Chilworth Estate Cottages
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In 1837, there were 14 cottages on the Chilworth Estate, of which 6 were let on leases for lives, 1 on a year-to-year basis, and 7 cottages held at will[1]. There was a small cluster of cottages at Chilworth Old Village. By 1913, there were 20 cottages; in addition there were a number of cottages in the grounds of Chilworth Manor[2].
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Gazetteer
- Cottage No. 1, at Woodside
- Cottage No. 2, at Woodside
- Cottage No. 3
- Cottage No. 4
- Cottage No. 5
- Cottage No. 6
- Cottage No. 7
- Cottage No. 8
- Cottage No. 9
- Cottage No. 10
- Cottages Nos. 11-12
- Cottage No. 13
- Cottage No. 14
- Walnut Cottage, Cottage No. 15
- Cottage No. 16
- Cottage No. 17
- Cottage No. 18, the Post Office
- Cottage No. 19
- Cottage No. 20
- White Cottage (Chilworth)
- Kennel Cottage 1
- The KennelsKennel Cottage 2
- [Studyrooms?] Cottage ?
- Coachman's Cottage (Chilworth)
- Engineer's Cottage (Chilworth)
- Gardener's Cottage (Chilworth)
- Beehive Lodges
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Schedule of Chilworth Estate Cottages in 1837
Schedule of Chilworth Estate Cottages in 1837, as listed in Settlement to several uses including to provide for use of the surname and arms of Fleming, 1837[3].
| Description | Type | Place |
| A brick tile and thatch cottage with garden in the occupation of George Matthews | Lease for lives | |
| A brick and tile Dwellinghouse and Brickkiln with a piece of land thereto belonging and the power of making bricks for sale in the occupation of Arthur Tew | Lease for lives | |
| The reversion of and in a brick and thatch cottage two tenements and Garden Paddock and Golightlye Slip in the occupation of Thomas Misslebrook subject to a lease for his life | Lease for lives | |
| The reversion of and in a brick and thatch cottage built upon the common by the Brickkiln with a garden in the occupation of [blank] Cozens subject to a lease for his life | Lease for lives | |
| A brick and thatch cottage built upon the Common with a small Garden in the occupation of William Martin subject to a lease for his life | Lease for lives | |
| A brick and thatch Dwellinghouse small barn Stable Outhouse Yard Garden and Orchard and three Plots called The Close, Moory Plot and Rough Plot in the occupation of William Biggs subject to a lease for his life | Lease for lives | |
| A Cottage and Garden and several small inclosures adjoining in the occupation of Frank Cousins and John Goldin as Tenants from year to year | Year to year | |
| An old brick board and thatch Cottage in Benjamin Mansbridges occupation | At will | |
| A cottage brick and thatch in two tenements in the occupations of John Day and Benjamin Brixey | At will | |
| Three new built Brick and Thatch cottages with small Gardens in the occupations of Thomas Goodchild, James Pike and George Herbert | At will | |
| A Brick and Thatch Cottage in Jacob Heath's occupation | At will | |
| A brick and tile cottage situate by Hoare Wood with a Garden in Henry Burton's occupation | At will |
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References
- ↑ Settlement to several uses including to provide for use of the surname and arms of Fleming, 1837 (WFMS:209 | HRO 102M71/T12)
- ↑ Schedule of Fleming Estate Cottages, c1911 (WFMS:58 )
- ↑ Settlement to several uses including to provide for use of the surname and arms of Fleming, 1837 (WFMS:209 | HRO 102M71/T12)
