Gracefield

The land upon which Gracefield was built had been acquired by John Carter Dell in 1823 at the time of the Enclosures of Princes Risborough.

John and his wife Betsy had been living at and running the stores at the later named Vine Cottage for his father Thomas of Speen Farm. When his father's mortgagees forced him to sell up in 1838, John's brother Joshua purchased the stores and John and Betsy moved to Gracefield, which had by then been built.

John Carter Dell died in 1840.

Somewhere in the vicinity, John had had built and consecrated in 1838, a private chapel for the Primitive Methodists. (The exact spot has not yet been proved)

Betsy Moved to live with her sons, and her daughters stayed at the house.

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