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[[Thomas Grace]], 60, Sarah 55, Thomas Grace 20, Ann, 20, [[James Grace]] 15, Rebecca, 15, Kathrine, 15, Mary, 10.
 
[[Thomas Grace]], 60, Sarah 55, Thomas Grace 20, Ann, 20, [[James Grace]] 15, Rebecca, 15, Kathrine, 15, Mary, 10.
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'''SALE 28th SEPTEMBER 1945.  CATALOGUE. CULVERTON FARM.  SALE BY AUCTION.  FOR  MERTON COLLEGE, OXFORD'''
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An excellent dairying and mixed farm of about 331acres, 3 roods 28 poles, with superior modernised farmhouse and ample buildings; four cottages near the homestead and a pair of modern cottages, being nos.1 and 2 Icknield Way in O.S. no 460.
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The farm is intersected by the Princes Risborough – Wycombe Road in which main water is laid and main electricity is available. (not connected)
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'''FARMHOUSE'''
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The farmhouse is built of brick, flint and stucco faced, with blue slated roof and contains the following. :-
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Entrance Hall with wood block floor and fireplace (21 ft by 12 ft); Cloak Room; Dining Room with brick fireplace and serving hatch (19 ft by 13 ft); Breakfast Room (16 ft by 13 ft) with modern fireplace; Kitchen with sink (h & c) with “Herald” range and “Ideal” boiler giving domestic hot water supply; Dairy, etc.   Five good bedrooms; Bathroom (h & c) and separate W.C.
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MAIN ELECTRIC LIGHT. . . . . . . MAIN DRAINAGE. . . . . . . TELEPHONE CONNECTED. . . . . . . MAIN WATER AVAILABLE
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'''FARM'''
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The farm buildings include:   Range of brick, flint and tiled Loose Boxes (the partitions, mangers and hay racks belong to the tenant);   Cart-Horse stable for 5; Chaff House; brick and blue-slated building comprising Garage and Oil Store with Loft over; Cooling Shed; Smithy; 5-bay brick and tiled Implement Shed; 9-bay galvanised Dutch Barn; range of brick, timber and galvanised buildings affording accommodation for 50 cows, with Fodder Store; brick and slated and part tiled Cow House for 29.   On the north side of the main yard is a range is a range of flint, timber and tiled Loose Boxes, the fronts, doors and partitions of which belong to the tenant.   The Loose Boxes in the centre of the cattle yard, a timber and galvanised Store near the cooling house, detached timber store near the Dutch barn and about half the cow-house fittings also belong to the tenant.
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'''WATER SUPPLY'''
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The water supply is from a well by electric pump to a storage tank in the farm-buildings, and thence by gravitation to house and yard.
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'''FIELDS'''
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{| class="wikitable"
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| colspan="4" |'''1945  SALE DETAILS OF FIELDS OF CULVERTON FARM'''
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|-
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|'''o.s.no'''
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|'''field name'''
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|'''buildings'''
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|'''arable'''
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|'''pasture'''
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|'''total'''
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|-
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|256
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|Bottom Field
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|21.315
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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|pt.258
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|Long Hand Furlong
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|
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|24.224
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|
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|
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|
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|-
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|pt 424
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|Shootacre Bank
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|
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|
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|12.708
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|
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|
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|-
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|pt 431
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|Musselwells
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|
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|
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|2.424
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|
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|
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|-
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|437
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|Parishes Hill
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|
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|
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|9.888
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|
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|
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|-
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|438
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|Upper & Lower Hog Troughs
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|
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|
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|41.142
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|
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|-
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|pt 439
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|Ten acres
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|
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|
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|27.421
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|
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|-
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|440
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|The Leys
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|
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|
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|2.564
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|
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|-
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|443
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|Orchard
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|0.422
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|-
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|pt 444
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|House, buildings & 4 cottages
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|3.145
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|
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|-
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|445
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|Back Meadow
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|
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|
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|4.418
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|-
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|446
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| colspan="2" |Bennels Close & Whites Close
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|9.222
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|-
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|pt 446a
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| colspan="2" |Bennels Close & Whites Close
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|8.534
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|-
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|pt 447
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|Back Sides
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|31.231
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|-
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|pt 448
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|Old Stream Bed
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|0.125
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|
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|-
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|460
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|The Furlong
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|
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|
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|27.618
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|
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|
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|-
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|462
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|Ball Piece
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|
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|
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|23.742
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|
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|-
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|467
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|Long Hedge & Barbers Pits
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|35.384
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|-
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|58
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|Sixteen & Eleven Acres
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|39.575
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|-
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|59
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|5.856
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|
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|
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|-
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|461
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|Pyrtle Wood and Spring
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|.968
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|}
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'''1851 CENSUS'''
 
'''1851 CENSUS'''
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[[John & Eliza Eggleton|John Eggleton]], 65''',''' farmer of 296 acres, employing 6 men, Ellen, nee Tapping, 49.    see wiki person. [[John & Ellen Eggleton]].
 
