Winslow History | 27 Market Square

27 Market Square (Market House)

N.B. This building was demolished in 1947 to widen the entrance into High Street. It was sometimes known misleadingly as "the Wren House" or "the Market House".

1764	Will of Grace Tofield, spinster
	I Give and bequeath unto my Kinsman William Tofield All that my Messuage or Tenement Situate and being upon the Market Hill in Winslow aforesaid and now in the Occupation of William Gibbs



1777	8 April Sun Insurance 11936/256/382480

	John Gibbs of Winslow cooper

	On his household goods in his now dwelling house situate as aforesaid
	brick and tiled	50
	Utensils and stock therein	50
	Two houses only in Cow Street in Winslow aforesaid in the tenure of Charles King thatched	50
	Workshop only near in his own tenure thatched	10
	Utensils and stock therein	15
	Barn only separate thatched	10
	Utensils and stock therein	5
	Utensils and stock in the yard adjoining	10
		___
		200


1781	Land Tax
	Wm Tofield: John Gibbs 8s 3 ½d


1785	Land Tax
	Wm Tofield: John Gibbs 9s 0 ½d


1783	5 May Sun Insurance 11936/313/477379

	John Gibbs of Winslow cooper
	On his household goods in his now dwelling house only
	situate as aforesaid brick and tiled	50
	Utensils and stock therein	50
	Two tenements adjoining at Winslow aforesaid in the tenure of Charles King thatched	45
	Workshop only near thatched	10
	Utensils and stock therein	10
	Barn and workshop adjoining near thatched	15
	Utensils and stock therein only	10
	Hovel only separate thatched	3
	Utensils and stock in the yard adjoining	7
		___
		200


1794	28 March D 82/2/315

	Admission of Grace Martin wife of Samuel Martin of the Island of Antigua Esq, Daughter and heir of George Savage heretofore of the Island of Antigua deceased All that Messuage or Tenement situate standing and being at the corner of the Market Place in Winslow aforesaid late in the occupation of Bigg[?] Tofield and now in the tenure or occupation of John Gibbs with the appurtenances And also all those two Messuages or Tenements adjoining to the last mentioned dwelling house now in the several tenures or occupations of Stephen Gibbs and George Cross with the appurtenances And also all that lot plot piece or parcel of land or ground lying in a certain field now or late called or known by the name of New Mill Field 3a 1r 16p And also all that lot piece or parcel of land or ground …. Old Mill Field 0a 0r 38p exchanged by the said William Selby Lowndes Esq for a plot of ground called Mill Garden And also all that Messuage or Tenement in Little Horwood with the Home Close now in the tenure or occupation of William Rand


1795	Land Tax
	Wm Tofield: John Gibbs cooper 9s 1 ½d


1797	27 & 28 Oct D 82/2/435

	Admission of William Tofield of Stewkley yeoman eldest son and heir of William Tofield late of Wing yeoman deceased All that Messuage or Tenement with the outhouses buildings and appurtenances thereunto belonging situate in the Market Place at Winslow in Co. Bucks formerly in the occupation of William Gibbs and now of William Mayne Surrendered to said William Mayne


1798	Directory
	William Mayne [F.] saddler


1805	Land Tax
	Wm Mayne late Tofields: self 9s 1 ½d


1811	Will of William Mayne of Winslow saddler leaving messuage in Winslow wherein I now dwell to daughter Sarah Mayne


1830	Directory Academies Sarah Mayne (day) Market Square


1832	Land Tax
	Sarah Mayne: Sarah Mayne house 9s 1 ½d


1841	Census (see full return)
	Sarah Mayne 60 Ind


1851	Census Market Square Sarah Mayne 76 school governess Fanny Markhand 27 school teacher Mary Ann Barton 50 Independent


1852	23 Dec Will of Sarah Mayne of Winslow spinster proved: her property was to be sold by her executors



