{"id":18403,"date":"2022-11-12T12:44:57","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T12:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/?p=18403"},"modified":"2023-06-08T19:34:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T19:34:32","slug":"the-history-of-feeches-farm-eastwood-essex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/the-history-of-feeches-farm-eastwood-essex\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of Feeches Farm, Eastwood, Essex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 24pt;\">The History of Feeches Farm, Eastwood, Essex<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>And The Development of <\/strong><strong>Feeches Estate<u><br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><\/span>(<strong>North Crescent, South<\/strong><strong> Crescent &amp; <\/strong><strong>Feeches Road<\/strong><strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Feeches Farm<\/strong> was situated on Rochford Road, Eastwood, Essex up until the early 1920s, and encompassed 35 acres of arable and pasture land (originally two fields names named <strong>Great Feeches\u00a0<\/strong>and <strong>Little Feeches<\/strong>). The rough oval-shaped plot was historically situated on the very southeast corner of Eastwood borough but now falls into the Prittlewell district of Southend-On-Sea, with Southend Airport just to the north.<\/span><\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-18403 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1873-1880-Parish-Boundiries.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"1500\" height=\"1060\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1873-1880-Parish-Boundiries.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-18551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1873-1880-Parish-Boundiries.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1873-1880-Parish-Boundiries-250x177.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1873-1880-Parish-Boundiries-200x140.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-18551'>\r\n\t\t\t\tEssex Sheet LXXVIII, Surveyed 1873, Published 1880 (with parish boundaries marked)\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p>The following maps document the development of the two fields which made up Feeches Farm, from <strong>1840<\/strong> to the present day. The smaller field on the right with the cottage measured just over 5 acres, and the larger field on the left was just over 29 acres. A farmhouse was built c.<strong>1872<\/strong>, but there was little change between <strong>1880<\/strong> and <strong>1898<\/strong> as far as the fields were concerned. During <strong>1899<\/strong> the land was marked out with three new roads (North Crescent, South Crescent, and Feeches Road), divided up into plots and put up for sale.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-18403 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1840.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"1272\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1840.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-18619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1840.jpg 1272w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1840-250x110.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1272px) 100vw, 1272px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-18619'>\r\n\t\t\t\tEastwood Tithe Map 1840\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1873-1880.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"1272\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1873-1880.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-18478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1873-1880.jpg 1272w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1873-1880-250x110.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1272px) 100vw, 1272px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-18478'>\r\n\t\t\t\tEssex Sheet LXXVIII, Surveyed 1873, Published 1880\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1895-1898.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"1272\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1895-1898.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-18479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1895-1898.jpg 1272w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1895-1898-250x110.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1272px) 100vw, 1272px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-18479'>\r\n\t\t\t\tEssex Sheet LXXVIII.NW, Surveyed 1895, Published 1898\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p>The map from <strong>1923<\/strong> shows there had still been very little development up until this point, which is odd considering the land had been sold as building plots over twenty years previous (even taking WWI into account). By <strong>1938<\/strong> a large majority of the land had been housed, with the old farmhouse still present against Rochford Road.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-18403 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1920-1923.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"1272\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1920-1923.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-18480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1920-1923.jpg 1272w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1920-1923-250x110.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1272px) 100vw, 1272px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-18480'>\r\n\t\t\t\tEssex Sheet nLXXXIII, Surveyed 1920, Published 1923\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1938-1945.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"1272\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1938-1945.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-18481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1938-1945.jpg 1272w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1938-1945-250x110.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1272px) 100vw, 1272px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-18481'>\r\n\t\t\t\tEssex Sheet nLXXXIII.SW, Revised 1938\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p>Essex Archives contains building plans from <strong>1921-1933<\/strong> for this estate, showing fifty-seven of the bungalows (mostly in South Crescent) were owned and built by <strong>Joseph TURNER<\/strong> and <strong>John Henry TURNER<\/strong> of &#8220;The Orchard&#8221;, South Crescent. A further 52 bungalows and houses were also built during this time by various other owners.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-18403 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Essex-Archives-Building-Plans.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"172\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Essex-Archives-Building-Plans-250x172.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-18556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Essex-Archives-Building-Plans-250x172.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Essex-Archives-Building-Plans.jpg 1527w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-18556'>\r\n\t\t\t\tBuilding Plans for Feeches Estate [1921-1933]\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p>A few empty plots still remained in <strong>1951<\/strong> but the old farmhouse had been replaced, and by <strong>1967<\/strong> nearly all plots had been built on. A small additional curved road had also been added on the west end in the adjoining field, linking North Crescent into Feeches Road. The adjoining fields to the north remain green to this day.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-5 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-5 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-5 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-5 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-18403 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1949-1951.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"1272\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1949-1951.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-18482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1949-1951.jpg 1272w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1949-1951-250x110.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1272px) 100vw, 1272px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-18482'>\r\n\t\t\t\tTQ8688 &#8211; A, Surveyed 1949, Published 1951\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1964-1967.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"1272\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1964-1967.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-18483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1964-1967.jpg 1272w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1964-1967-250x110.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1272px) 100vw, 1272px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-18483'>\r\n\t\t\t\tTQ88NE &#8211; B, Surveyed \/ Revised 1949-1864, Published 1967\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022-Satellite.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"1272\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022-Satellite.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-18487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022-Satellite.jpg 1272w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022-Satellite-250x110.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1272px) 100vw, 1272px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-18487'>\r\n\t\t\t\tGoogle Satellite Map 2022\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\r\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Maps throughout reproduced with the permission of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.nls.uk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Library of Scotland<\/a><\/strong>.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Newspaper articles throughout reproduced with the permission of the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">British Newspaper Archive<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>The British Library Board<\/strong>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">OWNERS, LEASEES &amp; OCCUPANTS<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1840-bef.1869 &#8211; Owner of Land <\/strong><a href=\"#wellesley\">William Pole Tylney Long WELLESLEY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>1840-1849 &#8211; Leaser of Land <\/strong><a href=\"#wren\">William Weld WREN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>bef.1869-1878 &#8211; Owner of Land &amp; Property<\/strong> (built after 1871) <a href=\"#keyes\">George William KEYES<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>1878-1886 Owner of Land &amp; Property <\/strong><a href=\"#allerton\">Alexander Rice ALLERTON<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>1881 &#8211; Occupants of Property <\/strong><a href=\"#long\">Robert LONG and family<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>1886-1899 &#8211; Owner of Land &amp; Property <\/strong><a href=\"#unknown\">Unknown Owner<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>1889 &#8211; Occupants <\/strong><a href=\"#chignell\">Samuel CHIGNELL and family<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>1891 &#8211; Leaser\/Owner?<\/strong> (not occupant) <a href=\"#vandervord\">Emanuel VANDERVORD<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>1891 &#8211; Occupant <\/strong>Edward NUNN and family (possible)<\/li>\n<li><strong>1896-1898 &#8211; Occupants <\/strong><a href=\"#wiffen\">William WIFFEN and family<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>1899 &#8211; Land Sold as Building Plots <\/strong>(but continued to be leased as farmland, with development of housing from <strong>1921<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>1901 &#8211; Occupants <\/strong><a href=\"#dennis\">Alfred DENNIS and family<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>1902 &#8211; Occupants <\/strong><a href=\"#fenner\">James FENNER and family<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>1903-1904 &#8211; Occupants <\/strong><a href=\"#milner\">William Townsrow MILNER and family<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>1905-1917 &#8211; Occupants <\/strong><a href=\"#chase\">Charles CHASE and family<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>1918-1937 &#8211; Occupants of House (Owner?) <\/strong><a href=\"#conquest\">George Benjamin Oliver CONQUEST and wife Harriett<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a id=\"wellesley\"><\/a>William Pole Tylney Long WELLESLEY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Eastwood Tithe Award dated <strong>1840<\/strong> shows &#8220;<strong>Great Feeches<\/strong>&#8221; and &#8220;<strong>Little Feeches<\/strong>&#8221; were owned by <strong>William Pole Tylney Long WELLESLEY, 4th Earl of Mornington<\/strong>, and leased to <strong>William Weld WREN<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>William WESLEY-POLE<\/strong> was born on 22nd Jun <strong>1788<\/strong> in London, with the spelling of &#8220;Wesley&#8221; altering to &#8220;Wellesley&#8221; in the early 1790s. He married wealthy commoner <strong>Catherine TYLNEY-LONG<\/strong> on 14th Mar <strong>1812<\/strong>, and added her surname to his own by Royal Licence, thus becoming &#8220;<strong>Pole Tylney Long Wellesley<\/strong>&#8220;. Catherine died on 12th Sep <strong>1825<\/strong>\u00a0but had already begun a relationship with married <strong>Helena Paterson BLIGH<\/strong> a couple of years previous. He married Helena in <strong>1828<\/strong> after she became widowed herself.