Bramble Cottage archive
Discover a fascinating set of records through the ages.
Bramble Cottage archive.
Below are the archives of deeds relating to Bramble Cottage in Bishops Offley. These provide a fascinating insight into the ownership and transfers that took place on this site during the past 150 years.
Moderna
Before the existing cottage, a bungalow stood on the site:
In 1991, the property was transferred (to see the full conveyance, simply click the image):
A previous sale in 1978 had transferred the property to Frank Broadbent:
This was after Joseph Ridgway had bought the property in 1938 from Joseph Ball:
Joseph Ball had acquired the property in 1919 from Arthur Gaywood:
Check out the wills relating to the Gaywood family who were owners of the property and the associated land:
1847 - will of Mary Gaywood
1885 - the will of William Gaywood
1899 - will of Thomas Gaywood
Map of associated land at the Mill