Lease of Chilworth Manor Farm, 1872
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Lease of Chilworth Manor Farm, 1872[1] is a document from Bundle 46.
Abstract/description
Lease for 21 years at £50 rent: Chilworth Manor Farm; plan endorsed. 13 Apr 1872. i) John Brown Willis Fleming ii) Richard Pink.
LEASE OF MANOR FARM AT MANOR HOUSE TO RICHARD PINK
25.3.1872 BY JOHN BROWNE WILLIS FLEMING, FOR 21 YEARS - £50 RENT
Containing 95 acres, 2 roods and 15 Perches, with the House, cottage, Barns & Stables, and outbuildings and there on including:
157 Stoney Piece Garden
158 Cottage & Garden
162 Gardens Plots
167 Cottage Barns and Stables.
168 pasture
169 Fann Buildings
184/185 Home Copse(Benhams)
185a Haslings
188/189 O1d Park
195/196/197 Spring Ground
198/199 Lower Mead.
157 Refers to land between old Roman Road and old Chilworth Post Office.
158 Cottage & Garden could refer to the Old Post Office.
162 Garden Plots were situated behind the Pasture and almost up to Woodlands.
167 Farm cottage, barns and stables.
168 Pasture behind the farm where today stand 2 large buildings attached to the Science Park on the right hand approach to the manor.
169 Farm Buildings. The whole of the farm cottage and buildings stood on land on the right hand side of the approach to the back entrance of the manor. Only the stables and kennels remain and an old granary which stands on four stone mushrooms.
184/5 Comprises on land previously marked Benhams situated on the right hand side of the avenue to Kennels Farm, now being developed as part of the Science Park.
185a Hastings is a copse on the leftward side of the same avenue.
188/9 The Old Park. This is land where the Science Park has been established with the double avenue of Lime Trees leading through to the woodlands of Ingersley. This woodland now has a section of the M27 running through Chilworth towards Rownhams.
195/6/7 Spring Ground. Land on the left of Kennels Farm.
198/9 Lower Mead. Land on the left of Kennels Farm.
Transcription and additional notes by Mrs Jean Evans