[[John & Eliza Eggleton|John Eggleton]], 65''',''' farmer of 296 acres, employing 6 men, Ellen, nee Tapping, 49.    see wiki person. [[John & Ellen Eggleton]].
  
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'''Sale by Auction, on Wednesday, 15th June 1853,''' at Garraway's Coffee House, 'Change Alley, Cornhill, London, by Farebrother, Clark & Lye.
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'''SALE.  15th JUNE 1853.  Sale by Auction,''' at Garraway's Coffee House, 'Change Alley, Cornhill, London, by Farebrother, Clark & Lye.
  
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'''Scedule'''.  Culverton Farm, with good & substantial Farm House, Garden, Orchard, Farm Yards and about SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX ACRES of Arable and Pasture Land, in the occupation of the representatives of the late Mr John Eggleton, at five hundred pounds per annum.
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'''Schedule'''.  Culverton Farm, with good & substantial Farm House, Garden, Orchard, Farm Yards and about SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX ACRES of Arable and Pasture Land, in the occupation of the representatives of the late Mr John Eggleton, at five hundred pounds per annum.
  
 
'''1861 CENSUS'''
 
'''1861 CENSUS'''
  
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Ellen Eggleton, 59, widow of John, farmer, 606 acres, 20 men, 9 boys, George, son, farm steward.
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Ellen Eggleton, 59, widow of John, click [[John & Ellen Eggleton]] farmer, 606 acres, 20 men, 9 boys, George, son, farm steward.
  
 
'''1871 CENSUS'''
 
'''1871 CENSUS'''
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John Eggleton, 54, farmer, Mary Jane, 44, wife, married 1907
 
John Eggleton, 54, farmer, Mary Jane, 44, wife, married 1907
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'''SUMMARY of EGGLETON TENANTS'''
 
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John and Ellen Eggleton had rented Culverton Farm by 1851.   John died in 1855.   Ellen and son George ran it from 1855 to 1861.   Son Joseph ran the farm from then on until 1897, Joseph’s widow Eliza had it to 1905, employing son John, In 1905 John took over.   Throughout this time Culverton Farm had been owned by Merton College and been leased by the various members of the Eggleton family.
 
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'''''NOTE'''''
 
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''See more about John and Ellen Eggleton’s family under “wiki. Person John & Ellen Eggleton”''
 
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''See more of the Eggleton family under 'Property' "Wardrobes Farm”''
 
  
 
'''1945 TENANTS'''
 
'''1945 TENANTS'''
  
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27<sup>th</sup> September 1945.   The tenants of Culverton Farm were Messrs [[C.A. and B.H. Garner]] and Miss V.L. Garner, on a yearly Michaelmas tenancy, apportioned rental £287 per annum.
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27<sup>th</sup> September The tenants of Culverton Farm were Messrs [[C.A. and B.H. Garner]] and Miss V.L. Garner, on a yearly Michaelmas tenancy, apportioned rental £287 per annum.
  
 
'''PURCHASE'''
 
'''PURCHASE'''

Revision as of 17:15, 9 November 2021

Culverton Farm
Construction Era 1600-1699, 1823 Enclosures Record
Type of Property Farm, Cottage, Land
Use of Property Business
Locations Loosley Row


MANOR FARMS SOLD

John Grubb, of Horsenden, the Lord of the Manor of Princes Risborough, was in financial difficulty and from about 1808 onwards he sold to Lord George Henry Cavendish, later Lord Burlington, most of the Manor Farms including Culverton Farm, Row Farm (Wardrobes), Brimmers Farm, Old House, and Stocken Farm, all in the Upper Hamlets of Princes Risborough   They were all tenanted.    Lord Cavendish never lived locally and all the farms continued to be tenanted.   By about 1840 he had sold all of them.

MERTON COLLEGE

Culverton Farm was purchased by Merton College of Oxford and the farm continued to be let.

TENANTS

1841 CENSUS

Thomas Grace, 60, Sarah 55, Thomas Grace 20, Ann, 20, James Grace 15, Rebecca, 15, Kathrine, 15, Mary, 10.