1853	14 January

	MARKET SQUARE, WINSLOW

	ELIGIBLE BUSINESS PREMISES, CONSISTING of a roomy DWELLING-HOUSE, situate in the most Business Part of the Improving Town of Winslow, with a Double Frontage to the Market Square and the High Street, commanding a good Tenant at a High Rent, recently occupied by the late Miss Sarah Mayne, deceased. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY Mr. James King, AT THE GEORGE 1NN, WINSLOW, On FRIDAY, the 14th Day of JANUARY, 1853, AT 5 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, Subject to such Conditions as will then be produced. All that substantial brick-built and tiled Dwelling-House, situate at the corner of the Market Square and the High Street, in the most central situation for business in Winslow, comprising, in the basement, a large kitchen, scullery, with pump and well of excellent water, and roomy, arched cellars, extending under the whole of the house and for a considerable distance under the Market Square, being dry and well suited for store-rooms; on the ground floor, a large room in the front, fitting for a shop for any description of business, a parlour at the back, and a wood-barn, with back entrance; on the first floor, a pleasant drawing-room, with a balcony, protected by a very handsome wrought iron railing, and a lofty bedroom at the back; on the second floor, two large and lofty bed-rooms; and on the third floor, three roomy attics, one of which contains a large lead tank for rain-water, communicating with the basement story by a lead pipe and tap; on the top of the house, with entrance from the attics, is a large drying-ground, protected by a parapet, commanding a beautiful and extensive prospect over the surrounding country for several miles. To a person wishing to enter into any kind of business, in the populous and thriving Town of Winslow, these Premises present an opportunity rarely to be met with; or, as an investment, they will ensure a high , rate of interest. The Property is Copyhold of the Manor of Winslow, being nearly equal in value to Freehold. The only outgoings are a Quit-rent of 3d. and a Land-tax of 9s. 1½ d. per annum. Immediate possession may be had. The House may be viewed on application to Mr. Grant King, draper, Winslow; and further particulars obtained from David Thomas Willis, Esq., solicitor, or at the Auctioneer's Offices, Market Square, Winslow.


1853	4 May: special court	D 82/6/313
	Sarah Mayne late of Winslow spinster held a messuage with outhouses & buildings in the Market Place formerly in the occupation of John Gibbs, afterwards William Mayne, since Sarah Mayne widow, late the said SM, now unoccupied. She was admitted 1816 as devisee of William Mayne. She made her will 9 July 1852 whereby she devised all real estate to George Maydon of Winslow maltster & Grant King draper. George Maydon by deed poll of 3 Dec 1852 declined the trusts and executorship. Grant King desires to be admitted. In consideration of £475 he immediately surrenders to John King of Winslow land surveyor. Rent 3d, fine 5s.

1853	31 Oct: manor court	D 82/6/324

	Surrender: John King of Winslow land surveyor

	Admission: Grant King of Winslow draper

	£482

	All that Messuage or Tenement with the outhouses buildings and appurtenances thereunto belonging situate in the Market Place in Winslow aforesaid within this Manor formerly in the occupation of John Gibbs afterwards of William Mayne since of Sarah Mayne widow late of Sarah Mayne spinster and now unoccupied to which premises the said John King was admitted tenant 4 May 1853 on the surrender of Grant King as devisee in trust under the will of Sarah Mayne spinster deceased


1861	Census
	Grant King 53 draper & postmaster
	Grant King was appointed postmaster for Winslow in 1845 (British Postal Museum and Archive, POST 58/39); he was originally at 5 Market Square. He had to provide a bond of £200.


1864	Directory
	Grant King silk mercer woollen & linen draper hosier haberdasher & postmaster, Market Square


1865	According to A.J. Clear (Buckingham Advertiser, 21 Dec 1929): ... In 1865 and for some years later there was only a little window at which you had to stand outdoors in all sorts of weather. This was up the present Mr. Meanwell’s steps at the corner of the Market Square.


1870	Bucks Herald, 5 Nov
	REMOVAL OF THE POST-OFFICE.- On Tuesday, November 1st, a public meeting was held in the National Schoolroom, and a memorial drawn up to be presented to her Majesty’s Postmaster General, praying that Mr. Grant King may be reinstated in his office of Postmaster, which he had so satisfactorily fulfilled during the period of twenty-six years.


