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 '''The following Research was by Joan West.'''                [[File:Malmsmead Conveyance Drawing.jpg|left|thumb|Conveyed Malmsmead 1923]]
 [[File:William Weatherill.jpg|thumb|George Smithson, burglar, photo taken from his auobiography 'Raffles in Real LIfe', written in his retirement.]]
-'''1913.  This description of the cottage is by [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/George_Smithson George Smithson], burglar,''' taken from his autobiography.
+'''Lease of the old Kiln Farmhouse to [[George Smithson]], burglar.'''
 "The house itself was an old-fashioned little affair standing in a few acres of its own grounds and well away from the beaten track.  Let the reader visualize a stone-paved study and parlour, one of those great open fireplaces and ingle-nooks supported by ancient oak beams. It was picturesque, low ceilinged, but very draughty. Everything about the place reeked of times gone by. It had a serving-maid’s kitchen over the top of a deep well with a pump in the corner, a dark little buttery, a narrow winding staircase leading to half a dozen quaint little bedrooms, and half panelled walls dating back to the seventeenth century. But is suited us very well. Here we were at last in a place of our own where we could sit down quietly at night and work out our schemes for the future, unseen, unheard, unmolested, with only a dimly burning oil lamp by way of illumination”[[File:Malmsmead Auction Map.jpg|alt=,|left|thumb|1980 Map for Malmsmead auction sale|link=https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/File:Malmsmead_Auction_Map.jpg]]'''Starting as [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Kiln_Farm Kiln Farm] house, the house was later called Lavender Cottage, then in 1942 was changed to "Malmsmead" by [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Kay_Sampson Kay Sampson]'''

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	'''The following Research was by Joan West.''' [[File:Malmsmead Conveyance Drawing.jpg\|left\|thumb\|Conveyed Malmsmead 1923]]		'''The following Research was by Joan West.''' [[File:Malmsmead Conveyance Drawing.jpg\|left\|thumb\|Conveyed Malmsmead 1923]]
		+	[[File:William Weatherill.jpg\|thumb\|George Smithson, burglar, photo taken from his auobiography 'Raffles in Real LIfe', written in his retirement.]]
	'''1913. This description of the cottage is by [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/George_Smithson George Smithson], burglar,''' taken from his autobiography.		'''1913. This description of the cottage is by [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/George_Smithson George Smithson], burglar,''' taken from his autobiography.

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 click [[Kiln Lane]] for
-also click [[Kiln Farm]] and [[Lavender Cottage]] for earlier details
+also click [[Kiln Farm]] and [[Lavender Cottage]] for earlier details.
 '''The following Research was by Joan West.'''                [[File:Malmsmead Conveyance Drawing.jpg|left|thumb|Conveyed Malmsmead 1923]]

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 '''January 7th 1981.'''   Executors of Miss Kay Sampson sold to Michael and Candy Piercy[[File:Malmsmead 1980 01.jpg|alt=,|thumb|link=https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/File:Malmsmead_1980_01.jpg]]'''Lot 1'''.  Malmsmead Cottage, garden and part meadow, to Michael and Candy Piercy.   The meadow tenanted by R.M. West and Son. '''Lot 2.'''   Part of meadow, to John Richard West and Joan West, his wife, of [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Stocken_Farm Stocken Farm], for £6,600 as joint tenants.[[File:Malmsmead 1980 03.jpg|left|thumb|link=https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/File:Malmsmead_1980_03.jpg]]'''Hallmark June 1986'''.  Planning Application for two storey extension at Malmsmead, Kiln Lane.
-[[File:Malmsmead Conveyance Drawing.jpg|center|thumb]]
+[[File:Malmsmead Conveyance Drawing.jpg|center|thumb|Conveyance map 1923]]
 '''[[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.
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 Bessie Currell, the daughter of George Currell of Lime Tree Cottages, Kiln Lane, was employed in the Fagg household. Bessie’s niece, Daphne Bristow, a young girl living in the village, suffered an accident in the garden of her home. On admission to hospital in Aylesbury, it was found she had broken her arm at the elbow joint.
-At the instigation of Dr. Fagg she was transferred to Guy’s Hospital. Unfortunately, whilst there she fell from a wheelchair, breaking the same joint again, thus necessitating several months stay in hospital. By a strange coincidence, at the same time, Daphne’s father was diagnosed with appendicitis. The cure for this was still in its infancy, thus the condition was considered to be of a fairly serious nature. Once again Dr. Fagg arranged for the patient to be admitted to Guy’s Hospital, where the treatment provided proved to be a complete success. For a short time father and daughter were in adjoining wards. Daphne, at the time, a pretty blonde haired child, recalls that Dr. Fagg always addressed her as ‘Flower’. Sometimes he would allow her to accompany him as he toured the wards.
+At the instigation of Dr. Fagg she was transferred to Guy’s Hospital. Unfortunately, whilst there she fell from a wheelchair, breaking the same joint again, thus necessitating several months stay in hospital. By a strange coincidence, at the same time, Daphne’s father was diagnosed with appendicitis. The cure for this was still in its infancy, thus the condition was considered to be of a fairly serious nature. Once again Dr. Fagge arranged for the patient to be admitted to Guy’s Hospital, where the treatment provided proved to be a complete success. For a short time father and daughter were in adjoining wards. Daphne, at the time, a pretty blonde haired child, recalls that Dr. Fagg always addressed her as ‘Flower’. Sometimes he would allow her to accompany him as he toured the wards.
 Another recollection is of the Fagg’s nurse taking Daphne and her sister on a walk to Lacey Green Windmill. The owner of the Windmill must have been friendly with the nurse, for the party were provided with tea before the return journey.

