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Research by Joan West, also information given by Harry Hawes, George and Annie's son
  
 
'''George Hawes''' born 1860 was the son of [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/John_and_Sarah_Hawes John and Sarah Hawes]
 
'''George Hawes''' born 1860 was the son of [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/John_and_Sarah_Hawes John and Sarah Hawes]
  
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'''Anne Morris''' born 1866 was from Cookham
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'''Anne Morris''' born 1866 was from Staffordshire, in service at [[Loosley House]].
  
 
'''George and Annie married in 1892'''
 
'''George and Annie married in 1892'''
  
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'''George and Annie had 8 children Listed Below.'''
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'''George and Annie had 8 children as follows :-'''
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'''Ethel Mary Hawes''' born 1893, died 1893 aged 81 days
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'''George Hawes born''' 1894,died 1894 aged 1 day
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'''Constance Hawes''' born 1895 married John Neighbour in 1920.   Connie died in 1989 aged 94
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'''Gertrude Florence Hawes''' born 1896
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'''Albert John Hawes''' born 1898 married Ethel Stevens in 1924  'Bert' enrolled in WW1 in 1916.
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'''Mabel Hawes''' born 1900
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'''Annie Hawes''' born 1904
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'''Harry George Hawes''' born 1905 married Minnie Annie Ward in 1940. click [[Harry & Minnie Hawes]] for their life story
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George had first been a chair maker.   He bought an acre piece of land about 1889 and started to farm.
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George built [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Woodbine_Farm Woodbyne Farm] when he got married.   Unfortunately they forgot to allow for the stairs, which had to be squeezed in afterwards making them very narrow and steep.
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George had first been a chair maker.   He bought an acre piece of land about 1889 and started to farm.
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'''KINGSWOOD FARM'''
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In 1903 [[Kingswood Farm]] in [[Highwood Bottom]], now cleared of trees, came up for sale and he bought it.  They lived there for a year or two and Harry, the youngest was born there. Finding it inconvenient for the children getting to [[Lacey Green School]] they returned to Woodbyne in the village.  However, George kept Kingswood Farm.  He also rented Hawk Hill
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'''Harry Floyd Recalled George Hawes''' in article of 1980. as follows :-
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'''"George Hawes, who lived at [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Woodbyne_Farm Woodbyne Farm],''' was probably the first to deliver milk around the village.  He kept his cows at Kingswood Farm, in [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Highwood_Bottom Highwood Bottom].  Twice a day they would be brought up [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Kiln_Lane Kiln Lane] and along Main Road for milking.  Foot and mouth disease was quite common, and during outbreaks, no cattle could be moved and his had to be kept at Woodbyne Farm in the farmyard.  If a single cow became infected, the whole herd had to be slaughtered.  Although some compensation was paid for each cow, this was a disaster for the farmer.  No doubt, George was very much relieved when, in 1934, he was able to purchase an extra seven acres around Woodbyne Farm from the sale following the death of William Saunders of [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Stocken_Farm Stocken Farm], Harry's grandfather.  This enabled him to keep his cows up there more easily when foot and mouth restrictions were in force."
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'''The [[Glebe]] land''' which stretch from the behind the bottom of [[Goodacres Lane]] across to Windmill Road, now known as `[[Pink Road]]`, he part time rented.
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'''FIELD BEHIND WOODBYNE with BARN'''
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In 1934 he bought the field behind Woodbyne Farm.   William Saunders had died and his [[Stocken Farm]] was sold.   Stocken was bought by William’s son-in-law, but the field George bought had been owned by William separately, having purchased it before he bought Stocken Farm   William Saunders had had a barn built by Wards of Speen in that field.
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'''MANY BAD WORDS'''
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William had made a sort of cross roads by gating across Goodacres track, Hillocks Field (also his) and track to Stocken Farm, in order to drive the young horses in which he dealt from Stocken Farm to this field, not only blocking the road but making a lot of mud.   Many bad words were exchanged.  
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'''THE FIRST MILK ROUND'''
  
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, who married in 1859.   His grandfather was Joseph, 1808-1872, a sawyer and later farmer.   His parents and probably grandparents lived in cottages behind the Black Horse,  [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Ye_Olde_Cottage Ye Olde Cottage].  They had a smallholding on a plot of land across the track going to the cottage and barn now known as Floyd`s Farm.    This became known as `Em`s Piece`,  and George`s sister Emma had a shepherd`s hut there in which she lived.  When George moved house, Emma and her hut moved with him.
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In 1934 when piped water was laid on in the villages by Wycombe Rural District Council, George Hawes connected his Woodbyne Farm to water, bought 5 or 6 cows and started the first milk round hereabouts, delivering it in one of the first cars here in the village  It had not been possible to keep cows here before as they need a considerable amount of water in order to produce milk and that had simply not been available. .  Amy Johnson, the aviator, rode up from Risborough on her horse to buy milk from him.
  
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George married a girl from Staffordshire who was in service at Loosley House.   He built [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Woodbine_Farm Woodbine Farm] when he got married.   Unfortunately they forgot to allow for the stairs, which had to be squeezed in afterwards making them very narrow and steep.   They had eight children, 6 girls and 2 boys.   Approximately  1905 Kingswood,  in Highwood Bottom. now cleared of its trees was sold and George bought it.   They moved there for a year or two, and Harry their youngest was born there. Finding it inconvenient for the school they came back to Woodbine Farm in the village.   The Glebe lands which stretch from the behind the bottom of Goodacres Lane across to Windmill Road, now known as `Pink Road`, he part time rented. He still  farmed Kingswood and rented  Hawk Hill.  He carried milk back from Highwood Bottom on a yoke.   He later started delivering milk in Lacey Green, from a car.  One of the few in the village.  Amy Johnson, the aviator, rode up from Risborough on her horse to buy milk from him.  He bought the field behind Woodbine in 1934 when William Saunder’s land (Stocken Farm) was sold up.
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'''1939 Register (census)'''.   Harry G Hawes 34 Dairy Farmer, George Hawes 79, Emma Hawes 77.
  
