Kingswood Farm - Revision history

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 '''''RESEARCH NOTES no 2.'''   Joan West reporting conversation with Harry Hawes, the son of George Hawes.  "Harry was born at Kingswood Farm. George and his wife Annie had been living at [[Woodbyne Farm]].  He had built the house there when they got married in 1896.   Kingswood Farm was much bigger than Woodbyne, 51acres as apposed to 1 acre.   He bought it in 1903 and they moved there for a year or two.  Harry was the youngest of 8 children.  Finding it inconvenient for Lacey Green School they moved back to Woodbyne Farm in Lacey Green.   George continued to farm Kingswood Farm until 1936, when he sold it to Randolph John Wood (a new farmer of [[Red House Farm]], previously known as Speen Kiln Farm).   Kingswood land was extremely flinty but being lower, near Highwood Bottom would have been more fertile than at Lacey Green.  George went there daily and while there milked his cow carrying the buckets of milk home on a yoke.''
-'''''RESEARCH NOTES no 3.'''  Trudy Saunders, daughter-in-law of [[William John Saunders]] and Florence, nee Smith, said that they spent a weeks honeymoon at Kingswood Farmhouse in 1920, at that time owned but not lived in by George Hawes.  It is not surprising that there is a connection there as William Saunders was born in the house next door to [[Woodbyne Farm]], Lacey Green, where George Hawes lived at the time.''
+'''''RESEARCH NOTES no 3.'''  Trudy Saunders, daughter-in-law of [[William John & Florence Saunders]] said that they spent a weeks honeymoon at Kingswood Farmhouse in 1920, at that time owned but not lived in by George Hawes.  It is not surprising that there is a connection there as William Saunders was born in the house next door to [[Woodbyne Farm]], Lacey Green, where George Hawes lived at the time.''
 '''6th Oct 1936'''   '''Conveyance''' George Hawes of Woodbyne Farm, Lacey Green, farmer, sold Kingswood Farm, to Randoph John Wood of [[Red House Farm]], Speen, farmer. for £650.   All that farm house, outbuildings, lands and hereditaments, Lacey Green, known as Kingswood Farm.
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 '''''RESEARCH NOTE''' no 6  Report by Joan West of R.M.West & Son of Stocken Farm.  When Mr James  died, we bought back Kingswood House, with an agreement that his widow could live there for her lifetime.''
-'''ACCIDENT at KINGSWOOD FARM''' recorded by R.M.West & SON in Accident Book.   A tractor driver was turning hay in the field above Kingswood House. when the turner got clogged.  He alighted the tractor and unblocked the implement.   The tractor started to move downhill.   Gathering speed it proceeded to go through the washing line, draping the clothes round the tractor, which then delivered them right through the kitchen wall thereby wrecking the  kitchen.   Mrs James, a stalwart woman, saw it coming and got out before it arrived.
+'''ACCIDENT at KINGSWOOD FARM''' recorded by [[R M West & Son]] in their Accident Book.
-'''Its an ill wind that blows no good!!!'''   Having recovered from the shock Mrs James was delighted with a brand new kitchen and boiler system replacing the ancient one that the old house had before, paid for by the owners insurance.
+" A tractor driver was turning hay in the field above Kingswood House. when the turner got clogged.  He alighted the tractor and unblocked the implement.   The tractor started to move downhill.   Gathering speed it proceeded to go through the washing line, draping the clothes round the tractor, then delivered them right through the kitchen wall thereby wrecking the  kitchen.   Mrs James, a stalwart woman, saw it coming and got out before it arrived.
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 '''13th July 1903 CONVEYANCE'''.  Thomas Parsons Esq. of Princes Risborough had lately agreed to sell Kings Wood Farm to George Cowdray Welch of High Wycombe, draper, for £675.
-The following details are taken from the deeds of [[Woodbyne Farm]], Lacey Green, which George & Annie Hawes  [[George & Minnie Hawes]] also owned.   Lent by Mrs Johnstone.
+The following details are taken from the deeds of [[Woodbyne Farm]], Lacey Green, which [[George & Anne Hawes]]  also owned.   Lent by Mrs Johnstone.
 '''Also in 1903''',  George Cowdray Welch now agreed to sell Kingswood Farm to [[George Hawes]] of  [[Woodbyne Farm]] Lacey Green, chairmaker, for £700.