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 "The house itself was an old-fashioned little affair standing in a few acres of its own grounds and well away from the beaten track.  Let the reader visualize a stone-paved study and parlour, one of those great open fireplaces and ingle-nooks supported by ancient oak beams. It was picturesque, low ceilinged, but very draughty. Everything about the place reeked of times gone by. It had a serving-maid’s kitchen over the top of a deep well with a pump in the corner, a dark little buttery, a narrow winding staircase leading to half a dozen quaint little bedrooms, and half panelled walls dating back to the seventeenth century. But is suited us very well. Here we were at last in a place of our own where we could sit down quietly at night and work out our schemes for the future, unseen, unheard, unmolested, with only a dimly burning oil lamp by way of illumination”[[File:Malmsmead Auction Map.jpg|alt=,|left|thumb|1980 Map for Malmsmead auction sale|link=https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/File:Malmsmead_Auction_Map.jpg]]'''Starting as [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Kiln_Farm Kiln Farm] house, the house was later called Lavender Cottage, then in 1942 was changed to "Malmsmead" by [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Kay_Sampson Kay Sampson]'''
 '''July 21st 1923 Conveyance.'''   Dr Charles Herbert Fagge sold to Martin Robert de Selincourt
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 '''November 26th 1942 Conveyance'''.
-Arnold Stafford Clark, formerly of Hedgehope, 85 Mount Nod Road, Streatham, London, now of Lavender Cottage, Lacey Green, sold to Miss Helen May Sampson of Harrow, and Miss Kathleen Sampson of Tynyglog, Brynmor Road. Aberystwith, university lecturer in botany, for £2,250, joint tenants.
+Arnold Stafford Clark, formerly of Hedgehope, 85 Mount Nod Road, Streatham, London, now of Lavender Cottage, Lacey Green, sold to Miss Helen May Sampson of Harrow, and Miss Kathleen Sampson of Tynyglog, Brynmor Road.
 '''[[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.
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 Chapter 7 of Tarmac and Beyond also refers to Malmsmead.
-'''The following Research was by Joan West.''' [[File:Malmsmead Conveyance Drawing.jpg|left|thumb|Conveyed Malmsmead 1923]]
+ [[File:Malmsmead Conveyance Drawing.jpg|left|thumb|Conveyed Malmsmead 1923]]

