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'''The first map''' shows the full area of Princes Risborough Common. | '''The first map''' shows the full area of Princes Risborough Common. | ||
| − | '''The map below that''' shows the changes made in 1823 when the [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Enclosures Enclosures] of Princes Risborough took place. | + | '''The second map below that''' shows the changes made in 1823 when the [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Enclosures Enclosures] of Princes Risborough took place. |
| − | '''Before 1823 there were no roads in Lacey Green village.''' The route from the Hughenden Valley to Princes Risborough ran through Speen, along [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Highwood_Bottom Highwood Bottom], cut straight across [[Princes Risborough Common]] to the pond behind [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Windmill_Farm Windmill Farm]. It proceeded down towards Princes Risborough joining [[Woodway]], which was already an established route and on to the town. In '''1823''' the proposed Main Road in Lacey Green was confirmed in the 1823 [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Enclosures Enclosures].[[File:Lacey Green Snow Dec 1927.jpg|alt=.|thumb|Goodacres Lane December 1927|link=https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/File:Lacey_Green_Snow_Dec_1927.jpg]]The land on which [[Goodacres Lane]] was constructed had formerly been part of [[Princes Risborough Common]], part of the [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Manor_of_Princes_Risborough Manor of Princes Risborough]. Cows from the town were brought up here to graze. In 1823 | + | '''Before 1823 there were no roads in Lacey Green village.''' The route from the Hughenden Valley to Princes Risborough ran through Speen, along [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Highwood_Bottom Highwood Bottom], cut straight across [[Princes Risborough Common]] to the pond behind [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Windmill_Farm Windmill Farm]. It proceeded down towards Princes Risborough joining [[Woodway]], which was already an established route and on to the town. In '''1823''' the proposed Main Road in Lacey Green was confirmed in the 1823 [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Enclosures Enclosures].[[File:Lacey Green Snow Dec 1927.jpg|alt=.|thumb|Goodacres Lane December 1927|link=https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/File:Lacey_Green_Snow_Dec_1927.jpg]]The land on which [[Goodacres Lane]] was constructed had formerly been part of [[Princes Risborough Common]], part of the [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Manor_of_Princes_Risborough Manor of Princes Risborough]. Cows from the town were brought up here to graze. In 1823 this part of the Common was bought by [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/John_Grubb John Grubb], the Lord of the Manor. On the second map above it is coloured plain green and shows [[Windmill Farm]]. John Grubb sold it to to Lord , Chandos in , and was next purchased at auction in by John Cheshire. This part stretched from [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Windmill_Farm Windmill Farm] to [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Kiln_Farm Kiln Farm]. and is shown on the second map mentioned above. |
Revision as of 04:59, 8 March 2025
Research by Joan West
In 1823 Goodacres Lane did not exist. The land on which it was later constructed was part of the vast common of Princes Risborough which covered much of Lacey Green and some land on the hilltop of Loosley Row. Click Princes Risborough Common to see two maps.
The first map shows the full area of Princes Risborough Common.
The second map below that shows the changes made in 1823 when the Enclosures of Princes Risborough took place.
Before 1823 there were no roads in Lacey Green village. The route from the Hughenden Valley to Princes Risborough ran through Speen, along Highwood Bottom, cut straight across Princes Risborough Common to the pond behind Windmill Farm. It proceeded down towards Princes Risborough joining Woodway, which was already an established route and on to the town. In 1823 the proposed Main Road in Lacey Green was confirmed in the 1823 Enclosures.
The land on which Goodacres Lane was constructed had formerly been part of Princes Risborough Common, part of the Manor of Princes Risborough. Cows from the town were brought up here to graze. In 1823 this part of the Common was bought by John Grubb, the Lord of the Manor. On the second map above it is coloured plain green and shows Windmill Farm. John Grubb sold it to to Lord , Chandos in , and was next purchased at auction in by John Cheshire. This part stretched from Windmill Farm to Kiln Farm. and is shown on the second map mentioned above.