Winslow History | 8 High Street

8 High Street

Listing description (1952)
Shop with house above. C17 timber frame partly exposed to rear and with one beam and brace to front. Refronted late C18. Colourwashed brick with partial band courses at first and second floor levels. Hipped roof, slate to front pitch, remainder tiled. Brick stack to right. 3 storeys, one bay. Shop front with door to left. Upper floors have barred sash windows with cambered heads. Passage to left.

1664	Manor Court: Michael Norman surrendered the south part of the messuage in Winslow in which he now lives from "the entry" towards the south containing "A Bay of building" next to the street, and 3 "Bayes of building" adjoining on "the yard side", with the south part of the yard as now divided, containing in width 13½ feet at the west side, 6½ feet at the east side, with free ingress etc. in and through "the entry" and in and through the "gatewaies" belonging to the east part of Michael's yard with horses, carts and carriages at all opportune times. To the use of John Blechly gent. and Emma his wife and the heirs of their bodies, and for want of such heirs to the use of the survivor's heirs in perpetuity. Rent 8d, fine 5s.

1683	Manor Court: John Greene and Emma his wife surrendered a messuage in Winslow in which John now lives, with privileges of ingress etc. It was surrendered by Michael Norman deceased to the use of John Bletchley gent. deceased, Emma's late husband, as by copy of court roll bearing date 19 April 1664 appears. To the use of John Duncombe of East Claydon, who sought to be admitted tenant. Fine 5s. Procedure of common recovery. All surrendered the messuage to the use of John and Emma Greene. Rent [blank], fine 5s. They then surrendered it to John Duncombe on condition that if they pay him £42 on 27 Oct 1684 the surrender will be void.

1684	Manor Court: John Duncumbe esq. sought to be admitted to a messuage in Winslow in which John Greene now lives, with such privileges of ingress etc. as appears in a surrender by Michael Norman deceased to the use of John Blechly deceased, late husband of Emma Greene now wife of John Greene. They came into the lord's hands by surrender of John and Emma Greene enrolled at the court on 26 Oct 1683. Seisin was granted to John on condition mentioned in the surrender. Rent [blank], fine 5s.

1693	Manor Court: John Green & Emma his wife and John Stutsbury & Elizabeth his wife surrendered a messuage in the occupation of John Greene, containing one bay from the entrance in the occupation of John Hearne [10 High St.] fronting the common street, and 3 bays adjoining on the yard side and the south part of the yard belonging to the bays, as it is now walled, with entry for horses, carts and carriages through the entrance and the Gatewayes on the east side of the yard in the occupation of the said John Hearne. To Joseph Dandridge of London, Merchant Taylor, and Martha his wife, and Joseph's heirs. Joseph's attorney Joseph Dandridge of Winslow, Barber Chirurgeon, sought to be admitted tenant. Rent 8d. Fine 5s. Lowndes Roll 1 m.17: Joseph Dandridge built a new brick house on the premisses which (with the Purchase of the old) cost him £457 13s 1d. [previous transactions also recited]

1699	A manor court entry refers to this as "the tenement in the occupation of Joseph Ayres and lately John Greene"

1710	Manor Court: Joseph Dandridge and Martha his wife, John Strutsbury and Elizabeth his wife surrendered the messuage newly built by John now in the occupation of William Shelton or his assigns, abutting on The Kings head on the north side, the common street of Winslow on the west, with free ingress etc. in and through the "gatewaye" at the east end of the yard of the Kings head and once Michael Norman deceased's with horses, carts and carriages at all convenient times. The messuage was formerly acquird by Joseph and Martha from John Green and Emma his wife, John Stutsbury and Elizabeth his wife, Emma's daughter and heir. Procedure of common recovery followed. Rent 8<d>, fine 5s. Joseph and Martha then surrendered (with other property) to the trustees of William and Robert Lowndes.

