Description 1860= 240 acres 1875= mixed farm including fruit orchards. One reference I found of the farm, in the 1600s, called it "Monken" Farm. The farm house is in part very old. The farm is thought to represent the site of the medieval Monkton Manor.
Historic Occupiers:
Note that these are rarely the same as the owners of a property in the past.
1561- John Borlace / Borlase (even Burlas)
1698 - "Moncken farm" Thomas Harding.
1781- John Simons who had come from Great Missenden.
1784- William Curtis. Came from Oxfordshire to farm here.
1846 - William Simmonds senior, assisted by Aaron/Aron Simmonds. Charles Frith sentenced to 7 years transportation for stealing a sheep from the farm, his second such offence. A full biography of Charles will follow soon.
1851- William Simmonds. Born circa 1785. Wife Mary.
1860- Mary Simmonds. Widow of William above.
1861- Young farmer William Simmonds age 28 on census. Child of William and Mary above. His cousin Aaron Simmonds had Wymers Farm. For more on Aaron and Wymers see here.
1875- Sale of stock and machinery (including animals and crops of wheat, barley, vetches, oats and peas over 130 acres) following death of tenant Mr Rickett.
1880-1882 John Pennington. Insolvent 1882.
1883-1887 William Collins. Summoned twice for not paying his poor rates.
1899- 1901 William Stallwood born circa 1867. As was traditional on farms his wife Ella kept and managed the poultry side of the business.
1920 - John Seymour
1939 - E J Miller
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Farm occupancies calculated from wills, adverts, trade journals, censuses, property records, court cases etc. I hope to fill in the gaps in dates as I wade through my Everest sized mountain of research notes. Early history to follow. We compile mostly pre 1920s listings.
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