Occupied by J Ambrose, J H Barnard and Thomas Franklin. Total site area 45 acres 1 rod and 22 perches. Cart Lodge Field 3 acres 3 rods and 12 perches. ![]() Details of disposals after a Will: £7000 (this seems a high value for that time?) plus £70 for timber. Guys Hospital owned much land in the area including Felsted, Great Waltham, High Easter, Great Leighs, Little Leighs, parts formerly of the Manor of Great Bardfield, 1728 the Beaumont Estate, 1734 the Bardfield Estate and 1753 Leighs Priory Estate.įrenches Farm was previously known as Kings Farm. Again, the history is confused by land being in both Great and Little Bardfield Parishes and Uttlesford and Braintree Districts.ġ1th year of the reign of King George 1. In places, there appears to be contradictions. The following details were obtained from conveyancing records. Ration books were issued to farmers depending upon the number of animals that they had. Was at one time a bonded warehouse under the ground nut scheme. Mr Platt, tenant of Frenches, tried to buy Coft Hall land independently but ECC bought it and added it to their holding of Frenches land.īelle Winifred Elliott Wood and Mark William Wood of Great Bardfield Hall and Richard Ronald Long of Halstead sold to Essex County Council Coft Hall Farm for £79,000. John Macworth Wood of Hartford End and Douglas Payne Wood of Great Bardfield Hall, 55.12 acres for £16,500. Half share interest of Coft Hall farm in the Parishes of Great and Little Bardfield. Sold to John Macworth Wood and Douglas Payne Wood of Hartford End, fields 197,198,202,203, 207. Owned by E H Fox, married woman of Wells Tye Farm, Barnston. She had a tenancy agreement with Fredrick Augustus Adams for 55 acres 1 rood, 32 perches at £60 payable half yearly. The following details were obtained from conveyancing documents.Įlizabeth Adams of Fanns Farm, owned Coft Hall Farm. Ambrose CottageĬoft Hall was originally a farm. Pump opposite and 30 metres west of the Old Cottage. ![]() In places, the same political border divides between Uttlesford and Braintree Districts. Property ownership is complicated as although Oxen End is in Little Bardfield Parish, parts of the land areas come within Great Bardfield Parish. Some Conveyancing documents have been researched to find items of interest. However, the number of persons qualified to vote in the last election was 38 residents in 17 houses. CensusĪs the Census of 2011 only covers the Parish as a whole, a separate headcount for Oxen End is not available. There are nine Grade 2 listed buildings or structures in Oxen End. Some houses are situated along the Dunmow Road, B1057, whilst the remainder are alongside an unnamed single-track lane which forms an arc off the Dunmow Road.
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