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      Field east of house                   27.636        TOTAL 51.379 acres.   ''(This Double Conveyance in 1903, Thomas Parsons to G C Welch to George Hawes is archived in Lacey Green [[Village Hall]])''
-'''''RESEARCH NOTES no 2.'''   Joan West reporting conversation with [[Harry Hawes]], the son of George Hawes.  "Harry was born at Kingswood Farm. George and his wife Annie had been living at [[Woodbyne Farm]].  He had built the house there when they got married in 1896.   Kingswood Farm was much bigger than Woodbyne, 51acres as apposed to 1 acre.   He bought it in 1903 and they moved there for a year or two.  Harry was the youngest of 8 children.  Finding it inconvenient for Lacey Green School they moved back to Woodbyne Farm in Lacey Green.   George continued to farm Kingswood Farm until 1936, when he sold it to Randolph John Wood (a new farmer of [[Red House Farm]], previously known as Speen Kiln Farm).   Kingswood land was extremely flinty but being lower, near Highwood Bottom would have been more fertile than at Lacey Green.  George went there daily and while there milked his cow carrying the buckets of milk home on a yoke.''
+'''''RESEARCH NOTES no 2.'''   Joan West reporting conversation with Harry Hawes, the son of George Hawes.  "Harry was born at Kingswood Farm. George and his wife Annie had been living at [[Woodbyne Farm]].  He had built the house there when they got married in 1896.   Kingswood Farm was much bigger than Woodbyne, 51acres as apposed to 1 acre.   He bought it in 1903 and they moved there for a year or two.  Harry was the youngest of 8 children.  Finding it inconvenient for Lacey Green School they moved back to Woodbyne Farm in Lacey Green.   George continued to farm Kingswood Farm until 1936, when he sold it to Randolph John Wood (a new farmer of [[Red House Farm]], previously known as Speen Kiln Farm).   Kingswood land was extremely flinty but being lower, near Highwood Bottom would have been more fertile than at Lacey Green.  George went there daily and while there milked his cow carrying the buckets of milk home on a yoke.''
-'''''RESEARCH NOTES no 3.'''  [[Trudy Saunders]], daughter-in-law of [[William John Saunders]] and Florence, nee Smith, said that they spent a weeks honeymoon at Kingswood Farmhouse in 1920, at that time owned but not lived in by George Hawes.  It is not surprising that there is a connection there as William Saunders was born in the house next door to [[Woodbyne Farm]], Lacey Green, where George Hawes lived at the time.''
+'''''RESEARCH NOTES no 3.'''  Trudy Saunders, daughter-in-law of [[William John Saunders]] and Florence, nee Smith, said that they spent a weeks honeymoon at Kingswood Farmhouse in 1920, at that time owned but not lived in by George Hawes.  It is not surprising that there is a connection there as William Saunders was born in the house next door to [[Woodbyne Farm]], Lacey Green, where George Hawes lived at the time.''
 '''6th Oct 1936'''   '''Conveyance''' George Hawes of Woodbyne Farm, Lacey Green, farmer, sold Kingswood Farm, to Randoph John Wood of [[Red House Farm]], Speen, farmer. for £650.   All that farm house, outbuildings, lands and hereditaments, Lacey Green, known as Kingswood Farm.

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 '''13th July 1903 CONVEYANCE'''.  Thomas Parsons Esq. of Princes Risborough had lately agreed to sell Kings Wood Farm to George Cowdray Welch of High Wycombe, draper, for £675.
-The following details are taken from the deeds of [[Woodbyne Farm]], Lacey Green, which [[George & Minnie Hawes]] also owned.   Lent by Mrs Johnstone.
+The following details are taken from the deeds of [[Woodbyne Farm]], Lacey Green, which George & Annie Hawes  [[George & Minnie Hawes]] also owned.   Lent by Mrs Johnstone.
 '''Also in 1903''',  George Cowdray Welch now agreed to sell Kingswood Farm to [[George Hawes]] of  [[Woodbyne Farm]] Lacey Green, chairmaker, for £700.

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 '''By 6th Jan 1877''' the farm was owned by Thomas Roger Parsons of Whiteleaf, gent, brewer.[[File:Kingswood Farm 07.jpg|thumb|Kingswood Farm Buildings in 1963]]
 '''The following information is taken from the Deeds''' of Red House Farm, formerly [[Speen Kiln Farm]] and Kingswood Farm, lent to [[Dennis Claydon]] by the family.   ''(A copy taken from Deeds is archived in Lacey Green [[Village Hall]].''
-[[File:Kingswood Farm 04.jpg|left|thumb]]
+[[File:Kingswood Farm 04.jpg|left|thumb|circa 1990 part of Kingswood Farm]]
 '''By 6th Jan 1877''' the farm was owned by Thomas Roger Parsons of Whiteleaf, gent, brewer.

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 '''Kingswood Farm''' was created.
