Farms
Farms, and details of the farmers from census records and trade directories, plus acreage from the 1919 Estate sale where applicable.
Caldecott
Duchy Farm
Joseph Gross
1789 Right of Common for 210 sheep & 42 cows.
William Richard Gross
1851 "farmer of 180 acres employing 4 men".
1861 "farmer of 180 acres employing 5 men & 2 boys".
1871 "farmer of 180 acres employing 4 men & boys".
1881 "farmer of 182 acres employing 3 men & 4 boys".
Thomas Eady
1891
Horace Samuel Grey
1940.
Duchy Farmhouse is now a private dwelling.
Manor Farm
Manor Farmhouse - the wall at the front has since been removed.
Listed as 288.2 acres in 1919 sale catalogue.
Nathaniel Martin
1841
Sophia Martin (widow of Nathaniel)
1851 "farmer of 285 acres employing 6 men".
Nathaniel Martin 1861 (son of Nathaniel Martin)
1861 "farmer of 285 acres employing 7 men and 3 boys".
1871 "farmer of 285 acres employing 9 men & 4 boys".
John Sharpe
1881 "farmer of 270 acres employing 7 men & 3 boys".
1891
1896 John Sharpe was elected as an Overseer of the Poor for a year.
1897 Farm auction as John Sharpe was retiring from farming.
Thomas Wilmott
1905
George Willmott
1910
Alfred Willmott
1911 & 1914
Poplars Farm
Listed as 393.4 acres in 1919 sale catalogue.
James Browning (1811 - 1872)
1841
1851 "farmer of 390 acres employing 10 labourers".
1861 "farmer of 391 acres employing 9 men & 5 boys".
1871 "farmer of 650 acres employing 15 men & 5 boys".
James and Mary Ann Osborn Browning in 1863.
By kind permission of his great great granddaughter Jessica Leslie, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Ebeneezer Jabez Browning (1857 - 1927)
1881 "farmer of 390 acres employing 7 men & 3 boys".
1891
In 1880 he is listed as a Hon. Secretary of the Annual Flower Show.
In 1889 a fire in the farmyard destroyed 9 stacks and number of outbuildings.
In 1895 he was elected as the first Chairman of the Parish Council.
E. Jabez Browning, with wife Rebecca, daughter Dorothy and son Bernard Manning.
Taken in 1908 at Rock Farm, Harlestone. By kind permission of Jessica Leslie, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Joseph Knight
1901, 1905, 1911 & 1914
Frederick J Knight
1924
Alfred Joseph Carr
1940
In 1947 a fire destroyed 180 tons of hay in two barns.
Top Farm
Listed as 22.7 acres in 1919 sale catalogue.
William Smith
1881 "farmer of 20 acres employing 1 boy".
1891 & 1905
Top Gate Farmhouse is now a private dwelling.
Chelveston
Chelveston (Anwell) Lodge Farm
Listed as 118.8 acres in 1919 sale catalogue - now in Stanwick parish.
Charles Bailey
1841
1851 "farmer of 118 acres employing 3 men".
1861 "farmer of 116 acres of land employing 1 labourer & 1 boy".
Benjamin Browning
1874 and 1887.
Samuel Denton
1881 "farmer of 120 acres employing 2 men & 2 boys".
1891 & 1901.
Charles W Lay
1905 & 1914.
Duchy Farm
Duchy Farmhouse - since demolished.
Listed as 68.4 acres in 1919 sale catalogue.
Thomas Britten
1861 "farmer of 11 acres
1871 "farmer of 12 acres".
1881 "farmer of 60 acres employing 3 men & 1 boy".
1891.
Alfred Britten
1905 & 1914.
Jack McCauley
1943
Duchy Farm has been developed over and is now Duchy Close.
Hall (Yard) Farm
Listed as 99.8 acres in 1919 sale catalogue.
Fredrick N Britten
1901 & 1905
Frederick G Knight (son of Joseph Knight)
1940
Middle Farm
Middle Farm circa 1910
Listed as 154.4 acres in 1919 sale catalogue
Harry Smith
1901 & 1910
Joseph Charles Brittin (son of Charles Brittin)
1943
Middle Farmhouse is now a private dwelling.
Pastures Farm
Listed as 295.1 acres in 1919 sale catalogue.
Charles Brittin
1901, 1905, 1914 & 1924.
Bert Page is believed to have farmed this in the 1930's, until it was sold in 1939.
Pastures Farm has been developed over and is now Britten Close.
Top Farm
Listed as 79.7 acres in 1919 Sale Catalogue.
George Wyldes
1890, 1901, 1905 & 1914
George Edward Brittin (son of Charles Brittin). He was the ARP Warden for Chelveston during WW2.
1924 & 1940.
Joseph Charles Brittin (son of Charles Brittin)
1950
Top Farmhouse is now a private dwelling.