1871	Census
	Grant King 63 draper


1877	Directory
	Thomas Sare draper & outfitter Market Square


1877	Apprenticeship indenture of Ernest Ingram (courtesy of Melissa Lane)
	This Indenture Witnesseth that Ernest Ingram with the consent of his mother Martha Ingram of Steeple Claydon in the County of Buckingham, widow doth put himself Apprentice to Thomas Sare of Winslow in the said County of Buckingham Draper and Silk Mercer to learn his Art and with him after the Manner of an Apprentice to serve from the Fifteenth day of February One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy Seven unto the full End and Term of Three Years from thence next following to be fully complete and ended During which Term the said Apprentice his Master faithfully shall serve his secrets keep his lawful commands every where gladly do he shall do no damage to his said Master nor to see to be done of others but to his Power shall tell or forthwith give warning to his said Master of the same he shall not waste the Goods of his said Master nor lend them unlawfully to any he shall not commit fornication nor contract Matrimony within the said Term shall not play at Cards or Dice Tables or any other unlawful Games whereby his said Master may have any loss with his own goods or others during the said Term without License of his said Master he shall neither buy nor sell he shall not haunt Taverns or Playhouses nor absent himself from his said Master’s service day or night unlawfully. But in all things as a faithful Apprentice he shall behave himself towards his said Master and all his during the said Term And the said Thomas Sare in consideration of the faithful service of the said Apprentice and also of the sum of twelve pounds ten shillings to the said Thomas Sare paid by the said Martha Ingram on the execution hereof and of the further sum of Twelve Pounds 10 shillings to be paid by the said Martha Ingram to the said Thomas Sare on the fourteenth day of August One thousand and eight hundred and seventy eight his said Apprentice in the Art of A Draper and Silk Mercer which he useth by the best means that he can shall teach and Instruct or cause to be taught and instructed Finding unto the said Apprentice Sufficient Meat Drink and Lodging during the said Term and the said Martha Ingram Finding unto the said Apprentice suitable clothing, Washing, and Medical attendance and Medicine and other necessaires.
	And for the Consideration afore said the said Thomas Sare covenants and agrees to pay unto the said Apprentice during the last 6 months of his service the Wages or sum of five pounds by six equal monthly payments
	And for the true performance of all and every the said Covenants and Agreements either of the said Parties bindeth himself and herself unto the other by these Presents In witness whereof the Parties above named to these Indentures interchangeably have put their Hands and Seals the twenty eight day of February 1877 and in the Fortieth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Victoria by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen Defender of the Faith and in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy Seven.



1881	Census
	Thomas Sare 31 draper


1885	Bicester Herald, 26 June
	In Re THOMAS SARE, DRAPER, Winslow.- This bankrupt appeared for his public examination at the Banbury County Court, on Tuesday, June 16 (before Fitzroy Cowper, Esq., deputy judge). The gross liabilities were £2,361 13s. 8d., and the deficiency £1,224 7s. 9d. In reply to Mr. Mallam, the bankrupt said he started business in 1875 with a capital of £1,000. About three years ago he prepared a statement of his affairs, and it appeared there was a balance of £1,200. The paper was in the hands of the trustee, he thought. In 1882 he was ill from diphtheria, and his books got out of order then. He did not know he was insolvent until a day or two before he filed his petition. He was pressed for money, and he went to see if he could dispose of his business. He believed he told a gentleman that the business was solvent, but he must have over-estimated his position. Some little time back he took his brother-in-law, Mr. George Turner, into the ready-made portion of his business. On being asked what became of the money the witness said that the money was partly owing to Turner for stock bought from Lewisham. Mr. Turner wrote his own account off the books, but he did not know how much he wrote off. The stock sheet would show. He knew that an executor Mr. Turner proved against his estate for a large amount. Mr. Turner knew he had had money on a promissory note. Being asked if he knew that the promissory note was given after the note which appeared on it, he said that an error was discovered in the stamp, and it was rectified in that respect. Under the note £650 was really due.- The Judge: with regard to this promissory note, you say it was a wrong stamp.- Witness: I gave my father–in-law a promissory note for the loan of the money, but the stamp was not sufficient, and the error being discovered I made a fresh copy- another bill, a copy of the previous one.- The Judge: Was it ante dated. Witness: I dated back the same as the other.- The Judge: Did you keep a copy of the former note with the other stamp? Mr. Mallam said that matter would be fully investigated by the trustee. The bankrupt passed his public examination.