-'''By 6th Jan 1877''' the farm was owned by Thomas Roger Parsons of Whiteleaf, gent, brewer.[[File:Kingswood Farm 07.jpg|thumb]]
+'''By 6th Jan 1877''' the farm was owned by Thomas Roger Parsons of Whiteleaf, gent, brewer.[[File:Kingswood Farm 07.jpg|thumb|Kingswood Farm Buildings in 1963]]
 '''The following information is taken from the Deeds''' of Red House Farm, formerly [[Speen Kiln Farm]] and Kingswood Farm, lent to [[Dennis Claydon]] by the family.   ''(A copy taken from Deeds is archived in Lacey Green [[Village Hall]].''
+[[File:Kingswood Farm 04.jpg|left|thumb]]
 '''By 6th Jan 1877''' the farm was owned by Thomas Roger Parsons of Whiteleaf, gent, brewer.
 '''6th January 1877. Conveyance.'''   William Simmons Witney of [[Redland End]], timber dealer and farmer purchased from Thomas Roger Parsons  :-
-[[File:Kingswood Farm 08.jpg|alt=|thumb]]
+[[File:Kingswood Farm 08.jpg|alt=|thumb|Kingswood Farm Buildings in 1963]]
 '''Schedule'''   All the land and buildings known as Kingswood Farm, Lacey Green.   Mr Witney agrees to take all live and dead stock and fixtures, being horse going gear, chaff cutter and fixtures on valuation.   Sold together likewise with [[Speen Kiln Farm]] later called Red House Farm), Speen
-[[File:Kingswood Farm 10.jpg|alt=|thumb]]
+[[File:Kingswood Farm 10.jpg|alt=|thumb|Kingswood Farm Buildings in 1963]]
-[[File:Kingswood Farm 02.jpg|thumb]]
+[[File:Kingswood Farm 02.jpg|thumb|Kingswood Farm Buildings in 1963]][[File:Kingswood Farm 06.jpg|thumb|Kingswood Farm Buildings in 1963]]
-[[File:Kingswood Farm 06.jpg|thumb]]
+[[File:Derelict Kingswood Farm 03.jpg|thumb|Kingswood Farm Buildings in 1963]]-
 '''1877 Sale Inventry and Valuation of Live and deadstock of Speen Kiln Farm and Kingswood Farm, sold together.'''   ''(a copy from Deeds held by Mrs Edith (Witney) in Canada, copied by Joan Moore and given to Dennis Claydon is archived n Lacey Green [[Village Hall]])''
 INVENTRY and VALUATION of LIVE and DEAD STOCK, CORN, HAY, STRAW, SEED & CULTIVATIONS, ETC of KILN and KINGSWOOD FARMS, SPEEN. JAN 1877   From J R PARSONS, of White Leaf to MR WILLIAM WITNEY of Redland End.
-[[File:Kingswood Farm 08.jpg|thumb]]
 '''IMPLEMENTS'''.    2 Strong Iron Arm Waggons in Ladders, 1 Light Ditto & 1 Old Ditto, 4 Iron Arm Dung Carts, 3 Sets of Iron Harrows, Set of Seed Ditto, 2 Iron Ploughs & Tackling,1 Wood Beam Ditto, Horse Hoe, a 9 line Scarify, a 22” Ring Rolls, Wood Roll, Water Barrell, Pulper, 2 Chaff Machines with horse gear, etc, Hayes patent Corn Mill, Horse Power Threshing Machine as fixed, Sack Barrow, 2 seed carts, 3 Corn Bushels, Chaff Baskets, large Rick Cloth, Page’s Cake Crusher, Weighing Machine & weights, 2 Winnowing Machines, Turnips & Corn Drill, a Dress Box etc, 2 8ft Iron Water Troughs, a 2ft Iron ditto, 9 Iron Pig Troughs, 5 Wood ditto, 20 Corn Sacks, 2 Loft Ladders, 2 40-pound Ladders & 6 others, Turnip Cutter & Scuttle, 168 Hurdles & Stakes, 8 Side Stone Staddles & Timbers, 6 Stones & Caps, 2 Wheel Barrows, Zinc Water Tub, 3 Zinc Troughs, 18 Wood Sheep Troughs, 2 Cow Cribs, 4 Iron Drag Harrows, 1 Wood ditto, 5 Barn Shovels, Knee Fan, Hay Knife, Iron Pot and Furnace as fixed, 2 Tressels, 3 Meal & Wash Tubs, Meal Bin, 3 Meal Tubs, Meal Bin, 3 Meal Tubs, 7 Buckets, 2 Bowls, Pair of Yokes, 5 Hooks, 3 Iron Bars, Wimble Thatching Cap, 2 Cow Chains, 4 Iron Shovels, 2 Mattocks, 5 Pitch & Hay Forks, 4 Dung Forks, 2 Drags, 3 Hoes, Baskets, 6 Cart Ropes, 4 Straw Ropes, 2 Pig Nets, sundry Brooms, etc, 3 dozen New Plough Shares, 6 Skim Shares, 2 Plough Wheels, 3 Beds, 4 Rises, 2 pair Jaws, Slide Rake, sundry old Stakes & others, Iron Rick Pegs, 2 Hen Coops, 2 Grease Jacks & Hammers, 6 Nose Bags, 5 sets Shire Harness, 5 sets Cart Chains, 7 sets Plough Harness, 5 pair Plough Reins, 7 Head Halters, 4 Whips, sundry Harness, 2 bins, Hand Barrow, 11 Road Ladder Lanterns, 2 Hemp Halters, 300 loads of Stones.
