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| − | This road (official stone track) was created in 1823 | + | [[File:Looseley Row Pink Hill.jpg|alt=.|thumb|View from Pink Road. [[Brimmers Farm]] below and road to Princes Risborough.]] |
| + | [[File:Lacey Green Pink Road.jpg|left|thumb|View from Pink Road looking west. Is thought the view is 40 miles. Photo given by Betty Biggs ([[Brian & Betty Biggs]])]] | ||
| + | This road (official stone track) was created in 1823 in the [[Enclosures]] of Princes Risborough. At that time it was called Windmill Road. It replaced another road (track) which lay parallel, but higher on the ridge of the escarpment that passed nearer to [[The Windmill]]. This road stands on a high position, from which an uninterrupted view towards Oxford, 40 miles can be seen | ||
| − | There were no houses on this road in 1823. [[Windmill Farm]] stood just off the road, but did not open on to it. There were four cottages at [[Parslows Hillock]], but they lay just off the road, facing [[Lily Bottom Lane]]. The public house known as | + | There were no houses on this road in 1823. [[Windmill Farm]] stood just off the road, but did not open on to it. There were four cottages at [[Parslows Hillock]], but they lay just off the road, facing [[Lily Bottom Lane]]. The public house known as [[The Pink and Lily]], (also see [[Public Houses]]) after which the road was later named, had not yet been built. [[Widmer Farm]] was the first property to be built on the road, part way along. |
| + | [[File:Clearing Snow.jpg|left|thumb]] | ||
By 1841 the census gives 2 properties on Pink Road. | By 1841 the census gives 2 properties on Pink Road. | ||
| + | [[File:Snowfall.jpg|thumb|Pink Road. The Pink and Lily in the distance]] | ||
| + | 1 [[The Pink and Lily]] | ||
| − | + | 2 [[Widmer Farm]] | |
| − | + | By 1939 there were eight properties on Pink Road. They were all on the south side, facing the road and looking towards the wonderful view. Also [[The Whip]] public house had been built at the corner at the west end on the junction of Pink Road and the Main Road, Lacey Green. These were recorded in a register taken in preparation for WW2. Britain had been in a deep recession for a decade by 1939. These were nearly all detached houses, which makes their inception interesting. [[File:Snowfall 01.jpg|thumb]] | |
| − | + | Starting from the east end at Parslows Hillock | |
| − | + | [[The Pink and Lily]] public house | |
| − | + | Charities smallholding, later called '[[Pinkfields]]' | |
| − | Widmer Farm | + | [[Widmer Farm]] |
| − | Culham | + | Culham, later called 'Culham House'. click [[Culham House]] for details of Culham, Pink Road, Lacey Green. |
| − | Greyholme | + | Greyholme Click [[Greyholme]] for details of Greyholme, Pink Road, Lacey Green |
| − | Alverstoke | + | Alverstoke Click [[Alverstoke]] for details of Alverstoke, Pink Road, Lacey Green. |
Redfield | Redfield | ||
Highways | Highways | ||
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| + | School House Click [[The School House]] for the history of the property. | ||
| − | + | [[The Whip]] public house. | |
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| − | The Whip public house. | ||
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By 2022 there had been some changes. | By 2022 there had been some changes. | ||
Latest revision as of 12:21, 2 December 2024
This road (official stone track) was created in 1823 in the Enclosures of Princes Risborough. At that time it was called Windmill Road. It replaced another road (track) which lay parallel, but higher on the ridge of the escarpment that passed nearer to The Windmill. This road stands on a high position, from which an uninterrupted view towards Oxford, 40 miles can be seen
There were no houses on this road in 1823. Windmill Farm stood just off the road, but did not open on to it. There were four cottages at Parslows Hillock, but they lay just off the road, facing Lily Bottom Lane. The public house known as The Pink and Lily, (also see Public Houses) after which the road was later named, had not yet been built. Widmer Farm was the first property to be built on the road, part way along.
By 1841 the census gives 2 properties on Pink Road.
By 1939 there were eight properties on Pink Road. They were all on the south side, facing the road and looking towards the wonderful view. Also The Whip public house had been built at the corner at the west end on the junction of Pink Road and the Main Road, Lacey Green. These were recorded in a register taken in preparation for WW2. Britain had been in a deep recession for a decade by 1939. These were nearly all detached houses, which makes their inception interesting.
Starting from the east end at Parslows Hillock
The Pink and Lily public house
Charities smallholding, later called 'Pinkfields'
Culham, later called 'Culham House'. click Culham House for details of Culham, Pink Road, Lacey Green.
Greyholme Click Greyholme for details of Greyholme, Pink Road, Lacey Green
Alverstoke Click Alverstoke for details of Alverstoke, Pink Road, Lacey Green.
Redfield
Highways
School House Click The School House for the history of the property.
The Whip public house.
By 2022 there had been some changes.