1885	Centre for Bucks Studies, D/WIG/2/1/14
	Re Thos Sare’s Bankruptcy Winslow Bucks
	Valuation of certain articles described as Wedding Presents
	June 29 : 1885
	Green and flower Dessert Service 6 Dishes (2 broken) and 11 Plates Metal Coffee Pot D(itt)o Tea Pot Toast Rack Walnut Dressing Case Walnut Writing Desk Pair wine Decanters Gilt and white China Tea Service 3 Antimacassars 2 Worked cushions
	[f.36] Pair of green Vases and lustres (broken) 3 Ruby Vases 3 glass preserve Dishes Cruet stand & Cruet Plated Spirit Stand and 3 spirit Decanters Large Bible & Commentary with plates bound in calf Glass Flower Vase with 3 suspending Vases Photographic Album Pair of green Vases Mahog(any) Swing glass	4.15.6 4. 2.0 8.17.6
	Re Thos Sare’s Bankruptcy Winslow Bucks
	Valuation of Beds Bedding & other Effects
	June 29 : 1885
	Small Back Bed Room Feather Bed flock Bolster and feather pillow ~~Brass M(oun)t(e)d p(ain)t(e)d iron French Bedstead~~ Straw Palliasse Bordered flock mattress 3 Blankets Pair of Sheets
	Young Ladies Room Feather Bed 2 wool Bolsters & 2 wool pillows [f.37] Pair of Sheets 1 Blanket Flock Bed Blanket D(itt)o	£5.11.0
	Front Bed Room Feather Bolster and 2 feather Pillows Colored Counterpane White D(itt)o 3 Blankets 5 Pairs Sheets (3 Calico 7 Linen) 9 Calico Pillow Slips ~~Mahog(any) Secretary with Bureau Top~~ (Bed & Bedding)	4.17.0 5.11.0 £10.8.0
	Attic no. 1 Straw Palliasse Flock Bed Flock Bolster Colored Quilt 1 Blanket Paper D(itt)o [sic]
	Bed Room No. 1 Flock Bed Brown Blanket 3 patent D(itt)o Flock Mattress for Cot
	No. 2 Straw Palliasse Flock Mattress Colored Counterpane
	No. 3 Flock Mattress Covered spring Mattress Wool Bed Col(ore)d Counterpane Chair Bed
	Servants Room Straw Mattress Flock Bed Colored Blanket White D(itt)o 2 Sheets Col(ore)d Quilt Flock Bolster	£16.14.0


1885	Bucks Herald, 18 July: In bankruptcy re Sare
	THE WHOLE of the NEAT and MODERN HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE and SHOP FITTINGS, comprising mahogany Centre and Dining Tables, mahogany Cheffonier, mahogany and walnut Watnots, Lady’s and Gent’s Easy Chairs in horsehair and leather cloth, mahogany Wardrobe, Chest of Drawers, Dressing Tables, Marble Top Washstands, painted Iron Half-tester and French Bedsteads, Cane-seat Chairs, Chimney Glasses, Brussels and Kidderminster Carpets, Linoleum, Timepieces, Pictures, Fenders, Fireirons, Windsor Chairs, Kitchen Tables; a Seven-Octave PIANOFORTE, in handsome walnut case; Shop Counters, Show Cass, Shelving, Grey Pony, Pony Trap, Set of Plated Pony Harness, and numerous Miscellaneous items, T O B E S O L D B Y A U C T I O N, B Y Mr. GEO. WIGLEY, On WEDNESDAY, the 22nd Day of JULY, 1885, By Direction of the Trustee.


1887	Bucks Herald, 29 Jan: Notice of dividends
	SARE, Thomas, Market-square, Winslow, draper. 2nd and final of 9d., at Mr F. Collinson's, 99, Cheapside, London, on and after Jan. 28th.

