Not to be confused with Hill Farm, Cadmore End or Hill Farm, High Wycombe. A mixed farm. In 1833 was 90 acres in size. Did not apparently have a farm house on site until a few years later. In 1853 was 100 acres, 66 of which had long been part of the farm, the remainder was in Marlow Common Field rather than with the main part.
Occupiers (not necessarily same as owners) and history timeline, gaps in occupiers are gaps in our knowledge, we will endeavour to fill them as and when we can=
1833= James and David Webb who had other local farms and lived off-site.
1851= William Stanmore. Wife Fanny.
1853= Richard Gibbons. Tenant. Farm for sale with a newly erected brick and tile farmhouse "prettily situate with commanding views" [Bucks Herald 27th August 1853 advert]. The property was sold privately.
1854= Mr Batt
1861= Thomas Batt farm bailiff for the Wethered family owners. Wife Ann. Live in carter George Brown, odd job boy 16 year old Joseph Dark and 14 year old carter's boy John Ellick also on site. By 1863 had gone to Little Marlow as steward to the manor there. Had previously been bailiff at Old House Farm. For his grave see here.
1864= John Hewett.
1865= Thomas Carter.
1868= Mr Carter. His farm worker died of sunstroke while labouring this year.
1870= just about everything on the farm put up for sale- cart horses, beef cattle, sheep, pigs, dung carts, market waggons etc as the farm was up to let.
1871= James Child. Wife Caroline. James retired and moved to Hendon, Middlesex after 1876 but before 1881.
1881= Joseph Blackwell was the resident farm bailiff (for who? Presumably Wethered family). Lived at the farm with his daughter Elizabeth there. Joseph had recently recovered from insolvency when he moved to Hill Farm. He was previously a farmer at nearby Clay Lane Farm. See here.
1894-1911= Abel Dell. Advertised in the Bucks Herald 1895 for a strong girl fond of children to help in the farmhouse. Female farm servants would have been required to feed and tend any animals in the farmyard such as poultry and pigs as well. Moved his home to nearby Bencombe Farm 1909 or 1910 but still kept Hill Farm until 1911. For his life at Bencombe see here.
1911-20 = Aubrey Croxford. Wife Ada. Aubrey was a grocer and baker before he took to farming.
1928= Farm also used for commercial timber growing.
1937-39= John Norman. Farm had at least some dairy cattle at this time.
Further information:
To find every mention however small of an individual or family here, use the A-Z Person Index in the top drop down menu.
For info about other specific farms, check the index here
General agricultural related posts can be found listed here
Written by Charlotte Day. Researched by both Charlotte and Kathryn.
Other Sources=
England and Wales Census, 1871, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXS5-2BX : 26 June 2022), James R Child, 1871. Other censuses my transcriptions from microfilm. All census material remains Crown Copyright.
Bucks Herald 22nd June 1895. Bucks Advertiser. 27th August 1898. Bucks Herald 16th November 1928. All British Library Archives via the BNA.
1833 Great Marlow assessment notebooks, transcribed by Charlotte Day from originals in our possession.
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