<\/p>\n<p>Tithe records for Eastwood, taken in 1840, show Wellesley leased most of his land there to John LODWICK (about 294 acres), a further 24 acres to Messers TABOR &amp; RANKIN, and the 35 acres of Feeches Fields to William Weld WREN (which stood on their own, quite away from all the other plots of land Wellesley owned there). All 202 acres of land Wellesley owned in Prittlewell were leased to Thomas WORRIN.<\/p>\n<p>Wellesley was a well-known rake, debauchee, gambler and spendthrift, and succeeded his father as Earl of Mornington in 1845. He died in lodgings in London on 1st Jul <strong>1857 <\/strong>age 69, and not greatly thought of by all accounts!<\/p>\n<p>During his lifetime, Wellesley owned great swathes of land in Essex, including 339 acres in Eastwood and 187 acres in Prittlewell as recorded in the Tithe Awards. If he hadn&#8217;t already sold the land in Eastwood by the time he died in order to pay off his numerous debts, it may have been inherited by his son William Richard Arthur Pole Tylney Long WELLESLEY, 5th Earl of Mornington, who died in 1863 age 50.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><a id=\"wren\"><\/a>William Weld WREN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>William Weld WREN<\/strong> leased the two fields which made up Feeches from at least <strong>1840<\/strong> to <strong>1949<\/strong>, from owner <strong>William Pole Tylney Long WELLESLEY, 4th Earl of Mornington.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>William Weld WREN<\/strong> was born in <strong>1776<\/strong> in Southchurch, Essex. He married <strong>Mary VASSALL<\/strong> (born 19th Jul <strong>1777<\/strong> in Rochford, Essex) on 1st May <strong>1798<\/strong> in St Laurence and All Saints, Eastwood. They had ten children together born between 1799-1817. Mary was born on 19th Jul 1777 in Rochford, Essex.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Asser Vassall Wren<\/strong> (b.1799 in Eastwood, Essex)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>William Weld Wren<\/strong> (b.1801 in Southchurch, Essex)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Richard Weld Wren<\/strong> (b.1802 in Southchurch, Essex)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Mary Ann Weld Wren<\/strong> (b.1804 in Southchurch, Essex)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Eliza Weld Wren<\/strong> (b.1806 in Southchurch, Essex)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Thomas John Wren<\/strong> (b.1808 in Eastwood, Essex)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Ellen Wren<\/strong> (b.1810 in Eastwood, Essex)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Robert Wren<\/strong> (b.1812 in Eastwood, Essex)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Erasmus Wren<\/strong> (b.1815 in Eastwood, Essex)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Henry Wren<\/strong> (b.1817 in Eastwood, Essex)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>William was a farmer and owned over 100 acres of land in Eastwood, and leased a further 445 acres in the same parish. The family lived at &#8220;Eastwoodbury&#8221; (later Bury Priory) in Eastwood, next to St Lawrence &amp; All Saints Church, and not to far from Feeches fields. Eastwoodbury was demolished when Southend Airport was built (after 1935), its footprint now under the runway.<\/p>\n<p>William&#8217;s wife Mary died on 3rd Jan <strong>1830<\/strong> at age 52. He was age 65 when the <strong>1841 <\/strong>census was taken, still living at Eastwoodbury and working as a farmer. The <strong>1840 Tithe Award for Eastwood<\/strong> recorded he owned over 132 acres of land in Eastwood and several cottages in both Eastwood and Prittlewell. He also leased a further 432 acres of land in Eastwood, including &#8220;<em><strong>Little Feeches<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; and &#8220;<em><strong>Great Feeches<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; from <strong>William Pole Tylney Long WELLESLEY<\/strong> (the only land WREN leased from him). There were no buildings on the land at this time. William&#8217;s other land in Eastwood was leased from <strong>Robert BRISTOW<\/strong> and the estate of <strong>James MEAKINS<\/strong>. Although it stated William was the occupier of all the houses he owned, I&#8217;m sure they would have rented out.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-6 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-6 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-6 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-6 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery galleryid-18403 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WREN-William-Weld-1840-Tithe-Eastwood-Leased.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WREN-William-Weld-1840-Tithe-Eastwood-Leased-250x372.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-18557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WREN-William-Weld-1840-Tithe-Eastwood-Leased-250x372.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WREN-William-Weld-1840-Tithe-Eastwood-Leased.jpg 893w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-18557'>\r\n\t\t\t\t1840 Eastwood Tithe &#8211; Land Leased by William Weld WREN\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WREN-William-Weld-1840-Tithe-Eastwood-Owned.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WREN-William-Weld-1840-Tithe-Eastwood-Owned-250x453.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-18561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WREN-William-Weld-1840-Tithe-Eastwood-Owned-250x453.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WREN-William-Weld-1840-Tithe-Eastwood-Owned.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-18561'>\r\n\t\t\t\t1840 Eastwood Tithe &#8211; Land Owned by William Weld WREN\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p>William died on 20th Jul <strong>1849<\/strong> at age 73. I am unsure what happened to his freehold and leasehold lands after his death.<\/p>\n<p>No property names were included in the <strong>1851<\/strong> Eastwood census, and there was no mention of Feeches in <strong>1861<\/strong> when descriptions were included. The farmhouse was most likely built on the land by the next known owner, who was <strong>George William KEYES<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><a id=\"keyes\"><\/a>George William KEYES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The next owner and occupier of Feeches Fields was <strong>George William KEYES<\/strong>, from at least <strong>1869<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>George was born in <strong>1825<\/strong> in Rochford, Essex and worked as a master butcher. He married <strong>Emma Charlotte CURLING<\/strong> (born 1830 in Hampstead, London) on 6th Jan <strong>1852<\/strong> at St Leonard&#8217;s Church in Shoreditch, London, and their first child was born just a few months later. The family moved to Prittlewell via Rochford shortly after this, where they had five more children, but sadly lost three of them at very young ages.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>George William Keyes<\/strong> (b.1852 in Bermondsey, London)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Emma Sophia Keyes<\/strong> (b. early 1854 (poss. late 1853) in Rochford district, Essex)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Samuel Keyes<\/strong> (b. late 1854 in Rochford district, Essex &#8211; d. late 1854, age 0)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Ellen Louisa Keyes<\/strong> (b. early 1856 in Rochford district, Essex &#8211; d. mid-1858 age 3)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Maria Keyes<\/strong> (b. late 1858 in Rochford district, Essex &#8211; d. late 1858 age 0)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Amelia Keyes<\/strong> (b. 1860 in Southend, Essex)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Emma herself died in Mar <strong>1863<\/strong> in Prittlewell age 33, and George remarried <strong>Louisa PRICE<\/strong> (born 1833 in Prittlewell) on 15th Oct <strong>1869<\/strong> at St Mary Le Strand in London. Shortly after this, a list of Foot-and-Mouth affected farms was printed in Dec, and included George William KEYES at &#8220;<em><strong>Feaches Field, Eastwood<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;. George also owned Potash Farm in Southchurch, and had a total of 72 sheep &#8220;<em>with the scab<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>By <strong>1871<\/strong>, the family were living at 13 High Street, Southend. Also in the household was a general domestic servant and a butcher&#8217;s apprentice. By Nov <strong>1872 <\/strong>they had left Southend and moved back to London. George then sold by auction his livestock from Feeches Farm, which is the first mention of it being a farm rather than just fields. The livestock included three dairy cows, a bull, five hogs and a horse, along with various other farm-related items. From Potash Farm, he auctioned off an acre of white turnips and cabbages.<\/p>\n<p>Again, as per the previous censuses, no mention of Feeches was recorded within Eastwood in <strong>1871<\/strong>. This map, surveyed in <strong>1873<\/strong> (published 1880), clearly shows there was now a property within the smaller field against Rochford Road, which also had a well. The dotted line marked the boundary between the parish of Eastwood and that of Prittlewell, which ran along the road the farmhouse was now situated on.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-7 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-7 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-7 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-7 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-7' class='gallery galleryid-18403 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1873-1880-Wide.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"1366\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1873-1880-Wide.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-7-18455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1873-1880-Wide.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1873-1880-Wide-250x113.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-7-18455'>\r\n\t\t\t\tEssex Sheet LXXVIII, Surveyed 1873, Published 1880\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p>On 6th Jun <strong>1878<\/strong>, George finally auctioned off the freehold to Feeches Farm, which included 35 acres of arable and pasture land, together with its &#8220;<em>cottage residence and buildings<\/em>&#8220;. It was bought by local farmer <strong>Alexander Rice ALLERTON <\/strong>for the princely sum of \u00a33,200 (over \u00a3265k as of 2021).<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-8 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-8 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-8 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-8 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-8' class='gallery galleryid-18403 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1872-11-Essex-Herald-Tuesday-19-November-1872-.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1872-11-Essex-Herald-Tuesday-19-November-1872--250x197.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-8-18420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1872-11-Essex-Herald-Tuesday-19-November-1872--250x197.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1872-11-Essex-Herald-Tuesday-19-November-1872-.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-8-18420'>\r\n\t\t\t\tEssex Herald &#8211; Tuesday 19 November 1872 \r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1878-05-Chelmsford-Chronicle-Friday-31-May-1878-.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1878-05-Chelmsford-Chronicle-Friday-31-May-1878--250x199.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-8-18422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1878-05-Chelmsford-Chronicle-Friday-31-May-1878--250x199.