Joan West

click John & Joan West for more about Joan and her life story with husband John.

PROFILE Taken from the Local History Group website, written by Rosemary Mortham

Joan West was one of the first writers and researchers of the Local History Group of Lacey Green and Loosley Row. She has recently retired from being a farmer's wife at Stocken Farm. In 1971, while stripping out the 17th century farmhouse, she began to wonder exactly when it was built. She has yet to find the answer, but in tracing back through owners and tenants she became interested in the village families. The study of the school logbook led to the publication of her book "A Chiltern Village School"

Witnessing the decline of the old village families and often seeing critical information relating to the villages destroyed on bonfires, made her spring into action. She began to collect and make copies of photographs and deeds. She is grateful for the generosity of those she approached for the loan of these important pieces of history.

Local history became a hobby, which could easily become an obsession, but she says she just doesn't have the time!.

Research and Articles by Joan see below

1949 Saunderton Station Recalled. Describes sending her prize winning bantams to National Poultry Shows from Saunderton Station

1961 Social Snapshot by Joan West (Autobiography)

John West obituary

Arthur & Joyce Waite biography

note. Joan is mentioned in the biography of Dennis Claydon