1887	Kelly's Directory
	Luxmoore, Benjamin, draper, Market Square

1888	Centre for Bucks Studies, D/WIG/2/1/19
	[f.30] Inven(tor)y of Fixtures & Effects of House at Winslow Bucks the p(ropert)y of Mr Augustin Geo(rge) Stevens.
	Valuation of Fixtures and Effects at Winslow Bucks from Mr Benjamin Luxmore to Mr Augustin George Stevens.
	June 25 1888
	Outside Sun Blinds include Ticking 4 Posts Rails Sockets & HooKs & 10 Iron Loops & Sockets 3 Bracket Lamps & Plugs Sign Board Market House
	Shop Patent Centre ?Sun Burner as fixed Iron Rails & Supports from Ceiling 7 face Wire ?Taellace Stand in Windows 4 Doz(en) 4ft brass rods ? in Tubing 2 Deal Window Boards & Doors The whole of the shelving in ?Show Room Gas Bracket with wire ?globe & ?extinguate
	Shop Suspended gas Burner & globe Gas Bracket with Wire globe Cash Desk
	Hall Gas Bracket & Ceiling [illegible]
	Show Room 2 light [deletion] Gasalier with globes & 2 Ceiling glasses [f.31] 2 joint gas Bracket & globe Stained Deal Rack in Corner Row of 10 Iron Pegs in Closet Iron Rods & Brackets over Mantle Piece
	Kitchen Suspend(ed) gas Burner with Wire Globe & bell Dining Room Bell as fixed
	Front Sitting Room 3 Light Gasalier with Weights & globes Stained Deal Shelf 4 Brass Curtain Rods with Brass Brackest & ?ends
	Landing gas Bracket & globe Stained Glass bracket Rail with 4 Iron Hooks
	Dining Room gas Bracket 4 shelves in Cupboard
	Ware Room gas Bracket & globe Table The whole of the shelv(in)g & Fixtures
	Bed Room (Front) 2 joint gas Brackets 3 Cornices with ?green ?fringe	5 - 3 - 6
	[f.32] Roller Blinds & Fittings throughout House	2 - 0 - 0 23 - 11 - 6 5 - 3 - 6 30 - 15 - 0
	GDE Wigley [signature] Valuation of House Furniture & Effects at Winslow Bucks from Mr Benjamin Luxmore to Mr Augustin George Stevens. June 25 1888
	Front Attic ~~Bed room~~ 3ft Iron French Bed Straw Palliasse Wool Mattress Flock Bolster & Pillow 4ft 6 Iron Bedstead Straw Palliasse Flock Mattress Flock Bolster & Flock Pillow Painted washst(an)d & Mahog(any) glass 2 Painted Washstands & part services 1 Cane seat chair Floor Cloth & Carpet to Room	3 - 19 - 6
	[f.33] Attic Back Bed room 3ft 6 Iron French Beds(tea)d Straw Palliasse Wool Mattress Flock Bolster & Feather Pillow Mahog(an)y Angle washst(an)d Service & Towel Rail Chair Carpet & Floor Cloth
	Back Bed Room No1 3ft Iron French Beds(tea)d Straw Palliasse Wool Mattress Bolster & Pillow Dress(in)g Table with Drawer Paint(e)d Washst(an)d service & towel rail
	Back Bed Room No2 4ft 6 Iron French Beds(tea)d D(itt)o [deletion] Wool Mattress
	Sitting Room Stained Deal Table with ?Occ Baize top
	Dining Room Iron Fender & Set Fire Irons Linoleum to Landing (see below) Floor Cloth to Stairs Lead [deletion] [illegible]
	Front Hall Linoleum as fitted
	Show Room Linoleum as fitted	8 - 18 -6
	[f.34] Black Painted Show case with 2 [deletion] glass, Door & glass Sides & Side bracket Deal Painted ?Cupboard Pier Plate Glass on ebonized frame The Shelving 4 Cane seat Chairs Round Mahog Table
	Kitchen Deal Kitchen Table 4 Windsor Chairs 2 D(itt)o Kitchen Fender & Poker
	Shop 15 Cane seat Shop chairs painted Black show case with glazed Door [deletion] set of 7 [illegible]	8 – 14 - 0 3 - 19 – 6 8 - 18 - 6 21 - 2 - 0

The balustrade on the balcony matched the one which is still there on The George
1891	Census: Market House
	Henry Withers, widower, 31, b. Bucklebury, Berks	Draper's manager
	Ann Odell, single, 42, b. Winslow	Housekeeper
	Amy Esther Haynes, lodger, single, 21, b. Glympton, Oxon	Dressmaker
	Annette Maud Lee, lodger, single, 19, b. Great Horwood	Draper's assistant

1891	Buckingham Advertiser, 19 Dec
	The Winslow Cash Drapery Stores [part of the business of A.G. Stevens, 15 Market Square] have made, and that successfully, a decided innovation this year. In addition to the well stocked windows, in which as usual are to be seen the automatic figures, a large show-room has been opened, and it is stocked with all sorts of fancy goods. The windows and walls are draped with light vari-coloured art muslin, and the large room gives one the impression of a bazaar, so varied are the contents, whilst the musical box on the centre table plays its lively tunes as the bevy of lady assistants attend to the patrons.