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1878-05-Chelmsford-Chronicle-Friday-31-May-1878-.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-8-18422'>\r\n\t\t\t\tChelmsford Chronicle &#8211; Friday 31 May 1878 \r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1878-06-Chelmsford-Chronicle-14-June-1878-1.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"134\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1878-06-Chelmsford-Chronicle-14-June-1878-1-250x134.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-8-18497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1878-06-Chelmsford-Chronicle-14-June-1878-1-250x134.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1878-06-Chelmsford-Chronicle-14-June-1878-1.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-8-18497'>\r\n\t\t\t\tChelmsford Chronicle 14 June 1878\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p>When the <strong>1881<\/strong> census was taken, George had been widowed once again. He was now age 56, working as a master butcher and living with his two daughters in Hackney, plus two domestic servants. He remarried early the following year to widow <strong>Eliza YOUNG <\/strong>nee <strong>CHALKIN\u00a0<\/strong>in London. Eliza was twenty years George&#8217;s junior (born 1845 in Croydon, Surrey), and had two daughters of her own from a previous marriage. Elisa and George had four children together.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Daisy Louisa Keyes<\/strong> (b.1882 in Kingsland, London)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Herbert William Keyes<\/strong> (b.1884 in Kingsland, London)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Lillian Matilda Keyes<\/strong> (b.1885 in Hoxton, London)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Frederick Stanley Keyes<\/strong> (b.1890 in Prittlewell, Essex)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The family had moved back into Essex by <strong>1890<\/strong>, taking residence at Minerva Cottage in Southend, where George continued to work as a butcher. By <strong>1901<\/strong> they had moved to North Shoebury, where George was now working as a self-employed market gardener (age 76). The family moved again shortly after this, to &#8220;Smithcroft&#8221; in Southchurch, where Eliza died on 12th Mar <strong>1904 at <\/strong>age 59. George died there not long afterwards, on 12th Feb <strong>1907<\/strong> age 82.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><a id=\"allerton\"><\/a>Alexander Rice ALLERTON<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Alexander Rice ALLERTON <\/strong>bought Feeches Farm in\u00a0<strong>1878<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Alexander was born on 8th Nov <strong>1834<\/strong> in Great Stambridge, Essex, and was the son of a farmer. He married <strong>Emily KILLWORTH<\/strong> (born 1835 in Southchurch) on 8th Jan <strong>1863<\/strong> in Dalston, London and they moved into Colemans Farm in Prittlewell, firstly as tenants, then as the owner after purchasing it in <strong>1869<\/strong>. They didn&#8217;t have any children together.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>1871<\/strong> census shows Alexander was farming 1033 acres, and employing 40 men and 6 boys and later bought <strong>Feeches Farm<\/strong> on 6th Jun <strong>1878<\/strong> when George William KEYES auctioned it off. Alexander and Emily were still living at Coleman&#8217;s farm in <strong>1881<\/strong>, where he was now farming half the amount of land at 500 acres, employing 15 men and 1 boy.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"long\"><\/a>Living at <strong>Feeches Farm<\/strong> in <strong>1881 <\/strong>were <strong>Robert LONG<\/strong> and his family, where Robert was working as a farm labourer, presumably in the employ of Alexander. Robert was born c.<strong>1835<\/strong> in Colchester, Essex, and wife <strong>Maria<\/strong> (nee unknown) was born <strong>1841<\/strong> in Asheldham, Essex. They had one son, born in 1865 (Arthur J Long), and the family were living in Chelmsford in 1871. There are next to no other records for this family, which disappears from records after 1881.<\/p>\n<p>As well as being a farmer, Alexander was also a Guardian of the Poor for the Rochford Union during <strong>1882<\/strong>, living at &#8220;The Oaks&#8221; in Southchurch. He was declared bankrupt on 6th Nov <strong>1885<\/strong>, and the following court case found his liabilities amounted to \u00a32140 18s 8d unsecured, and his assets amounted to \u00a31190 15s. He claimed the cause of his bankruptcy was &#8220;<em>attributed to depression in agriculture<\/em>&#8220;, and was also noted that he kept his books in an &#8220;<em>unsatisfactory way<\/em>&#8220;. Not long after he was declared bankrupt, an auction at <strong>Feeches Farm<\/strong> took place, selling various live and dead farming stock. Amongst the items were cart horses and other animals, ploughs, mowing and reaping machines, and other farming implements. He also auctioned off live and dead stock from Bridgeman&#8217;s Farm in Little Wakering. The following year, on 28th Jun <strong>1886<\/strong>, Feeches Farm went under the hammer once more (buyer unknown).<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-9 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-9 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-9 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-9 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-9' class='gallery galleryid-18403 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1885-11-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Friday-13-November-1885-.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1885-11-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Friday-13-November-1885--250x282.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-9-18423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1885-11-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Friday-13-November-1885--250x282.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1885-11-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Friday-13-November-1885-.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-9-18423'>\r\n\t\t\t\tSouthend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser &#8211; Friday 13 November 1885 \r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1885-12-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Friday-11-December-1885-.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"286\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1885-12-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Friday-11-December-1885--250x286.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-9-18424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1885-12-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Friday-11-December-1885--250x286.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1885-12-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Friday-11-December-1885-.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-9-18424'>\r\n\t\t\t\tSouthend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser &#8211; Friday 11 December 1885 \r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1886-06-Chelmsford-Chronicle-Friday-11-June-1886.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"246\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1886-06-Chelmsford-Chronicle-Friday-11-June-1886-250x246.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-9-18426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1886-06-Chelmsford-Chronicle-Friday-11-June-1886-250x246.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1886-06-Chelmsford-Chronicle-Friday-11-June-1886-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1886-06-Chelmsford-Chronicle-Friday-11-June-1886.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-9-18426'>\r\n\t\t\t\tChelmsford Chronicle &#8211; Friday 11 June 1886\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p>Alexander and his wife Emily had moved out of Colemans Farm and into &#8220;St Catherine&#8217;s&#8221;, London Road, Prittlewell by <strong>1891<\/strong> (still working as a farmer), then to Goal Farm in Barling, Essex by <strong>1894<\/strong>. He was an elected Guarding for Barling for a few years, and also a churchwarden of Little Wakering.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander died suddenly of a heart condition on the morning of Sat 10th Jan <strong>1901<\/strong>. He has been out shooting the previous day, in good health, but by midnight became ill with a pre-existing heart complaint. Medical assistance was swiftly called for via messengers to Southend but died before help arrived. He was age 66 and buried a few days later at Holy Trinity, Southchurch. Emily died at Goal Farm not long after on 24th Jan <strong>1903<\/strong> age 68.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><a id=\"unknown\"><\/a>Unknown Owner<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I have not discovered who bought Feeches Farm from <strong>Alexander Rice ALLERTON <\/strong>in <strong>1886<\/strong>\u00a0and then sold it again in <strong>1899<\/strong> as building plots for housing development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The land surrounding Feeches Farm began to change during the late 1880s&#8217;, with the construction of <strong>Eastwood Pumping Station<\/strong> between <strong>1888-1890<\/strong> just to the south of the land along Eastwood Road (now Princes Road), and the <strong>Southend Victoria<\/strong> railway line opening in <strong>1889<\/strong>, with its tracks passing nearby to the east of Rochford Road.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><a id=\"chignell\"><\/a>Samuel CHIGNELL<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Feeches Farm was occupied by <strong>Samuel CHIGNELL<\/strong> in <strong>1889<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Samuel was born 31st Dec <strong>1854<\/strong> in Ashelham, Essex, and married<strong> Annie GREEN<\/strong> (born 1858 in Eastwood) on 24th Nov <strong>1877<\/strong> at St Laurence and All Saints, Eastwood. They had six children together between 1878-1887.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Emily Elizabeth Chignell<\/strong> (b.1878 in Eastwood)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Florance Maud Chignell <\/strong>(b.1880 in Eastwood)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>William James Chignell <\/strong>(b.1882 in Eastwood)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Frances Lily Chignell<\/strong> (b.1883 in Eastwood)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Rose Hilda Chignell<\/strong> (b.1885 in Eastwood)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Alice May Chignell<\/strong> (b.1887 in Eastwood)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In <strong>1881<\/strong> Samuel and family were living at Junipers Farm, Eastwood, where Samuel was working as a farm labourer. The electoral records for <strong>1889<\/strong> list <strong>Samuel CHIGNELL<\/strong> as a resident of &#8220;Feeches Farmhouse&#8221;, but by <strong>1891<\/strong> the family were living in a cottage near Eastwoodbury. In 1901 they moved again, to 1 Wood Cottage near Wood Farm, and was working as a farm horseman. Annie died late Sep <strong>1904<\/strong> age 48, and Samuel remarried <strong>Susannah BETTS<\/strong> on 8th Jun <strong>1908<\/strong> at St Laurence and All Saints, Eastwood. Susannah was born 9th Nov 1861 in Nash, Buckingham, and up until marrying had been working as a general domestic servant.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel and Susannah were living at Westbarrow Hall, Eastwood in <strong>1911<\/strong> (part occupiers), where he was continuing to work as a farm horseman. By the time the <strong>1939<\/strong> register was taken, the couple had moved to Rayleigh. Samuel was now 85 and retired from ploughing. Both Samuel and Susannah&#8217;s deaths were recorded in the 1st quarter of 1945, age 90 and 83.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><a id=\"vandervord\"><\/a>Emanuel VANDERVORD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The electoral records for <strong>1891<\/strong> list <strong>Emanuel VANDERVORD<\/strong> as eligible to vote in Eastwood due to the qualifying property of &#8220;<strong>Feeches Farm<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Emanuel VANDERVORD<\/strong> was born <strong>1829<\/strong> in Southend and married <strong>Eliza Walker PETERS<\/strong> (born <strong>1831<\/strong> in Southend) on 29th Aug <strong>1855<\/strong> at St Mary the Virgin, Prittlewell. They had nine children together between 1857-1875.