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	also click [[Kiln Farm]] and [[Lavender Cottage]] for earlier details		also click [[Kiln Farm]] and [[Lavender Cottage]] for earlier details
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		+	'''The following Research was by Joan West.''' [[File:Malmsmead Conveyance Drawing.jpg\|left\|thumb\|Conveyed Malmsmead 1923]]
		+	'''1913. This description of the cottage is by [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/George_Smithson George Smithson], burglar,''' taken from his autobiography.
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		+	"The house itself was an old-fashioned little affair standing in a few acres of its own grounds and well away from the beaten track. Let the reader visualize a stone-paved study and parlour, one of those great open fireplaces and ingle-nooks supported by ancient oak beams. It was picturesque, low ceilinged, but very draughty. Everything about the place reeked of times gone by. It had a serving-maid’s kitchen over the top of a deep well with a pump in the corner, a dark little buttery, a narrow winding staircase leading to half a dozen quaint little bedrooms, and half panelled walls dating back to the seventeenth century. But is suited us very well. Here we were at last in a place of our own where we could sit down quietly at night and work out our schemes for the future, unseen, unheard, unmolested, with only a dimly burning oil lamp by way of illumination”[[File:Malmsmead Auction Map.jpg\|alt=,\|left\|thumb\|1980 Map for Malmsmead auction sale\|link=https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/File:Malmsmead_Auction_Map.jpg]]'''Starting as [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Kiln_Farm Kiln Farm] house, the house was later called Lavender Cottage, then in 1942 was changed to "Malmsmead" by [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Kay_Sampson Kay Sampson]'''
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		+	'''July 21st 1923 Conveyance.''' Dr Charles Herbert Fagge sold to Martin Robert de Selincourt
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		+	'''November 26th 1942 Conveyance'''.
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		+	Arnold Stafford Clark, formerly of Hedgehope, 85 Mount Nod Road, Streatham, London, now of Lavender Cottage, Lacey Green, sold to Miss Helen May Sampson of Harrow, and Miss Kathleen Sampson of Tynyglog, Brynmor Road. Aberystwith, university lecturer in botany, for £2,250, joint tenants.

	'''[[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.		'''[[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.

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	'''February 21st 1980.''' Death of Miss K. Sampson. Miss H.M. Sampson had predeceased her.		'''February 21st 1980.''' Death of Miss K. Sampson. Miss H.M. Sampson had predeceased her.

−	'''January 7th 1981.''' Executors of Miss Kay Sampson sold to Michael and Candy Piercy[[File:Malmsmead 1980 01.jpg\|alt=,\|thumb\|link=https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/File:Malmsmead_1980_01.jpg]]'''Lot 1'''. Malmsmead Cottage, garden and part meadow, to Michael and Candy Piercy. The meadow tenanted by R.M. West and Son. '''Lot 2.''' Part of meadow, to John Richard West and Joan West, his wife, of [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Stocken_Farm Stocken Farm], for £6,600 as joint tenants.[[File:Malmsmead 1980 03.jpg\|left\|thumb\|link=https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/File:Malmsmead_1980_03.jpg]]	+	'''January 7th 1981.''' Executors of Miss Kay Sampson sold to Michael and Candy Piercy[[File:Malmsmead 1980 01.jpg\|alt=,\|thumb\|link=https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/File:Malmsmead_1980_01.jpg]]'''Lot 1'''. Malmsmead Cottage, garden and part meadow, to Michael and Candy Piercy. The meadow tenanted by R.M. West and Son. '''Lot 2.''' Part of meadow, to John Richard West and Joan West, his wife, of [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Stocken_Farm Stocken Farm], for £6,600 as joint tenants.[[File:Malmsmead 1980 03.jpg\|left\|thumb\|link=https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/File:Malmsmead_1980_03.jpg]]'''Hallmark June 1986'''. Planning Application for two storey extension at Malmsmead, Kiln Lane.

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 William Woods, who was no doubt working at the Windmill, then known as Loosley Row Windmill, was possibly a tenant of the Duke, for the Duke owned a considerable amount of land to the north-west of Kiln Lane, extending as far as the Windmill. Indeed, it is the Duke who is reputedly credited with having the Windmill removed from Chesham and placed in its present position in 1821.
-Whether William Woods was a shrewd businessman who had an eye for making a quick “buck” is not known, but after barely two months he sold the property. The Purchaser was [[Joshua Dell born 1801]], described as a Timber Dealer, a resident of Lacey Green. Joshua Dell’s Father and Grandfather, both named Thomas, had farmed at [[Speen Farm]].
+Whether William Woods was a shrewd businessman who had an eye for making a quick “buck” is not known, but after barely two months he sold the property.
 Research reveals that Joshua purchased two cottages and four acres of land situated around the centre of the village in 1838, ([[Vine Cottage]], [[Idle Corner]], plus land now occupied by the [[Village Hall]] and [[Roundlands]].) This property had been in Joshua’s family over several generations, dating back to the eighteenth century. In February 1856 he sold all this property to Mary Grace.

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 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Piercy purchased the house and R. M. West and Son of Stocken Farm acquired the meadowland. Several years elapsed before ‘Malmsmead West’ was finally sold. The property was brought by Mr. R. Davidson and renamed ‘Walnut Cottage’.
 Chapter 7 of Tarmac and Beyond also refers to Malmsmead.[[File:Malmsmead Conveyance Drawing.jpg|left|thumb|Conveyed Malmsmead 1923]]
 '''1913.  This description of the cottage is by [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/George_Smithson George Smithson], burglar,''' taken from his autobiography.