1893	Buckingham Advertiser, 4 Feb
	WINSLOW. In the MARKET SQUARE. The valuable, attractive, & substantially built HOUSE. With extensive double frontage and first-class BUSINESS PREMISES, CENTRALLY situate in the most commanding and advantageous position for trade in the Market Square and High Street, and in which the Business of a Linen and Woollen Draper has been most successfully carried on for a great number of years. A Brick and Tiled HOUSE with SMITH’S SHOPS, Facing the High Street. Also in the Hamlet of Shipton, an Enclosure of Valuable LAND well adapted for Building Purposes, containing 1a. 1r. 27p. Together with TWO COTTAGES standing thereon, TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY Mr. GEO. WIGLEY On TUESDAY, February 21st, 1893, at the Bell Hotel, Winslow, at Four o’clock in the afternoon, in three Lots, by direction of the Executors of the late Mr. Grant King.
	Bicester Herald, 24 Feb
	The house and shop known as Market House, occupied by the Cash Drapery Company, realised £950, Mrs. Lownds [Martha Jane, eldest daughter of Grant King] being the purchaser.- The dwelling-house and smith’s shop, occupied by Mr. Russell, was purchased by him at £365



Dec 1894	Advert in Bucks Herald
Sale of a Draper's, Clothier's, & Boot Stock. Market Square & Market Hill, Winslow. E. Braggins & Son, having purchased the above Stocks, are now offering them at a GREAT REDUCTION to effect a Clearance. Wonderful Bargains in all Departments. The Drapery and Millinery Departments will now be carried on at Market Square and Clothing and Boots Department at Market Hill, Winslow. Best and Newest Goods. Lowest Cash Prices.



1895	Kelly's Directory
	Winslow Cash Drapery Co. (late Benjamin Luxmoore), drapers, milliners & also undertakers, Market square

1895	Mr Bridger, who seems to have been the manager, complained about having nowhere to dispose of his ashes [read more]

Nov 1895	Advert in Bucks Herald for sub-lease of the residential part of the premises
To Let, Market House, Winslow. Capital Dwelling House (without shop): every convenience. Terms very moderate. Apply to E. Braggins & Son, Winslow.



1899	Kelly's Directory
& 1903	Brown, Charles Henry, clothier & hatter, Market Square

1901	Census
	Charles Henry Brown, 29, b. Leicester	Shopkeeper (clothier)
	wife Gertrude aged 25 b. Biggleswade; daughter Doris Rutherford Brown 3 months b. Winslow
	Henry Lawrence, boarder, single, ?30, b. Stevington, Beds	Shop assistant, house furnishing



1904	Bucks Herald, 20 August
	TO LET, DRAPERY and OUTFITTING SHOP and PREMISES on Market Square. – Particulars of “MRS. L.” 4, Station Road, Winslow.	[=Martha Lownds, c/o her sister Clara King]