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>George Frederick Vandevord<\/strong> (b.1857 in Southend)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Amelia Eliza Vandervord<\/strong> (b.1859 in Southend, died age 0)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Frank Emanuel Vandevord<\/strong> (b.1860 in Southend)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Harry Charles Vandevord<\/strong> (b.1862 in Southend)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Albert Edward Vandervord<\/strong> (b.1864 in Southend, died age 0)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Rose Elizabeth Vandevord<\/strong> (b.1865 in Southend)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Ernest Chapman Vandevord<\/strong> (b.1869 in Southend)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Eliza Violet Vandervord<\/strong> (b.1873 in Southend)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Sydney Harold Vandervord<\/strong> (b.1875 in Southend)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Emanuel and his brother George both worked as corn merchants and hoymen (barge owners) and were the grandsons of Abraham VANDERVORD, who set up the company &#8220;Vandervord Bros&#8221; (hoymen, corn merchants, and farmers). Abraham held the copyhold to Prittlewell Priory and Milton Hall until his death in 1817 (amongst others) and also built the Minerva Hotel in 1793. The Vandervord family owned at least two houses at Grosvenor Place, on Marine Parade, Southend (just opposite Minerva Hotel), and Emanuel and family lived at 1 Grosvenor Place, Marine Parade, Southend for many years.<\/p>\n<p>Electoral records show George and Emanuel leased or owned land near Harp House in Eastwood between <strong>1884-1889<\/strong> (at least). Harp House was just up the road from Feeches Farm, and the <strong>1891<\/strong> electoral records show Emanuel was eligible to vote in Eastwood due to the qualifying land and property of &#8220;<strong>Feeches Farm<\/strong>&#8220;. He had land and property in Sutton called &#8220;Smithies Farm&#8221;, freehold land in lower Southend on Brewhouse Lane, and land at Fossetts Farm in Prittlewell. It&#8217;s possible Emanuel may have been the buyer of Feeches Farm in 1886, but could also have been the leaseholder.<\/p>\n<p>Feeches wasn&#8217;t listed by name on the <strong>1891<\/strong> census, going from Waterworks to an unnamed property, then Harp House. Whitehouse Farm, located just south-east of Feeches on the Rochford Road (not to be confused with another farm of the same name further west in the parish of Eastwood), was actually part of the Prittlewell enumeration district, so the unnamed property may well have been Feeches, which was occupied by <strong>Edward NUNN<\/strong> (an agricultural labourer) and family.<\/p>\n<p>Emanuel&#8217;s wife Eliza died on 3rd Jan 1905 age 74, and Emanuel died only days later on 17th Jan <strong>1905<\/strong> age 76.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><a id=\"wiffen\"><\/a>William WIFFEN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Between <strong>1896-1898<\/strong>, Feeches Farm was occupied by <strong>William WIFFEN<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>William WIFFEN<\/strong> was born in late <strong>1861<\/strong> in Danbury, Essex and grew up in nearby Woodham Mortimer. He married <strong>Rosetta MARSH<\/strong> in early <strong>1885<\/strong> in Heybridge, Essex (Rosetta&#8217;s home town) and they had two children together very soon after, both born in Southend where they had just moved.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Alice Louisa Gertrude Wiffen<\/strong> (b.1886 in Southend)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Mary Ann Wiffen<\/strong> (b.1887 in Southend)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The family were living at Elmville Cottage, Sutton Road, Prittlewell in <strong>1891<\/strong>, where William was working as a groom and gardener. Rosetta sadly died towards the end of <strong>1895<\/strong> age 33, leaving William with two young children to raise. By <strong>1896<\/strong>, the family had moved to Feeches Farm, as confirmed by two small newspaper adverts. By the time the second ad was placed, requesting help finding a strayed horse, William had remarried.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-10 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-10 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-10 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-10 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-10' class='gallery galleryid-18403 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1896-03-Barking-East-Ham-Ilford-Advertiser-Upton-Park-and-Dagenham-Gazette-Saturday-14-March-1896-.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1896-03-Barking-East-Ham-Ilford-Advertiser-Upton-Park-and-Dagenham-Gazette-Saturday-14-March-1896--250x40.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-10-18501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1896-03-Barking-East-Ham-Ilford-Advertiser-Upton-Park-and-Dagenham-Gazette-Saturday-14-March-1896--250x40.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1896-03-Barking-East-Ham-Ilford-Advertiser-Upton-Park-and-Dagenham-Gazette-Saturday-14-March-1896-.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-10-18501'>\r\n\t\t\t\tBarking, East Ham &#038; Ilford Advertiser, Upton Park and Dagenham Gazette &#8211; Saturday 14 March 1896 \r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1898-10-Barking-East-Ham-Ilford-Advertiser-Upton-Park-and-Dagenham-Gazette-Saturday-01-October-1898-.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"38\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1898-10-Barking-East-Ham-Ilford-Advertiser-Upton-Park-and-Dagenham-Gazette-Saturday-01-October-1898--250x38.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-10-18502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1898-10-Barking-East-Ham-Ilford-Advertiser-Upton-Park-and-Dagenham-Gazette-Saturday-01-October-1898--250x38.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1898-10-Barking-East-Ham-Ilford-Advertiser-Upton-Park-and-Dagenham-Gazette-Saturday-01-October-1898-.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-10-18502'>\r\n\t\t\t\tBarking, East Ham &#038; Ilford Advertiser, Upton Park and Dagenham Gazette &#8211; Saturday 01 October 1898 \r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\r\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p>William remarried on 27th Dec <strong>1897<\/strong> to <strong>Alice PERKINS<\/strong> at St Laurence and All Saints, Eastwood. William was now age 35, and Alice was just 20. Both were living in Eastwood, where William was working as a farmer, like his father. The following map, published in <strong>1898<\/strong>, shows the Feeches and surrounding area as it would have been when William was living there.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-11 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-11 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-11 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-11 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-11' class='gallery galleryid-18403 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wide-1895-1898.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"1366\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wide-1895-1898.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-11-18458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wide-1895-1898.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wide-1895-1898-250x113.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-11-18458'>\r\n\t\t\t\tEssex Sheet LXXVIII.NW, Surveyed 1895, Published 1898\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p>The land around <strong>Feeches Farm<\/strong> was divided into plots for development, with the first auction held on 15th May <strong>1899<\/strong>. There were several newspaper adverts and reports of the auction, but no indication as to who owned the land, referred to as &#8220;<em><strong>Prittlewell Crescent Estate<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;. This included various plots along Rochford Road, one of which may have been the farmhouse, and described as &#8220;a<em> bungalow with three adjoining plots<\/em>&#8220;, and another plot for a &#8220;<em>hotel site<\/em>&#8220;. The land within the estate was plotted out into roads, and named as Feeches Road, North Crescent and South Crescent. A majority of the plots had an 18ft frontage by about 100ft deep, and a second auction was held on May 29th.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-12 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-12 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-12 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-12 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-12' class='gallery galleryid-18403 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1899-05-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-11-May-1899.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"257\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1899-05-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-11-May-1899-250x257.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-12-18470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1899-05-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-11-May-1899-250x257.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1899-05-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-11-May-1899-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1899-05-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-11-May-1899.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-12-18470'>\r\n\t\t\t\tSouthend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser &#8211; Thursday 11 May 1899\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1899-05-Essex-Herald-Tuesday-23-May-1899.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1899-05-Essex-Herald-Tuesday-23-May-1899-250x266.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-12-18469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1899-05-Essex-Herald-Tuesday-23-May-1899-250x266.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1899-05-Essex-Herald-Tuesday-23-May-1899.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-12-18469'>\r\n\t\t\t\tEssex Herald &#8211; Tuesday 23 May 1899\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1899-05-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-25-May-1899.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1899-05-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-25-May-1899-250x322.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-12-18472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1899-05-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-25-May-1899-250x322.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1899-05-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-25-May-1899.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-12-18472'>\r\n\t\t\t\tSouthend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser &#8211; Thursday 25 May 1899\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1899-06-Essex-Herald-Tuesday-06-June-1899.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"59\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1899-06-Essex-Herald-Tuesday-06-June-1899-250x59.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-12-18473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1899-06-Essex-Herald-Tuesday-06-June-1899-250x59.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1899-06-Essex-Herald-Tuesday-06-June-1899.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-12-18473'>\r\n\t\t\t\tEssex Herald &#8211; Tuesday 06 June 1899\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p>The land surrounding the farm had been nearly all sold off by this time but remained in use for farming. The last few plots were auctioned off on 15th Jul <strong>1902<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-13 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-13 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-13 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-13 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-13' class='gallery galleryid-18403 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1902-07-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-10-July-1902-1.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1902-07-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-10-July-1902-1-250x249.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-13-18476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1902-07-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-10-July-1902-1-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1902-07-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-10-July-1902-1-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1902-07-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-10-July-1902-1.