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 '''''In 1891 Census'''  3 Households of Lovetts the heads are John 26, William 64, Benjamin 66 all agricultural labourers.''
-'''''1901 is the first time KINGSWOOD FARM is listed.'''  Lived in by [[William Charge]], 59, a cattle man on farm- NOT farmer.''
+'''''1901 is the first time KINGSWOOD FARM is listed.'''  Lived in by William Charge, 59, a cattle man on farm- NOT farmer.''
-'''''In 1871  Kingswood Farm and [[Speen Kiln Farm]] were owned  by Thomas Roger Parsons''' whose farm bailiff was [[Samuel Charge]].''
+'''''In 1871  Kingswood Farm and [[Speen Kiln Farm]] were both owned  by Thomas Roger Parsons''' whose farm bailiff was Samuel Charge.''
 ''It is quite possible that the two farms were run together, keeping on the farm bailiff.  Certainly the sale in 1877 was for both, with all live and deadstock listed together.   Also possible that the cattleman living there (William Charge) was connected to Samuel Charge.''

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 Research by [[Joan West]]
 [[File:Kingswood Farm 05.jpg|left|thumb|circa1990 Kingswood Farm House]]
-'''In 1823''' '''Kingswood Farm on the east side of [[Highwood Bottom]] did not exist'''. The land on which it was later built was part of the vast [[Parish Woodlands]] of the parish of Princes Risborough.  Click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Princes_Risborough_Common Princes Risborough Common] to see two maps.
+'''In 1823''' '''Kingswood Farm on the east side of [[Highwood Bottom]] did not exist'''. The land on which it was later built was part of the vast [[Parish Woodlands]] of the parish of Princes Risborough.  Click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Princes_Risborough_Common Princes Risborough Common] to see two maps
 [[File:The Common Map Small.jpg|thumb|before 1823. Kings Wood is the the top section of the dark green dotted area on the right side of the map.  The lighter green is [[Princes Risborough Common]]]]

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 '''In 1823 when the [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Enclosures Enclosures] of Princes Risborough took place''', the woods were exactly the same. However they were now sold into the private ownership of John Grubb, but were still classed as Parish Woodlands, eg. people were still allowed to go there to collect fallen wood.
-'''Kingswood Farm''' was land cleared out of [[Kings Wood]]
+By 1900 all the trees had been felled and on part of the woodland
 '''By 6th Jan 1877''' the farm was owned by Thomas Roger Parsons of Whiteleaf, gent, brewer.[[File:Kingswood Farm 07.jpg|thumb]]
 '''The following information is taken from the Deeds''' of Red House Farm, formerly [[Speen Kiln Farm]] and Kingswood Farm, lent to [[Dennis Claydon]] by the family.   ''(A copy taken from Deeds is archived in Lacey Green [[Village Hall]].''
 [[File:Kingswood Farm 08.jpg|alt=|thumb]]
-'''6th Jan 1877 Conveyance.'''  Thomas Roger Parsons, the vendor. and [[William Simmons Witney]] of [[Redland End]], timber dealer and farmer, the purchaser.   All the land and buildings known as Kingswood Farm, Lacey Green.   Mr Witney agrees to take all live and dead stock and fixtures, being horse going gear, chaff cutter and fixtures on valuation.   Sold together likewise with [[Speen Kiln Farm]]<nowiki/>later called Red House Farm), Speen
+'''Schedule'''   All the land and buildings known as Kingswood Farm, Lacey Green.   Mr Witney agrees to take all live and dead stock and fixtures, being horse going gear, chaff cutter and fixtures on valuation.   Sold together likewise with [[Speen Kiln Farm]] later called Red House Farm), Speen
 [[File:Kingswood Farm 10.jpg|alt=|thumb]]
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 [[File:Kingswood Farm 07.jpg|thumb]]
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