SALE 28th SEPTEMBER 1945. CATALOGUE. CULVERTON FARM.  SALE BY AUCTION. FOR  MERTON COLLEGE, OXFORD

An excellent dairying and mixed farm of about 331acres, 3 roods 28 poles, with superior modernised farmhouse and ample buildings; four cottages near the homestead and a pair of modern cottages, being nos.1 and 2 Icknield Way in O.S. no 460.

The farm is intersected by the Princes Risborough – Wycombe Road in which main water is laid and main electricity is available. (not connected)

FARMHOUSE

The farmhouse is built of brick, flint and stucco faced, with blue slated roof and contains the following. :-

Entrance Hall with wood block floor and fireplace (21 ft by 12 ft); Cloak Room; Dining Room with brick fireplace and serving hatch (19 ft by 13 ft); Breakfast Room (16 ft by 13 ft) with modern fireplace; Kitchen with sink (h & c) with “Herald” range and “Ideal” boiler giving domestic hot water supply; Dairy, etc.   Five good bedrooms; Bathroom (h & c) and separate W.C.

MAIN ELECTRIC LIGHT. . . . . . . MAIN DRAINAGE. . . . . . . TELEPHONE CONNECTED. . . . . . . MAIN WATER AVAILABLE

FARM

The farm buildings include:   Range of brick, flint and tiled Loose Boxes (the partitions, mangers and hay racks belong to the tenant);   Cart-Horse stable for 5; Chaff House; brick and blue-slated building comprising Garage and Oil Store with Loft over; Cooling Shed; Smithy; 5-bay brick and tiled Implement Shed; 9-bay galvanised Dutch Barn; range of brick, timber and galvanised buildings affording accommodation for 50 cows, with Fodder Store; brick and slated and part tiled Cow House for 29.   On the north side of the main yard is a range is a range of flint, timber and tiled Loose Boxes, the fronts, doors and partitions of which belong to the tenant.   The Loose Boxes in the centre of the cattle yard, a timber and galvanised Store near the cooling house, detached timber store near the Dutch barn and about half the cow-house fittings also belong to the tenant.

WATER SUPPLY

The water supply is from a well by electric pump to a storage tank in the farm-buildings, and thence by gravitation to house and yard.

FIELDS

1945 SALE DETAILS OF FIELDS OF CULVERTON FARM
o.s.no field name buildings arable pasture total
256 Bottom Field 21.315
pt.258 Long Hand Furlong 24.224
pt 424 Shootacre Bank 12.708
pt 431 Musselwells 2.424
437 Parishes Hill 9.888
438 Upper & Lower Hog Troughs 41.142
pt 439 Ten acres 27.421
440 The Leys 2.564
443 Orchard 0.422
pt 444 House, buildings & 4 cottages 3.145
445 Back Meadow 4.418
446 Bennels Close & Whites Close 9.222
pt 446a Bennels Close & Whites Close 8.534
pt 447 Back Sides 31.231
pt 448 Old Stream Bed 0.125
460 The Furlong 27.618
462 Ball Piece 23.742
467 Long Hedge & Barbers Pits 35.384
58 Sixteen & Eleven Acres 39.575
59 5.856
461 Pyrtle Wood and Spring .968



1851 CENSUS

John Eggleton, 65, farmer of 296 acres, employing 6 men, Ellen, nee Tapping, 49.    see wiki person. John & Ellen Eggleton.

SALE. 15th JUNE 1853. Sale by Auction, at Garraway's Coffee House, 'Change Alley, Cornhill, London, by Farebrother, Clark & Lye.

Schedule. Culverton Farm, with good & substantial Farm House, Garden, Orchard, Farm Yards and about SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX ACRES of Arable and Pasture Land, in the occupation of the representatives of the late Mr John Eggleton, at five hundred pounds per annum.

1861 CENSUS

Ellen Eggleton, 59, widow of John, click John & Ellen Eggleton farmer, 606 acres, 20 men, 9 boys, George, son, farm steward.

1871 CENSUS

Joseph Eggleton, 38, son of John and Ellen, farmer, 700 acres, 17 labourers, 9 boys, Eliza, 39, born Great Missenden, 5 children

1881 CENSUS

Joseph Eggleton 48, farmer 635 acres, 15 men, 8 boys, Eliza 49, 4 children, 1 grandchild.

1891 CENSUS

Joseph Eggleton 58 farmer, Eliza 59, John, son 34, Wilfred East, 13, g.son, Gertrude Pauling 12, g.Daughter.

1901 CENSUS

Eliza Eggleton, widow of Joseph, farmer, son John, 44, single

1911 CENSUS

John Eggleton, 54, farmer, Mary Jane, 44, wife, married 1907

1945 TENANTS

27th September The tenants of Culverton Farm were Messrs C.A. and B.H. Garner and Miss V.L. Garner, on a yearly Michaelmas tenancy, apportioned rental £287 per annum.

