Occupiers and history timeline (1800s+)
Built on the site of a Medieval nunnery. Farm house thought to have been partially made from reclaimed materials from the abbey ruins.
Description: 1879= Mostly pasture but some arable, included a trout stream. 1892= Dairy farm of 25 acres.
Occupiers=
1826- Mr R Lunnon. Gave up farming that year.
1829-32 Mr Richard Bye. Left 1832/33 and went to run, briefly, the Two Brewers pub in Great Marlow. He had a deeply troubled marriage which is discussed in this post.
1836- E Collins?
1844- John Harris.
1851-67 James Salter. He died 1867. His meadow was used for a cricket match between Little Marlow and Well End 1855. One of the parish Overseers for Little Marlow 1860 with fellow farmer Harry Calcutt.
1868-73 David Andrews. Wives Jane first then Elizabeth who survived him. David had several run ins with subsequently sacked employee Frederick Oldsworth. He accused Frederick of not attending to his dairy work. Frederick disagreed, an altercation ensued and Frederick found himself summoned for assaulting his master. The charge was dropped on condition Fred apologised and left his farm cottage the same day as the magistrates hearing. Dairy and beef farm. David was also a butcher with a shop in Bisham in 1852 and then later in West Street Great Marlow where he took over from Rachel Hall. (He was formerly her assistant there) He lived at the West Street premises in 1861. Later lived at the Ferns Little Marlow. Died there 1900 age 83. He was described as a hale and hearty fellow to the end and one who had been walking and driving about "like a young athlete" at a furious pace around the lanes of Little Marlow.
1877-78 Philip Henry Jones of Hurley. Also a coal merchant. Wife Emma. Fowls stolen from her at the farm that year 1877.
1878- 81 William Thomas Bird. Bankrupt 1878 but managed to continue at the farm somehow. Had moved from Blounts Farm Marlow.
1883- 91 John Okey (Oakey) Simmonds. Possibly there 1882. He died 1891 at the farm after falling from his bedroom window. He had been largely confined to his room for months due to a weak heart and perhaps it seems some mental illness but would open the window to give instructions to his workers in the yard and to view his cattle in the fields. A fit of "giddiness" saw him topple out. He died the following day. Formerly of Munday Dean Farm.
1891- Catherine Simmonds, widow of the above. Both she and her daughter, also called Catherine, gave evidence at the inquest into her husband's death. Due to an accident in communication poor Catherine did not know the inquest was going to take place until the Coroner and jury arrived on her doorstep and said they were going to hold it at her house.
1894- Had orchard as part of the property but it was separately let. Remains of the lost abbey of the village were discovered in that orchard in the early 1900s.
1901-11 at least Vaughan Williams.
Farm listings compiled from cross referencing adverts, wills, censuses, property records, court cases, letters, trade journals etc.
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