of 1808-1810 were probably consulted and taken into account, the proposal to seek the Enclosure of the Parish of Princes Risborough was first suggested. Following the Royal Assent to the Bill in 1820, another three years were to elapse before the matter finally become reality.

@@ Line 35: / Line 35: @@
 Undoubtedly, the oldest feature of Kiln Lane is Grim's Ditch, an ancient earthwork, consisting of an earthen bank and ditch. The name is derived from folklore, which attributed any mysterious earthwork to the Devil, sometimes known as Grim, hence Grim's Ditch.
-[[File:Kiln Lane Pond.jpg|left|thumb]]
+[[File:Kiln Lane Pond.jpg|left|thumb|Deep Pit Pond, Kiln Lane. Cleaning out - a rare event.]]
 '''For the full chapter''' given in "Tarmac and Beyond" click [[Grim's Ditch]].

@@ Line 17: / Line 17: @@
 [[File:Kiln Lane Map 01.jpg|thumb|Kiln Lane circa 1990]]
-[[File:Winter Sunshine.jpg|left|thumb|Immediately to the left the entrance to Pond Cottage, then Dip Pit Pond. ]]
+[[File:Winter Sunshine.jpg|left|thumb|Immediately to the left the entrance to Pond Cottage, then Deep Pit Pond. ]]
 '''In 2023 Dennis Claydon published a booklet called "[[Tarmac and Beyond]]".'''   Much was known about Kiln Lane, but Dennis Claydon researched and wrote about it so brilliantly that the history of the lane written here will include extracts from his booklet leaving nothing out.   A few later facts have been added.