PURCHASE

28th September 1945.   Messrs Charles Aubrey Garner and Bertie Harold Garner and Miss Violet Lily Garner, the tenants, purchased Culverton Farm for £700.

NOTE

Charles Aubrey, 1854-1930, Bertie Harold, 1878-1974, and Violet Lily, 1885-1970 were siblings, trading as Messrs C.A.and B.H.Garner, although Charles Aubrey had already died.

CATALOGUE. CULVERTON FARM.  SALE BY AUCTION.  28th SEPTEMBER 1945   FOR  MERTON COLLEGE, OXFORD

An excellent dairying and mixed farm of about 331acres, 3 roods 28 poles, with superior modernised farmhouse and ample buildings; four cottages near the homestead and a pair of modern cottages, being nos.1 and 2 Icknield Way in O.S. no 460.

The farm is intersected by the Princes Risborough – Wycombe Road in which main water is laid and main electricity is available.

FARMHOUSE

The farmhouse is built of brick, flint and stucco faced, with blue slated roof and contains the following. :-

Entrance Hall with wood block floor and fireplace (21 ft by 12 ft); Cloak Room; Dining Room with brick fireplace and serving hatch (19 ft by 13 ft); Breakfast Room (16 ft by 13 ft) with modern fireplace; Kitchen with sink (h & c) with “Herald” range and “Ideal” boiler giving domestic hot water supply; Dairy, etc.   Five good bedrooms; Bathroom (h & c) and separate W.C.

MAIN ELECTRIC LIGHT. . . . . . . MAIN DRAINAGE. . . . . . . TELEPHONE CONNECTED. . . . . . . MAIN WATER AVAILABLE

FARM

The farm buildings include:   Range of brick, flint and tiled Loose Boxes (the partitions, mangers and hay racks belong to the tenant);   Cart-Horse stable for 5; Chaff House; brick and blue-slated building comprising Garage and Oil Store with Loft over; Cooling Shed; Smithy; 5-bay brick and tiled Implement Shed; 9-bay galvanised Dutch Barn; range of brick, timber and galvanised buildings affording accommodation for 50 cows, with Fodder Store; brick and slated and part tiled Cow House for 29.   On the north side of the main yard is a range is a range of flint, timber and tiled Loose Boxes, the fronts, doors and partitions of which belong to the tenant.   The Loose Boxes in the centre of the cattle yard, a timber and galvanised Store near the cooling house, detached timber store near the Dutch barn and about half the cow-house fittings also belong to the tenant.

WATER SUPPLY

The water supply is from a well by electric pump to a storage tank in the farm-buildings, and thence by gravitation to house and yard.

FIELDS

1945 SALE DETAILS OF FIELDS OF CULVERTON FARM
o.s.no field name buildings arable pasture total
256 Bottom Field 21.315
pt.258 Long Hand Furlong 24.224
pt 424 Shootacre Bank 12.708
pt 431 Musselwells 2.424
437 Parishes Hill 9.888
438 Upper & Lower Hog Troughs 41.142
pt 439 Ten acres 27.421
440 The Leys 2.564
443 Orchard 0.422
pt 444 House, buildings & 4 cottages 3.145
445 Back Meadow 4.418
446 Bennels Close & Whites Close 9.222
pt 446a Bennels Close & Whites Close 8.534
pt 447 Back Sides 31.231
pt 448 Old Stream Bed 0.125
460 The Furlong 27.618
462 Ball Piece 23.742
467 Long Hedge & Barbers Pits 35.384
58 Sixteen & Eleven Acres 39.575
59 5.856
461 Pyrtle Wood & Springe 0.968
TOTAL 4,238 90.97 236.718

331.926

OUTGOINGS

Tithe Annuity Redemption £11 - 10s -6d. Rent £287 per annum

N.B

The two cottages Nos 1 and 2 Icknield Way, part of this lot, were built under the provisions of the Housing (Rural Workers') Act 1926, and are subject to the terms of this Act, a payment in respect of the two cottages being made by the High Wycombe Rural District Council up to the 1st October, 1979, of which six instalments have been paid to the Vendors to the 1st October 1945. The purchaser will be entitled to receive these annual instalments from this last named date. Built 1939..

DEATH

Bertie Harold Garner died in 1974.

AUBREY GARNER

Bertie’s son Aubrey Edward lived and ran Culverton Farm until he died in 1995.  Aubrey’s Ena Garner, widow continued to live in the farmhouse and the land was let to R.M. West & Son of Stocken Farm.

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