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1. www.chalfonthistory.co.uk › pollardswood_housePollards Wood House, its history and occupants.

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   The Times reports on 1st May 1923 that Pollards Wood House has been purchased by Major H Stanley M Baird previously of Keppoch, Cardross, Dumbartonshire. He appears in both the 1924 and 1928 editions of Kelly’s directory. He bought the main house but possibly only some of the land.

2. househistree.com › houses › pollard-s-wood-housePollard's Wood House - HouseHistree

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   Pollard's Wood was last privately owned by local boy turned circus impressario, Bertram Mills. In 1941, his widow, Ethel, sold it to The Royal Cancer Hospital (now the Royal Marsden Hospital) primarily as a research facility.

3. historicengland.org.uk › advice › your-homeWho Lived in My House? Researching your Home's History ...

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4. www.chalfonthistory.co.uk › pollards_wood_recent_historyThe growth of the Pollards Wood area. - chalfonthistory.co.uk

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   At the turn of the century the almost 200 acres of Pollards Wood was owned by the Raffety-Vezey family, whilst the Vache Estate was owned by Mrs F Stevens. In 1902 she decided to put the Vache and other nearby land she owned up for sale by auction in 21 lots.

5. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk › housesHouses - The National Archives

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   The 1939 Register was taken on 29 September 1939. The information was used to produce identity cards and issue ration books. It was designed to capture the details of every member of the civilian population. You can search the Register by address and you may be able to establish who lived at that address at the time the Register was taken. The Regi...

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   Search by address on the census to find out who was living there. Where an address search is not available, browse the census street indexes on Your Archives(now only available in our web archive) to find the relevant document reference and search the relevant census website with that reference.

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   Search and download (charges apply) digital versions of the original Registration District maps from the 1871 census on the Cassini Mapswebsite.

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6. historicengland.org.uk › advice › your-homeHow to Find Out About Your Home's History | Historic England

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   This page shows you how you can research who lived in or owned your house and sets out resources to help you. Trace Your Home's Architectural History You can trace the architectural history of your house through old maps, photographs and written records.

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   Who owned Pollards Wood?

   • Details. At the turn of the century the almost 200 acres of Pollards Wood was owned by the Raffety-Vezey family, whilst the Vache Estate was owned by Mrs F Stevens. In 1902 she decided to put the Vache and other nearby land she owned up for sale by auction in 21 lots.

   The growth of the Pollards Wood area. - Chalfont St Giles

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   When did Pollards Wood become a house?

   • The development of Pollards Wood for houses starts as a first step in 1904 when Raffety sold off some of the woodland to T N Allan and to Archibald Grove, and who then built Pollards Wood House, Pollards Park and Little Pollards. Tracing the detailed evolution after 1904 is very complex.

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   Why did Pollards Wood not provide a secluded house?

   • These did not provide the type of secluded house with ample but manageable grounds within easy reach of facilities which was the type of market that had come into being. This was provided by the area which had Nightingales Lane as its spine and which we call "Pollards Wood".

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   Why was Pollards Wood Grange leased out?

   • She presumably leased it out because in 1952/3 the Amersham Directory record it is being occupied by Alfred Haase about whom there is no information. Pollards Wood Grange with 6 acres was advertised in The Times in April 1960 together with Hermits Wood. It found a buyer straight away.

   The growth of the Pollards Wood area. - Chalfont St Giles

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8. chalfonthistory.co.uk › pollards-woodcc3Pollards Wood - chalfonthistory.co.uk

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   Pollards Wood was therefore owned as an investment by Charles Shaw-Lefevre through his marriage to Helena and he retained it throughout his life. Soon after his death in 1823 it was sold, presumably by his son the future Viscount Eversley, who was not interested in the rural life.