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-13-18476'>\r\n\t\t\t\tSouthend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser &#8211; Thursday 10 July 1902\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\r\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p>William and family had moved to Hall Farm in Southchurch by 1911, where he was working as a farmer, carman and contractor. William and his new wife Alice lost their first child at only a few months old in 1899, and had their second and last child in 1904.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Edna Grace Leslie Wiffen<\/strong> (b.1899 &#8211; d.1899, age 0)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>William Leslie Wiffen<\/strong> aka <strong>Leslie William Wiffen<\/strong> (b.1904 at Hall Farm, Southchurch)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The family continued to live at Hall Farm until <b>1926<\/b> when William retired at age 65. He also leased Biggles Bush Farm in Eastwood between 1914-1926, and Upper Edwards Hall Farm too from 1914. William and Alice then moved to Restville, Bellhouse Road, Eastwood, where he died on 13th Jun <strong>1947<\/strong> at age 85. Alice died in mid-<strong>1951<\/strong> in the Brentwood district at age 74.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"dennis\"><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Alfred Perrin DENNIS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In <strong>1901<\/strong>, Feeches Farm was occupied by <strong>Alfred Perrin DENNIS<\/strong> and family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alfred Perrin DENNIS<\/strong> was born in <strong>1872<\/strong> in Eastwood, Essex and his father farmed Westbarrow Hall in Eastwood. Alfred married <strong>Harriet Eliza ELLIS<\/strong> on 11th Feb <strong>1899<\/strong> and they were living at\u00a0 <strong>Feeches Farm <\/strong>when the <strong>1901<\/strong> census was taken. Sadly, Alfred died only a few months later on 23rd Sep 1901 age 29, having just moved into 4 Three Ashes Cottage nearby. Harriet remarried in <strong>1909<\/strong> to <strong>Arthur James EVE<\/strong>, and they were living at 4 Three Ashes Cottage when the <strong>1911<\/strong> census was taken. They had one son born in <strong>1912<\/strong>\u00a0and were all still living at 4 Three Ashes Cottage in 1939. Harriet died in <strong>1848<\/strong> age 72, and Arthur in 1966 age 91.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><a id=\"fenner\"><\/a>James FENNER<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>James FENNER<\/strong> lived briefly at Feeches farmhouse in <strong>1902<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>James FENNER<\/strong> was born in <strong>1843<\/strong> in Chelmsford, Essex, the son of a Sergeant in the 20th the 93rd Regiment. He travelled to Canada c.1860, where he met and married his wife <strong>Catherine PHELAN<\/strong> on 7th Nov <strong>1866<\/strong>. They moved back to England (no children) and were living in Chatley, Essex in <strong>1871<\/strong>, where James was working as a police constable. His job moved him around Essex quite a bit, living in Ramsey in early <strong>1891<\/strong>, the Parkeston by the Oct, where he was promoted to sergeant. He was then transferred to Southend, back to Parkeston in 1893, back to Southend and then on to Witham in 1895. In <strong>1900<\/strong> he was living back in Southend, and in <strong>1901<\/strong> was at 3 Ashes Cottages, Watts Lane, Eastwood, now retired at age 58 and also a widower, Catherine having died at some point between 1891-1901.<\/p>\n<p>The electoral records for <strong>1902<\/strong> list James living at <strong>Feeches<\/strong>, Eastwood, but can only have been there very briefly as William Townsrow MILNER and family moved in the following year.<\/p>\n<p>James was living at 5 Fairfield Road, Upper Edmonton, London with his married niece and family in <strong>1911<\/strong>. His brother and sister-in-law were also living in the household. I&#8217;m not sure when or where James died.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><a id=\"milner\"><\/a>William Townsrow MILNER<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>William Townsrow MILNER <\/strong>aka <strong>Edward MILNER\u00a0<\/strong>and family lived in Feeches farmhouse during <strong>1903-1904<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>William was born in <strong>1846<\/strong> in Benington, Lincolnshire, the son of a saddler. He married <strong>Louisa Maria SNOW<\/strong> on 1st May <strong>1872<\/strong> in Chadderton, Lancashire and had five children between 1873-1880. They lost their third child at under 3 months, and their fifth at not much older in <strong>1880<\/strong>. Louise sadly died the following year in early <strong>1881<\/strong> age 28.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>William Snow Milner<\/strong> (b.1873 in Oldham, Lancashire)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Mary Elizabeth Milner <\/strong>(b.1874 in Oldham, Lancashire)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Edith Alice Milner<\/strong> (b.1876 in Oldham, Lancashire &#8211; d.1876, age 0)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Edward John Milner <\/strong>(b.1878 in Oldham, Lancashire)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Victor Charles Milner<\/strong> (b.1880 in Oldham, Lancashire &#8211; d.1880, age 0)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The census was taken not long after this, showing William living in Oldham, Lancashire with his three young children, age 35 and working as a provision merchant. William re-married swiftly after this to <strong>Sarah NEWELL<\/strong> on 2nd Aug <strong>1882<\/strong> in Calverley, Yorkshire. Sarah was eleven years his junior and the daughter of a registrar. Interestingly, they had five witnesses sign the marriage register, rather than the usual two. William and Sarah had a child each year between 1883-1886 but was widowed once again in early <strong>1890<\/strong> when Sarah died at age 33.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Charlotte Ann Townsrow Milner<\/strong> (b.1883 in Southport, Lancashire)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Joseph William Milner<\/strong> (b.1884 in Oldham, Lancashire)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>John Newell Milner<\/strong> (b.1885 in Oldham, Lancashire)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Richard Banks Milner<\/strong> (b.1886 in Oldham, Lancashire)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>William is nowhere to be found in the <strong>1891 <\/strong>census. His oldest son, another William (age 16), had just joined the Navy, but his other two children from his first marriage remain undiscovered. William&#8217;s youngest four children from his second marriage were being looked after elsewhere; Charlotte age 7 was living with family, Joseph age 6 was lodging in Oldham, and John and Richard, ages 4 and 3, were visiting nearby in Tonge. William turns up next when he remarried for the third time to <strong>Georgina EVANS<\/strong>, a young Irish girl thirty-four years his junior. They married on 10th Aug <strong>1896 <\/strong>in Newington, Surry, where William was now working as a licensed victualler. William gave his age as 44 but was actually 50, and Georgina was just 16. The couple had eight children between 1897-1911, making William the father of seventeen children in total, although not all survived into adulthood.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Charlotte Elizabeth Milner\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(b.1897 in Wapping, London)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Charles Townsrow Milner<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(b.1899 in St George in the East, London)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Frederick Townsrow Milner<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(b.1900 in Prittlewell, Essex\u00a0 &#8211; d.1903, age 3)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">George Edward Milner<\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(b.1901 in Southend, Essex)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Alfred James Milner <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(b.1903 in Southend, Essex)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Harold Percival Milner\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(b.1907 in Southend, Essex)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Henry Thomas Milner\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(b.1909 in Southend, Essex)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Frank Walter Milner\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(b.1911 in Southend, Essex)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The family moved from London to Prittlewell, Essex in <strong>1900<\/strong>, where William set up in business as a coal merchant, trading under the name <strong>Edward MILNER &amp; Co<\/strong>, a name which he also went by from time to time as shown in the newspaper reports below and also on some of his children&#8217;s baptismal records. No sooner had William arrived in Essex than he began to get into trouble. Quite possibly a trend wherever he went. He was fined 8s 6d for leaving his horse unattended in Sep <strong>1900<\/strong>, 10s with 1ss costs for ill-treatment of his horse in Mar <strong>1901<\/strong>, and 2s 6d with 8s 6d costs for plying for trade without a licence in Jun <strong>1902<\/strong>. When the 1901 census was taken, William&#8217;s three sons from his second marriage were living with them, along with his three latest children (ages 3, 2 and 1). The family moved to the property on <strong>Feeches Farm<\/strong> not long after this, making use of the smaller plot of land the house was now attached to, including stables and sheds. I don&#8217;t believe he leased any of the other lands, which although sold off at this time, had seen no development.<\/p>\n<p>On 16th Jun <strong>1903<\/strong>, now living at <strong>Feeches Farm<\/strong>, William had an accident whilst driving two ladies in his four-wheeled cart, from which he was thrown, sustaining some nasty cuts to his head and bruises to his body (the ladies were fine). Their third child sadly died at age 3 towards the end of the year, and in the Dec William, as Edward MILNER, was summoned to court for cruelty to his horse (yet again), and fined 10s with 4s costs.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-14 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-14 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-14 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-14 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-14' class='gallery galleryid-18403 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1900-09-Chelmsford-Chronicle-Friday-07-September-1900-.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"79\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1900-09-Chelmsford-Chronicle-Friday-07-September-1900--250x79.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-14-18427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1900-09-Chelmsford-Chronicle-Friday-07-September-1900--250x79.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1900-09-Chelmsford-Chronicle-Friday-07-September-1900-.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-14-18427'>\r\n\t\t\t\tChelmsford Chronicle &#8211; Friday 07 September 1900 \r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1901-03-Essex-Newsman-Saturday-16-March-1901-.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"52\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1901-03-Essex-Newsman-Saturday-16-March-1901--250x52.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-14-18428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1901-03-Essex-Newsman-Saturday-16-March-1901--250x52.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1901-03-Essex-Newsman-Saturday-16-March-1901-.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-14-18428'>\r\n\t\t\t\tEssex Newsman &#8211; Saturday 16 March 1901 \r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1902-06-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-12-June-1902.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"149\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1902-06-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-12-June-1902-250x149.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-14-18429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1902-06-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-12-June-1902-250x149.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1902-06-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-12-June-1902.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-14-18429'>\r\n\t\t\t\tSouthend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser &#8211; Thursday 12 June 1902\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1903-06-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-18-June-1903-.