1908	Premises occupied by Cowper & Readwin, with 15 Market Square


1910	Assessment no.27
Situation High St & Market Sq Description House & Shop Gross Value: Buildings £40 Rateable Value: Buildings £32 Occupier Robt. J. Cowper Owner Mrs Martha Jane Lownds, 24 College Rd, Bromley Interest of Owner Copyhold (Winslow) Occupier’s tenancy Term 7, 14, 21 yr leases from June 1905 Actual (or Estimated) Rent 3 yrs at £40, 4 yrs @ £42, 14 yrs @ £45 Outgoings Land Tax £1 – 14 – 4 paid by L Who pays (a) Rates and Taxes (b) Insurance (a) T. (b) L Who is liable for repairs Outside by L, Inside by T. Former Sales Dates 1892 Consideration £950 Subsequent Expenditure £140? [stamp] Sep 30 1914 Particulars, description and note made on inspection Brick & slated House, shop Shop showroom, sitting room, lumber room, drawing room 3 bedrooms & 2 attics (kitchen scullery & coalhouse downstairs) 2 frontages 810 sq feet Charges, Easements and Restrictions affecting Market Value of Fee Simple [red] V21311 V21729 (Surrender) [red] V16959 Baxter & Cowper 620 (Surrender) 25/8/19 V18616 (CV29519/18) M.J. Lowndes decd 23/2/18 Valuation – Market Value of Fee Simple in possession of whole property in its present condition £720 Deduct Market Value of Site under similar circumstances, but if divested of structures, timber, fruit trees, and other things growing on the land 28 ft £125 Difference Balance, being portion of market value attributable to structures, timber &c. £595 Divided as follows:- Buildings and structures £595 Gross Value (as before) £720 Less deductions in respect of – Fixed charges, including– Fee Farm Rent, rent seck, quit rent, chief rent, rent of Assize ?without ?Data £2 If Copyhold, Estimated Cost of Enfranchisement ?without ?Data £43 £45 TOTAL VALUE £675



1911	Census: Market House (7 rooms + shop, showroom)
	Robert J. Cowper, 32, b. Richmond, Surrey	General draper
	Ruth M. Cowper, wife, 30, married 6 years, b. Fakenham, Norfolk	Assisting in business
	Winnie ?Readwin, niece, 13, b. Fakenham	Scholar
	Gwladys Thorn, assistant, 20, b. Cheltenham	Milliner
	Amy Justice, servant, 18, b. Edgcott	General servant

1911	Directory
	Cowper Robert J. draper Market Square


1919	1 September D82/9/371

	Surrender: Mildred Jane Baxter of 24 College Road Bromley Kent Wife of William Baxter retired chemist devisee in the will of Martha Jane Lownds deceased Admission: Robert James Cowper of Winslow draper £620 All that Messuage or Tenement called or known by the name of Market House with the outhouses and buildings thereto belonging situate in the Market Place in Winslow in Co. Bucks within that Manor formerly in the occupation of Sarah Mayne afterwards of Grant King then of Benjamin Luxmore then of Augustus George Stevens and now and for some time past of the said Robert James Cowper


1920	8 September D 82/9/388

	Surrender: Robert James Cowper Admission: Arthur Meanwell of Winslow draper £1,000


1921	Census: 7 rooms
	Arthur Meanwell, head, 50y 8m, married, b. Louth, Lincs	Draper (employer, at home)
	Rachel Esther Meanwell, wife, 60y 2m, married, b. Newnham on Severn, Gloucs	Home duties
	Frederick Arthur Meanwell, son, 24y 1m, single, b. Grimsby	Draper's assistant & county traveller for father
	John Hardy Rastall, visitor, 50y 10m, married, b. Aunsby, Lincs	Railway engine driver (Great Central Railway Co., Mexborough)
	Annie Rastall, visitor, 52y 1m, married, b. Swanwich, Derbys	Home duties
	Leonard Burton Rastall, visitor, 27y - m, single, b. Sheffield	Motor engineer (Winslow Motor Works)

1945	Public meeting
	Mrs. McCorquodale said that plans had been designed by an architect for the use of Market House as a Market House with a public lavatory underneath. She thought that a construction on the Market Square would spoil the amenities. Another speaker observed that an underground lavatory on the Market Square would not prevent farmers from parking their cars there although they might run down the people on their way to the lavatories. (Laughter.) Mr. Illing thought that the proposed expenditure of £2 was preposterous and that they could save money by the facilities offered by Market House, with supporting pillars and some discussion arose as to the situation regarding this property


1946	Buckingham Advertiser, 29 June
	OLD BUILDINGS TELL TALES It seems strange that when people are clamouring for "roofs to be put on" one has been taken off the Market House at Winslow. This action recalls parochial meetings and much discussion and many contend that the building should not be demolished on account of its Christopher Wren attribution, also because of the part that it played in making the general picturesque effect of the Winslow Market Square. During the war it has served many useful purposes. It was a much-valued Evacuees Club and has been headquarters of the W.V.S. During this period it was visited by Royalty and by the present Prime Minister (then Deputy)!