1730	In a manor court entry concerning the adjacent property, this site is described as "the structure and ground in the occupation of James Budd and Benjamin Saunders"

1786	William Selby fire insurance House only in the tenure of Lee saddler, brick and tiled: £60

1786 & 1790	Land Tax occupier: Thomas Lee 10s

1795	Land Tax occupier: Benjamin Dudley 10s

1797	Land Tax occupier: late Benj Dudley 10s

1798 & 1800	Land Tax occupier: Richard Lomath 10s

1802 & 1805	Land Tax occupier: Paul Perkins 10s (see his diary for 1798)

1813	Northampton Mercury, 25 Dec
	Household Furniture, Instruments for Surveyors Books, and other Effects, To be S O L D by A U C T I O N, By SAMUEL DUDLEY, On Tuesday the 4th Day of January, 1814, on the Premises of the late Mr. PAUL PERKINS, at WINSLOW, Bucks; COMPRISING a Four-post Bedstead and Furniture, Feather-Bed, Bolster and Pillows, Sheets, Blankets, Chairs and Table, Clock and Case, Kitchen-Requisites, Grate and Fire-Irons; Ironing-board and Tressels, Carpenters’ Bench and Chest of Tools, Grindstone and Stand, two18-Gallon Casks, a valuable Theodolite, with various Instruments for measuring of Lands, Mariners Compass, a Collection of curious and useful Books, on various Subjects, with numerous other Articles. The Sale will commence at Ten o’clock precisely.

1814 & 1823	Land Tax occupier: William Jones 10s

1832	Land Tax occupier: William Ward 10s

1838	Church rates: Thomas Viccars (late Boniel)

1841	Census: Thomas Viccars, plumber, wife Ann (nee King) and children

1842	Church rates: Grant King. Owner: William Selby Lowndes

1851	Census, Market Square Grant King, 43, draper, b. Great Horwood

1855	Church rates: John Corkett

1861	Census, Buckingham Road John Corkett, 41, boot & shoemaker, b. Soulbury

1863	Oxfordshire Telegraph, 2 Dec The Largest Stock of Boots and Shoes in the Neighbourhood. J. CORKETT, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, Market Square, Winslow. J. C. has on hand T E N T H O U S A N D PAIRS OF BOOTS AND SHOES TO SELECT FROM. Also a Large Stock of Goloshes and Gaiters of Every Description.

1869	Sale by William Selby Lowndes to John King of 10 High Street [see 1902 for details]

1871	Census, High Street: George Kennings, 56, saddler

1876	John King died intestate; property inherited by his brother James King (read more)

1881	Census, High Street: George Kennings, 66, saddler, b. Whitchurch Sarah Kennings, wife, 63, b. Bot. Claydon Eliza Birkebarn [Biskeborn], dau, widow, 37, b. Winslow Fritz d^o, grandson, 9, scholar, b. Cheltenham
	Eliza Kennings married Charles Biskeborn, a German photographer, in 1870 at Dover. He had a studio in Chatham until 1875, then moved to Bath. On 29 Jan 1877 Eliza was in Bath Police Court charged with being drunk and incapable: she had taken a cab to Combe Down to "see a gentleman" but "found that he had removed", then had some brandy in a pub and jumped out of the cab. The man was probably her husband and (although he apparently had a studio in Southsea in 1880 and in Sittingbourne in 1882) he subsequently returned to Europe where he worked as a photographer in Belgium, France, Germany and Italy and had another family. We haven't found what happened to Eliza and Fritz. Charles remarried in London in 1891 and died in Berlin in 1902. Read more: Dictionary of Belgian Photographers; Arts Plastiques

1883 & 1887	Directory: Kennings, George, saddler & harness maker, High Street

1887, 31 Aug	Death of George Kennings, saddler and harness maker, aged 74, deacon of the Congregational Church. Administration of his will was granted on 5 Jan 1888 to his son Frederick Kennings of Winslow, saddler and harness maker. Personal estate £290.
	Gravestone, now removed: In Sacred Memory of GEORGE KENNINGS who died August 1st 1887 aged 74 years His end was peace
1887, 10 Sep	Buckingham Advertiser The old tradesmen of Winslow are getting extremely few in number. Mr. Geo. Kennings, whose death we announced last week, had, we believe, been in business from 1844, previous to which he resided in Whitchurch. In the 1851 and 1861 Censuses, he was living in Horn Street. He had previously worked at Tring. In 1840 he married Sarah Harding at East Claydon. Sarah stayed at the shop with her son Frederick until she died in 1893.