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1903-06-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-18-June-1903--250x253.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-14-18430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1903-06-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-18-June-1903--250x253.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1903-06-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-18-June-1903--45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1903-06-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-18-June-1903-.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-14-18430'>\r\n\t\t\t\tSouthend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser &#8211; Thursday 18 June 1903 \r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1903-12-Essex-Newsman-Saturday-26-December-1903-.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1903-12-Essex-Newsman-Saturday-26-December-1903--250x192.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-14-18431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1903-12-Essex-Newsman-Saturday-26-December-1903--250x192.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1903-12-Essex-Newsman-Saturday-26-December-1903-.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-14-18431'>\r\n\t\t\t\tEssex Newsman &#8211; Saturday 26 December 1903 \r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\r\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p>On Sat 2nd Jan <strong>1904<\/strong>, a fire destroyed the stables and sheds at <strong>Feeches Farm<\/strong> along with their contents. It was stated that William entered the stables to get a bucket on the Saturday night and lit a match, and surmised that it dropped onto some coal sacks, where it smouldered before finally setting alight. A local bootmaker by the name of Mr DOWSETT was awoken by a couple of labourers after spying flames, who then went to look at the fire. He decided there was nothing to be done, and went back home without even waking the Milner household. Mr DOWSETT, it turns out, used to be a fireman, but as he no longer was at the time, did not bother to call the Brigade for help. One newspaper article stated William (as Edward, again) was insured, which is interesting to note as the following month he was declared bankrupt.<\/p>\n<p>William was working from 11 Wallace Avenue, Prittlewell when he went to court on 6th Apr 1904, stating his liabilities to be \u00a3293 5s (over \u00a327k today) with a deficiency of \u00a3280 12s. William received \u00a383 from the Phoenix Fire Insurance Office, which he cashed with one of his debtors and given \u00a377 change on Feb 6th (about \u00a37k today), then six days later filed for bankruptcy. William had failed to mention this money during his first examination, stating he had gone out on the Saturday night following and lost the whole lot whilst drunk. It was then discovered that he had actually tried to hide \u00a340 of this money by giving it to his wife, who asked her stepson to cash up the notes on Feb 17th, unaware that they would be traceable. A search warrant was then issued for their family home at Perry&#8217;s Cottages, East Street, Prittlewell to ascertain if any of the money was still hidden there. Sadly, I have found no further articles regarding this case.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-15 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-15 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-15 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-15 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-15' class='gallery galleryid-18403 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1904-01-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-07-January-1904.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1904-01-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-07-January-1904-250x627.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-15-18444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1904-01-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-07-January-1904-250x627.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1904-01-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-07-January-1904-613x1536.jpg 613w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1904-01-Southend-Standard-and-Essex-Weekly-Advertiser-Thursday-07-January-1904.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-15-18444'>\r\n\t\t\t\tSouthend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser &#8211; Thursday 07 January 1904\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1904-04-Essex-Weekly-News-Friday-08-April-1904.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"164\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1904-04-Essex-Weekly-News-Friday-08-April-1904-250x164.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-15-18434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1904-04-Essex-Weekly-News-Friday-08-April-1904-250x164.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1904-04-Essex-Weekly-News-Friday-08-April-1904.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-15-18434'>\r\n\t\t\t\tEssex Weekly News &#8211; Friday 08 April 1904\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\r\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p>The Milner family moved around Prittlewell up until <strong>1911<\/strong> when William was living at 5 Fairfax Drive, now working as a gardener with his own account. He stated to have been married for fifteen years and had six children from that marriage (all still living), but this was just the number of children who were living with William at the time the census was taken (he actually had eight from this marriage, one of which had died). His wife Georgina was visiting her sister&#8217;s family in Southwark, London, with her youngest child, who was just two months old. She was recorded as having been married for two years, with one child born from the marriage, which is odd. William died in mid-<strong>1919<\/strong> in the Rochford district at age 74. I have not been able to trace Georgina after the 1911 census.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><a id=\"chase\"><\/a>Charles CHASE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Charles CHASE<\/strong> leased <strong>Feeches Farm<\/strong> in <strong>1905<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Charles was born in <strong>1835<\/strong> in Woodham Ferrers, Essex, the son of an agricultural labourer. He married <strong>Eliza RAVEN <\/strong>on 1st Oct <strong>1859<\/strong> at St Mary the Virgin, Woodham Ferrers and had eight children between 1860-1881, losing their third child at 21 months old in <strong>1867<\/strong>. By <strong>1871<\/strong> the family were living in Hawkwell, Essex where Charles was working as a horse keeper. Tragedy struck again in <strong>1877<\/strong> when their sixth child died at age 3 and their last child at just 7 months old. The family were still living in Hawkwell in 1881, William now working as a farm bailiff and living at Parsonage Farm. Eliza had her eighth and last child in Oct of that year, but he sadly died seven months later.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Emma Chase<\/strong> (b.1860 in West Hanningfield, Essex)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>George Chase<\/strong> (b.1862 in Prittlewell, Essex)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Joseph Chase<\/strong> (b.1865 in Hawkwell, Essex &#8211; d. 1867, age 21 months)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Ellen Chase<\/strong> (b.1868 in Hawkwell, Essex)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>William Charles Chase<\/strong> (b.1872 in Hawkwell, Essex)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Albert Henry Chase<\/strong> (b.1874 n Hawkwell, Essex &#8211; d.1877, age 3)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Percy John Chase<\/strong> (b.1878 in Hawkwell, Essex)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Herbert Arthur Chase<\/strong> (b.1881 in Hawkwell, Essex &#8211; d.1882, age 7 months)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The family had moved to Rochford by <strong>1891<\/strong>, where Charles was now working as a farmer, age 56 (although stated to be 52). They then moved again and were living at &#8220;Briarfield&#8221; in Prittlewell when the <strong>1901<\/strong> census was taken, and Charles was working as a farmer with his own account at home, now age 66.<\/p>\n<p>Charles leased <strong>Feeches Farm<\/strong> after William MILNER left in <strong>1904<\/strong>, and renamed the farmhouse \u201c<strong>Nordeck Villa<\/strong>\u201d. The land had been marked out with wooden stakes to indicate the various sold plots, with a rail all around to prevent people and horses from going in, but otherwise open from the road. Charles was also able to lease many (if not all) of the plots for his dairy cattle, indicating much of the land had been bought by the same developer when auctioned off in 1899.<\/p>\n<p>On 12th Feb <strong>1905<\/strong>, Charles discovered a trespasser on his land whilst out milking cows with his son Percy. The trespasser was one George THIPTHORPE, age 30, of Fairfax Drive, and armed. As Charles went towards him, he raised his gun and shot, hitting Charles in the lower part of his face. Charles, bleeding, shouted for help from his son, who then pursued THIPTHORPE, who once again pointed his gun before walking away. Luckily Charles was not seriously hurt, and finished his work milking, before sending Percy for a constable. THIPTHORPE was later arrested, but broke free, causing a large man-hunt to ensue and his eventual re-capture. THIPTHORPE had been found on the land previous to this, stating to Charles that he had a right to be there. He did not and was poaching for rabbits and birds. During the trial, it was revealed that THIPTHORPE kept his unlicensed gun in two parts, so he could hide it from detection. He stated the whole thing to have been an accident, and that he never spoke to Charles, but was found guilty of unlawful wounding and sentenced to three months hard labour in Jun 1905. The judge told him to &#8220;<em>stop carrying those guns the barrels of which go down your trousers and the stocks in your pocket<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Only four months later, George THIPTHORPE&#8217;s brother, Bert THIPTHORPE, was found trespassing on Feeches Farm in search of conies, with another man, George ELLIS, and a dog. When approached by Charles&#8217;s son and then himself, the men threatened them and, stated they had as much right to be there and he did. Previous game trespass convictions were proved against THIPTHORPE, who was fined \u00a32, plus 4s court costs and 3s witness&#8217; expenses. ELLIS was fined \u00a31, plus the same costs. Being fined obviously meant very little to Bert THIPTHORPE, as he and another friend, Frederick FRANKLIN, were found poaching conies once again the following month. The case went to court the following Jan and THIPTHORPE was once again found guilty. This time he was fined 40s and 5s 6d costs or 40 days. FRANKLIN was fined 10s and 5s 6d costs or 7 days.<\/p>\n<p>Charles&#8217;s wife Eliza died in Feb <strong>1906 at <\/strong>age 69, and Charles on 9th Sep <strong>1908 <\/strong>at &#8220;Nordeck Villa&#8221;, at age 73. Their son Percy, and his sister Ellen, were still living at &#8220;Nordeck Villa&#8221; in <strong>1911<\/strong>, Percy continued to work as a dairyman with his own account at home, so still working from Feeches Farm. It was described as having \u201cfive rooms\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>During WWI, the land just to the north of Feeches Farm began use as a flying base, with regular activity throughout the war. Percy married Emily Sarah SORRELL on 1st Jan <strong>1917<\/strong>, describing both himself and his father as a \u201cDairy Farmer\u201d, and still living in Eastwood. By the time the war was over, Percy and Emily had moved to West Street, Rochford, and George Oliver CONQUEST and wife Harriett moved into Nordeck Villa. Percy and Emily don\u2019t appear to have had any children, and he sadly died at the end of Apr 1925 age 46.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><a id=\"conquest\"><\/a>George Benjamin Oliver CONQUEST<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>George Benjamin Oliver CONQUEST<\/strong> and family moved into the old farmhouse, now <strong>Nordeck Villa<\/strong> on the <strong>Feeches Estate<\/strong>, in <strong>1918<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>George Benjamin Oliver CONQUEST<\/strong> was born in early <strong>1858<\/strong> in Hoxton, London to <strong>George Augustus Oliver Conquest<\/strong> and <strong>Elizabeth OZMOND<\/strong>. The Conquest family had been in the entertainment industry since the 1820s, and have an interesting history. George&#8217;s paternal grandparents were <strong>Benjamin Oliver CONQUEST<\/strong>, nee OLIVER, who was born 3rd Dec <strong>1803<\/strong> in Clerkenwell, London (then part of Middlesex), to a tailor father named George Augustus OLIVER, and <strong>Clarissa Ann BENNETT<\/strong>\u00a0who was born 29th Jul <strong>1801<\/strong> in Wandsworth, Surrey, the daughter of a lighterman.