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Their youngest son Harry inherited Woodbine and with his wife Minnie proved to be a very good farmer.   They had two daughters and a son.   When Harry died, Minnie rented the land to R.M.West and Son, who ultimately bought it from her daughters on her death.  They only wanted to keep farming the land and intended to sell the house.  However, at that time Paul and Trisha Johnstone (John and Joan West`s daughter and son-in-law) were wanting to move out into the country so they took over the house with the intention of doing it up and modernising it.   This proving impossible they applied to pull it down and replace it with a house that looked exactly the same from the front Permission granted they built their new  house themselves with the help of family and friends and the farm buildings became Woodbyne Fitness Gym.
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''N.B.  A shepherd`s hut is a small wooden caravan on wheels (metal) which could be moved around for a shepherd to live in. Especially useful at lambing time.  They were beautifully made, with an iron wood-burning stove for cooking and warmth.''
  
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N.B.  A shepherd`s hut is a small wooden caravan on wheels (metal) which could be moved around for a shepherd to live in. Especially useful at lambing time.  They were beautifully made, with an iron wood-burning stove for cooking and warmth.  
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''click [[Hawes]] or others in this family''

Latest revision as of 15:50, 3 May 2024

click Hawes for others in this family

click Families for other local families

Connie Hawes on the left

Research by Joan West, also information given by Harry Hawes, George and Annie's son

George Hawes born 1860 was the son of John and Sarah Hawes

Anne Morris born 1866 was from Staffordshire, in service at Loosley House.

George and Annie married in 1892

George and Annie had 8 children as follows :-

Ethel Mary Hawes born 1893, died 1893 aged 81 days

George Hawes born 1894,died 1894 aged 1 day

Constance Hawes born 1895 married John Neighbour in 1920. Connie died in 1989 aged 94

Gertrude Florence Hawes born 1896

Albert John Hawes born 1898 married Ethel Stevens in 1924 'Bert' enrolled in WW1 in 1916.

Mabel Hawes born 1900

Annie Hawes born 1904

Harry George Hawes born 1905 married Minnie Annie Ward in 1940. click Harry & Minnie Hawes for their life story

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George had first been a chair maker.   He bought an acre piece of land about 1889 and started to farm.

George built Woodbyne Farm when he got married.   Unfortunately they forgot to allow for the stairs, which had to be squeezed in afterwards making them very narrow and steep.

George had first been a chair maker.   He bought an acre piece of land about 1889 and started to farm.

KINGSWOOD FARM

In 1903 Kingswood Farm in Highwood Bottom, now cleared of trees, came up for sale and he bought it.  They lived there for a year or two and Harry, the youngest was born there. Finding it inconvenient for the children getting to Lacey Green School they returned to Woodbyne in the village. However, George kept Kingswood Farm. He also rented Hawk Hill

Harry Floyd Recalled George Hawes in article of 1980. as follows :-

"George Hawes, who lived at Woodbyne Farm, was probably the first to deliver milk around the village. He kept his cows at Kingswood Farm, in Highwood Bottom. Twice a day they would be brought up Kiln Lane and along Main Road for milking. Foot and mouth disease was quite common, and during outbreaks, no cattle could be moved and his had to be kept at Woodbyne Farm in the farmyard. If a single cow became infected, the whole herd had to be slaughtered. Although some compensation was paid for each cow, this was a disaster for the farmer. No doubt, George was very much relieved when, in 1934, he was able to purchase an extra seven acres around Woodbyne Farm from the sale following the death of William Saunders of Stocken Farm, Harry's grandfather. This enabled him to keep his cows up there more easily when foot and mouth restrictions were in force."

The Glebe land which stretch from the behind the bottom of Goodacres Lane across to Windmill Road, now known as `Pink Road`, he part time rented.

FIELD BEHIND WOODBYNE with BARN

In 1934 he bought the field behind Woodbyne Farm.   William Saunders had died and his Stocken Farm was sold.   Stocken was bought by William’s son-in-law, but the field George bought had been owned by William separately, having purchased it before he bought Stocken Farm  William Saunders had had a barn built by Wards of Speen in that field.

MANY BAD WORDS

William had made a sort of cross roads by gating across Goodacres track, Hillocks Field (also his) and track to Stocken Farm, in order to drive the young horses in which he dealt from Stocken Farm to this field, not only blocking the road but making a lot of mud.   Many bad words were exchanged.  

THE FIRST MILK ROUND

In 1934 when piped water was laid on in the villages by Wycombe Rural District Council, George Hawes connected his Woodbyne Farm to water, bought 5 or 6 cows and started the first milk round hereabouts, delivering it in one of the first cars here in the village  It had not been possible to keep cows here before as they need a considerable amount of water in order to produce milk and that had simply not been available. .  Amy Johnson, the aviator, rode up from Risborough on her horse to buy milk from him.

1939 Register (census). Harry G Hawes 34 Dairy Farmer, George Hawes 79, Emma Hawes 77.

N.B.  A shepherd`s hut is a small wooden caravan on wheels (metal) which could be moved around for a shepherd to live in. Especially useful at lambing time.  They were beautifully made, with an iron wood-burning stove for cooking and warmth.

click Hawes or others in this family

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