Town Farm. Saxham Street.(tm90)
In 1959 F. Bloomfield is in Town Farm according to this invoice found in Jack Carter’s 1959 diary.
1914 request for applications for a seven year lease on Town Farm property. The occupier is still Charles Garrard, but with 22 acres being in the occupation of Emma Armstrong. Applications were to be made to the school’s head teacher, Mr A. Bramhall.
1899, 1904 and 1907 – occupier, Charles Garrard ( Family of Elsie Gyford)
Kellys 1916 Chas (Charles) Garrard
1891/2 Whites – Lucky Burrows, read about Lucky’s life
1888 Lucky Burrows hired 26a at Town Farm, Stowupland.
1885 – ‘Whites’- Robert Wilden
1874 – Whites – Robert Wilden
1865 – ‘Kellys’ William Wilden
1864 ‘Harrods’ and Rate Bk – William Wilden
1855 – ‘White’s – William Wilden
1844 – ‘White’s Martha Wilden
T.M. 1839/40 28a 3r 20p – Martha Wilden : Owner Stowupland Feoffees
No 90 Old Town farmhouse (Old) occ Martha Wilden
No 91 “ “ (new) then Garden owner Eliz Cooper,
occ George Fausdock
1834 late William Wilden now Martha Wilden (widow)
1827 – Terrier – late William Wilding, now Matthew Wilden. 1827 A farm consisting of a tenement, barn, stable and cowhouse. Also 7 peices of land containg 22 acres in the occupation of William Wilding (husband of Martha) and Matthew Wilding at an annual rent of £35.
1716 Terrier occ Thomas Sheldrake – 22 acres
In 1549 mention is made of a close and Wellers Tenement in Saxton Hamlet to John Goddard and is associated with Stowupland Town Lands (see also Quardlines for more about a close of tenement |Wallers called Symes in Saxton Hamlett)
In the 1839/40 tithe apportionments Little Wallers (tm 64) and Wallers Field (tm 94), whether these are linked to Wellers Tenement is not known.