<\/p>\n<p>In Nov <strong>1823<\/strong>, when <strong>Clarissa Ann BENNETT <\/strong>was 22, she bore a daughter to comedian and actor <strong>Henry Roxby BEVERLY<\/strong>, nee ROXBY, whom she later married in Whitechapel on 9th Oct <strong>1826<\/strong>. As is still common today within the world of entertainment, &#8220;Beverly&#8221; was a stage name, also used by Henry&#8217;s father, William Roxby BEVERLY, a theatre manager. Things get a bit more confusing after this! Their daughter was baptised in <strong>1830<\/strong> as &#8220;Clarissa Ann BENNET&#8221;, (aka Clara) the &#8220;<em>daughter of Clarissa Ann BENNET by Henry ROXBY, gentleman<\/em>&#8220;. A second daughter, Fanny Louisa Roxby BEVERLY, was born in <strong>1832<\/strong> up in Liverpool, where Henry had travelled to work (possibly by Clarissa, but possibly not!). It&#8217;s also possible Clarissa had a son with Benjamin Oliver CONQUEST in between this time during 1829, who was baptised &#8220;Benjamin Oliver CONQUEST&#8221; in Whitechapel with parents &#8220;Benjamin &amp; <em>Cecillia<\/em> CONQUEST&#8221; (no further records of this child are found, so likely died). Either way, Henry deserted his wife and daughters in <strong>1832<\/strong>, and Clarissa set up home with Benjamin, and had six children together between 1834-1846.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Benjamin Oliver Conquest<\/strong> (<em>possible first child (mother &#8220;Cecillia&#8221;)<\/em>, b.1829 in Whitechapel, London)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Ellen Oliver Conquest<\/strong> (b. 26 Jul 1834 in Whitechapel, London)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">George Augustus Oliver Conquest<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(b. 04 May 1837 above Garrick Theatre, <\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Whitechapel, London) <\/span><\/em><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">George Benjamin Oliver Conquest&#8217;s father<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Amelia Oliver Conquest<\/strong> (b. 20 May 1838 in Whitechapel, London)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Marian Oliver Conquest <\/strong>(b. 10 Jun 1840 in Whitechapel, London)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Laura Oliver Conquest<\/strong> (b. 1842 in Whitechapel, London)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Isabella Oliver Conquest<\/strong> (b. 1846 in Marleybone, London)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>When the <strong>1841<\/strong> census was taken, Clarissa was living in Gravesend, Kent and recorded as &#8220;Clarissa BENNET&#8221;, with unmarried sister Ann BENNET, and four children aged 6, 4, 3 and 1, all with the surname &#8220;CONQUEST&#8221;. Benjamin, recorded as &#8220;Benjamin OLIVER&#8221;, was living at Leman Street, Whitechapel, and working as a licenced victualler and manager of the Garrick Theatre next door (now a pub, currently called &#8220;<em><strong>The Oliver Conquest<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;). Also present within the household was Clarissa&#8217;s eldest daughter, 17-year-old &#8220;Clara BENNETT&#8221; (Henry&#8217;s daughter), who, although not stated, was working as an actress. Two years prior to this, the 15-year-old Clara attempted to elope at Kensington Church to an actor by the name of Richard COCERILL on 30th Dec 1838, but was discovered just time to stop it by her step-father!<\/p>\n<p>Clarissa&#8217;s second (possible) daughter by Henry Roxby BEVERLY was baptised at age 16 in <strong>1848<\/strong>, stated to be the daughter of &#8220;<em>Henry Roxby BEVERLY and Clare&#8221;<\/em>. The ceremony took place in St Pancras, but she was living in Scarborough at the time. I haven&#8217;t found her in the 1841 or 1851 censuses, and she died in 1862 age 30.<\/p>\n<p>By <strong>1851<\/strong>, Benjamin had taken over as proprietor of the Grecian Theatre and Eagle Tavern (next door) in Shoreditch. The property was rebuilt in 1858, by which time Benjamin and Clarissa&#8217;s son <strong>George Augustus Oliver CONQUEST<\/strong> was helping to run the place, as well as taking to the stage. George had married <strong>Elizabeth OZMOND<\/strong> the previous year on 9th Jul <strong>1857<\/strong>, and stated his occupation as &#8220;comedian&#8221;. \u00a0Their first child, <strong>George Benjamin Oliver CONQUEST<\/strong> (who would go on to live at Feeches), was born five months after they married on 9th Jan <strong>1858 <\/strong>(all their children were registered at birth with the surname &#8220;Oliver&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>Later in 1858, Clarissa went to court, as Mrs Clarissa Ann ROXBY, the wife of Henry ROXBY &#8220;<em>celebrated vocalists well known in the provinces<\/em>&#8221; (the north). During the previous years, Clarissa had by her own efforts as a dance teacher, acquired a property at Palace New Road, near Astley&#8217;s Theatre in Lambeth. She went to court under the new divorce act, seeking protection under section 21 to secure her property so her estranged husband would have no claim to it. In all the time since his desertion, Clarissa stated to have received no contact from him or financial assistance. No mention was made to her relationship with Benjamin, and interestingly, Clarissa made the claim in Southwark, rather than her own district of Lambeth (where she was told she would need to go to proceed). A few years previous, in 1852, Henry had been sent to debtors prison in York, so perhaps she was worried about him having a claim to her property if he became bankrupt again.<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin was age 57 when the <strong>1861 <\/strong>census was taken, working as a comedian and employed 160 people in the running of the Grecian Theatre and Eagle Tavern, whilst Clarissa was working as a ballet mistress. Son George and his wife were also living there with their first two children, George Jnr (of Feeches) and Elizabeth Jnr. George Jnr took to the stage at age four in <strong>1862<\/strong>, as a beetle in a pantomime produced by his grandfather at the Garrick.<\/p>\n<p>Clarissa&#8217;s estranged husband, <strong>Henry Roxby BEVERLY<\/strong>, died on 1st Feb <strong>1863<\/strong> at age 67, and very shortly afterwards, on 4th Mar, Clarissa and Benjamin finally married in Brighton, Sussex. Clarissa was living at 1 Black Lion Street in Brighton at the time, and Benjamin was still in Shoreditch. Clarissa died on 4th Nov <strong>1867<\/strong> at 25 West Street, Brighton age 67, and Benjamin remarried (under surname OLIVER) on 3rd Nov <strong>1870<\/strong> in Hoxton, London to 21-year-old <strong>Jane Elizabeth ALLEN<\/strong>. He was still working as a wine merchant and theatre proprietor, although his son George was now managing the business. George also wrote many of the melodramas performed at the Grecian, along with acting, pantomime and acrobatics. In fact, he had become one of the main attractions of the establishment. When the <strong>1871<\/strong> census was taken, Benjamin and his new wife Jane were living at the Eagle Tavern, along with five grandchildren (all George and Elizabeth&#8217;s, including George Jnr age 13), but George and Elizabeth themselves were nowhere to be found, nor their other three children (they had eight to date, but would go on to have a total of twelve).<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin died at his home of 46 New Road, Hoxton on 5th Jul <strong>1872<\/strong> age 68, and his health had been declining for some time. He left the Grecian Theatre to his son George. Benjamin&#8217;s young widow Jane swiftly remarried to a public house brokers agent named Thomas STOCK on 6th Aug <strong>1873<\/strong>. They don&#8217;t appear to have had any children, and she herself then died in 1884 aged 35.<\/p>\n<p>George Jnr was sent away for education to the College Communale at Boulogne, France. On his return he re-joined his father at the Grecian, taking on aerobatic and gymnastic parts on stage. The theatre was rebuilt a second time in <strong>1876<\/strong>, and that same year George and Elizabeth lost their eldest daughter (Elizabeth) at age 17.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-16 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-16 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-16 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-16 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-16' class='gallery galleryid-18403 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/George-Augustus-Oliver-Conquest.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/George-Augustus-Oliver-Conquest-250x336.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-16-18523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/George-Augustus-Oliver-Conquest-250x336.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/George-Augustus-Oliver-Conquest.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-16-18523'>\r\n\t\t\t\tGeorge Augustus Oliver Conquest, early 1870s [National Portrait Gallery NPG Ax7624]\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p>George Snr Snr <em>(pictured above, <strong>early 1870\u2019s<\/strong><\/em>) sold the Grecian Theatre a couple of years later to T. G. Clark, and the family toured the country with their pantomime entitled &#8220;<em>Grim Goblins<\/em>&#8221; (or the less catchy, but far more amusing &#8220;<em>Harlequin Octopus the Devil Fish, and the Fairies of the Flowery Dell<\/em>&#8220;), which had premiered at the Grecian during Christmas 1876. The company then went to America, performing &#8220;Grim Goblin&#8221; on Broadway, New York. Part of the show consisted of an aerial ballet, but on the opening night disaster struck, and father and son were thrown to the ground due to a damaged wire. George Jnr was badly shaken, but his father broke an arm and leg.<\/p>\n<p>On returning to England, George Jnr married his first cousin <strong>Harriett Isabel OZMOND<\/strong> (age 21 &amp; 20) on 19th Apr <strong>1879<\/strong> at the Register Office in Holborn. George married with the surname &#8220;Oliver&#8221;, and their three children were also all registered as &#8220;Oliver&#8221;, but used Conquest:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>George Augustus Oliver<\/strong> (b. early 1880 in Islington, London &#8211; d. 5th Jan 1893 in Southend, Essex, age 12)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Harriett Rosina Oliver<\/strong>, aka <strong>Harriett Rosina Oliver Conquest<\/strong> (b. 1881 in Enfield, London)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Frederick Oliver<\/strong>, aka <strong>Frederick Oliver Conquest<\/strong> (b. 23rd Apr 1885 in Brixton, London &#8211; d. 23rd Aug 1951 in Rochford Hospital, Essex)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>George Snr and his son took over the Surrey Theatre, London from William HOLLAND in <strong>1881<\/strong>, and began to put on the same style of shows they had produced at the Garrick. George Snr and family were living at 40 Carlton Road, Finsbury when the census was taken that year, simply noting his occupation as &#8220;actor&#8221;. Four of their now eleven children were present, with a further four found at Alexandra College For Ladies in Tottenham. George Jnr and family were living at &#8220;The Bell&#8221; in Enfield, where he was working as a publican, and his wife Harriet was several months pregnant with their second child. On 25th Apr <strong>1883<\/strong>, George Snr legally changed his surname by deed pole from OLIVER to CONQUEST.<\/p>\n<p>During <strong>1889<\/strong>, George Snr and Elizabeth lost another daughter (Daisy), at age 17, and George Jnr took on acting parts at Drury Lane. Then on 9th Dec <strong>1890<\/strong>, Elizabeth suffered a nasty head injury after jumping out of a moving carriage with run-away horses. At first, she appeared to recover but sadly died a few days later on the 18th age 52. The following year in <strong>1891<\/strong>, the widowed George and five of his children were living in Dulwich, South London, whilst George Jnr and family had moved to 1 Edinburgh Villas, Southchurch, Essex, where he was working as an actor. Sadly, George Jnr and Harriett&#8217;s eldest son died whilst there on 5th Jan <strong>1893<\/strong> at age 12.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-17 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-17 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-17 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-17 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-17' class='gallery galleryid-18403 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/George-Augustus-Oliver-Conquest-1895.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/George-Augustus-Oliver-Conquest-1895-250x336.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-17-18524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/George-Augustus-Oliver-Conquest-1895-250x336.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/George-Augustus-Oliver-Conquest-1895.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-17-18524'>\r\n\t\t\t\tGeorge Augustus Oliver Conquest, 1895 [National Portrait Gallery NPG x6359]\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p>George Snr&#8217;s (<em>pictured above, <strong>1895<\/strong><\/em>)\u00a0 last performance was in &#8220;Sinbad and the Little Old Man of the Sea&#8221; during <strong>1897<\/strong>, but he carried on working as a theatrical agent until he died on 14th May <strong>1901<\/strong> at his home &#8220;Hillsboro&#8221;, 49 Brixton Hill, Lambeth age 64. George Jnr took over the lease and management of the Surrey Theatre from his father up until <strong>1904<\/strong>, and also\u00a0leased and managed Terriss&#8217;s in Rotherhithe in <strong>1902<\/strong>. In late 1901, George and Harriett&#8217;s daughter, who now went by Cissy Oliver CONQUEST, married music hall artist Ernest Edwin GILES (using the surname Conquest).<\/p>\n<p>It was during <strong>1905<\/strong> that George and his wife Harriett moved back to Southend, where he took over as manager of the New Empire Theatre until <strong>1909<\/strong>. Son Frederick married Elizabeth Rose BAKER in Camberwell in 1909 (using the surname Conquest), and then moved to the Southend area with his parents. After leaving the Empire, George toured with his flying ballet and made his final public appearance at the Royal, Portsmouth before retiring to Ravenswood Chase, Eastwood in <strong>1916<\/strong> with his wife Harriett. Frederick enlisted as a Private into the Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge&#8217;s Own) during WWI and was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal on his discharge.<\/p>\n<p>George and Harriett moved one last time, this time into <strong>Nordeck Villa<\/strong> (formally <strong>Feeches<\/strong> farmhouse), Rochford Road, Eastwood. This map surveyed in 1920 and published in 1923, shows very little development had gone on within the Feeches Estate to date. This was all about to change, with many bungalows and a few houses erected over the next few years.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-18 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-18 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-18 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-18 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-18' class='gallery galleryid-18403 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1920-1923-Wide-a.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"1366\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1920-1923-Wide-a.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-18-18412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1920-1923-Wide-a.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1920-1923-Wide-a-250x113.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-18-18412'>\r\n\t\t\t\tEssex Sheet nLXXXIII, Surveyed 1920, Published 1923\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p>George died at Nordeck Villa on 30th Oct <strong>1926<\/strong> age 68. He had gone out after lunch his usual self, but on his return collapsed with shortness of breath. A doctor was sent for, but George had died before he arrived. He was buried a few days later on 6th Nov at the Sutton Road Cemetery nearby.<\/p>\n<p>Development continued within the Feeches estate into the 1930s, and in 1933 Southend Council bought the airport site, which was officially opened as a municipal airport in 1935. At some point after 1931, Nordeck Villa became &#8220;<strong>Nordell Villa<\/strong>&#8220;, where Harriett died on 16th Feb <strong>1937<\/strong> at age 77.<\/p>\n<p>A few months after Harriett died, a rather grisly incident occurred on the estate. On Tuesday 28th Dec <strong>1937<\/strong>, <strong>Mrs Irene Frances JARVIS<\/strong> (nee <strong>DAY<\/strong>) was found dead in a ditch at Prittlewell Chase, having been missing since Sunday (age 29). She had been strangled by her husband, <strong>Leonard James JARVIS<\/strong> of <strong>Feeches Road<\/strong>, whose own body was later discovered by the police in his gas-filled kitchen at his home on Feeches Road (age 33). Leonard had been in trouble several times before this last event, for both stealing and assault and had spent time in prison with hard labour during 1925 and 1927-1928.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-19 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-19 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-19 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-19 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-19' class='gallery galleryid-18403 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1938-01-Essex-Newsman-Saturday-08-January-1938-.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1938-01-Essex-Newsman-Saturday-08-January-1938--250x730.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-19-18440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1938-01-Essex-Newsman-Saturday-08-January-1938--250x730.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1938-01-Essex-Newsman-Saturday-08-January-1938--526x1536.jpg 526w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1938-01-Essex-Newsman-Saturday-08-January-1938-.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-19-18440'>\r\n\t\t\t\tEssex Newsman &#8211; Saturday 08 January 1938 \r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p><strong>Nordeck\/Nordell Villa<\/strong> was vacant when the <strong>1939<\/strong> Register was taken, listed just after \u201c<em>Goodmans Depositary<\/em>\u201d on Rochford Road by the entrance to Feeches Road. The nearby airport was once again taken over by the Air Force for their use during WWII, and there had been much housing development in the surrounding area.<\/p>\n<p>Another building boom took place after peace was declared in 1945, with the addition of a new runway for the airport in the mid-1950s. The map surveyed in 1949 and published in <strong>1951<\/strong> shows that the old farmhouse had gone, with another property built in its place.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-20 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-20 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-20 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-20 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-20' class='gallery galleryid-18403 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1938-1945.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"1272\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1938-1945.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-20-18481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1938-1945.jpg 1272w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1938-1945-250x110.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1272px) 100vw, 1272px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-20-18481'>\r\n\t\t\t\tEssex Sheet nLXXXIII.SW, Revised 1938\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1949-1951.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"1272\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1949-1951.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-20-18482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1949-1951.jpg 1272w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1949-1951-250x110.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1272px) 100vw, 1272px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-20-18482'>\r\n\t\t\t\tTQ8688 &#8211; A, Surveyed 1949, Published 1951\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p>By the <strong>mid-1960s<\/strong>, all the plots had been housed, and a small additional curved road was added on the west end into the adjoining field, linking North Crescent into Feeches Road. As can be seen on the 2022 satellite image lower down, a few green spaces still survive to the north and west of the estate. The property built where Feeches farmhouse once stood eventually become business premises, numbered 99 Rochford Road. &#8220;Tower Radio&#8221; ran from there for some time, followed by &#8220;Beautiful Furniture In Wood&#8221;. Then in <strong>2016<\/strong>, the property was eyed for development, eventually being demolished once again to make way for a large, shiny new block of flats called &#8220;Viscount House&#8221;, covering 97-99 Rochford Road.<\/p>\n<p>Today, no physical evidence remains that the land was once farmed, but the name \u201c<strong>Feeches<\/strong>\u201d lives on in the naming of the central road.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-21 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-21 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-21 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-21 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-21' class='gallery galleryid-18403 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1964-1967-Wide.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"1366\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1964-1967-Wide.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-21-18456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1964-1967-Wide.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1964-1967-Wide-250x113.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-21-18456'>\r\n\t\t\t\tTQ88NE &#8211; B, Surveyed \/ Revised 1949-1864, Published 1967\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wide-2022-Satellite.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[18403]\"><img width=\"1366\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wide-2022-Satellite.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-21-18489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wide-2022-Satellite.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Wide-2022-Satellite-250x113.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-21-18489'>\r\n\t\t\t\tGoogle Satellite Map 2022\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Resources<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I use many different resources during my research, of which there are just some:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ancestry<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.ancestry.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>British Newspaper Archive<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Essex Archives<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.essexarchivesonline.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.essexarchivesonline.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Essex Society for Archaeology &amp; History<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esah1852.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.esah1852.org.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Find My Past<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findmypast.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.findmypast.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Google<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.google.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>National Library of Scotland<\/strong> (maps) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.nls.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">maps.nls.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have any questions regarding my research or would like anything added or amended, please <strong><a href=\"mailto:powdermonki@hotmail.com?subject=Tracing%20Ghosts\">contact me<\/a><\/strong>. I\u2019m also available to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/hire-me\/\"><strong>hire<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to trace family trees.<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feeches Farm was situated on Rochford Road, Eastwood, Essex up until the early 1920s, and encompassed 35 acres of arable and pasture land (and originally two fields names named Great Feeches\u00a0and Little Feeches). The rough oval-shaped plot was historically situated on the very southeast corner of Eastwood borough but now falls into the Prittlewell district of Southend-On-Sea, with Southend Airport just to the north.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[489],"tags":[493,488,227],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18403"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18403"}],"version-history":[{"count":62,"href":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18997,"href":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18403\/revisions\/18997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}