1890	Freehold of the premises sold by Wigleys (click on the image for a larger version). They also carried out a valuation of the fixtures in the house and shop (Centre for Bucks Studies D/WIG/2/1/23, p.3): Valuation of Fixtures in House & Shop Market Square Winslow Bucks To be sold at auction July 14 1890 Front Shop 2 Roller blinds & fittings Gas pendant & globe Back Shop Stove & piping 2 gas brackets Workroom Roller blind fittings Gas bracket Gas [?]metre Passage Gas bracket & globe Sitting Room Gas bracket & globe Roller blind & fittings Curtain pole & rings Bedroom Gasalin 2 light & globe 2 blinds Overmantle Attic 3 blinds Gas bracket Pole & rings ________ £5 – 19 - 0

1891	Census, 1 Market Square: Frederick Kennings 30 saddler & harness maker b. Winslow

1891	Directory: Kennings, Frederick, saddler & harness maker, High Street

1894	Death of James King (see his will).

1900	Photo (Victorian & Edwardian Buckinghamshire): Kennings

1900	CBS, H1/1/9: Bucks County Asylum patient records
	Frederick Kennings, a 42 year old married saddler, was admitted to the Asylum on October 24 1900. He was diagnosed as having a mental disorder in the form of ‘acute mania’ which was caused by an hereditary predisposition. Medical certificate from Dr Vaisey: "His Wife Mrs Frederick Kennings informs me that he wanders about the house refuses to work or allow the shop to be opened." (a) He declares that he will not open his shop as there are persons in the top rooms of his house trying to do him injury: (which is not true.) He tells me that there are people who are trying to ruin him. (b) His Wife Mrs Frederick Kennings informs me that he wanders about the house refuses to work or allow the shop to be opened. [He died in the Asylum in 1938, aged 80]

1901	Census, Market Square: Mary Kennings, wife, 43, saddler & harness maker, b. Thornborough Frederick Kennings was a patient at St John's Hospital, Stone

1902	Conveyance for £200, 27 Nov
	The Devisees in trust of the Will of the late Mr James King to Mrs Sarah Clark Conveyance In fee of Dwellinghouse and shop premises In Winslow Bucks [p.2] This Indenture made the twenty seventh day of November one thousand nine hundred and two Between Martha Anne King of Winslow in the County of Bucks Spinster and John King of 52 George Street Balsall Heath Birmingham in the County of Worcester Commission Agent of the one part and Sarah Clark wife of James Thomas Clark of Sidmouth in the County of Devon Draper of the other part Whereas by an Indenture dated the twenty first day of December one thousand eight hundred and sixty nine and made between William Selby Lowndes of Whaddon Hall in the County of Bucks Esquire (thereinafter called William Selby Lowndes the Father) of the first part William Selby Lowndes late of the same place and then of Wollaston Hall in the County of Northampton (the eldest Son and heir apparent of the said William Selby Lowndes the Father thereinafter called William Selby Lowndes the Son) of the second part Robert Prescott Appleyard of Connaught Square in the County of Middlesex Esquire and Charles Appleyard of Lincolns Inn in the County of Middlesex Esquire of the third part and John King of Winslow aforesaid Land Surveyor of the fourth part the hereditaments hereinafter described and hereby assured were granted conveyed and confirmed unto and to the use of the said John King his heirs and assigns for ever And whereas the said John King died on the ninth day of October one thousand eight hundred and seventy six unmarried and intestate seised in fee simple in possession free from incumbrances of the hereditaments hereby assured leaving James King (hereinafter referred to) his eldest Brother and heir at law him surviving And whereas the said James King duly made his Will dated the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and seventy seven wherein he is described as late of Winslow aforesaid Auctioneer and Farmer but then of Birmingham in the County of Warwick Surveyor and thereby after disposing of his household effects and bequeathing certain pecuniary legacies devised and bequeathed all the freehold copyhold and leasehold [p.3] estates to which he should be entitled unto his wife Elizabeth Anne King his daughter Martha Anne King and his son John King (party hereto) their heirs executors administrators and assigns respectively Upon trust to sell the same either together in parcels or by public auction or private contract as therein mentioned And the said Testator thereby declared that no sale of his freehold copyhold or leasehold estates should be made in the lifetime of his said wife without her previous consent in writing and appointed his said wife and the said King Martha Anne and John King (party hereto) Executors of his said Will And whereas the said James King the Testator died on the twenty eighth day of January one thousand eight hundred and ninety four and his said Will with a codicil thereto which did not affect the said devise therein of the hereditaments hereby assured was on the ninth day of March following proved in the Oxford Probate District Registry by the said Martha Anne King and John King (party hereto) two of the Executors named therein And whereas the said Elizabeth Anne King the widow of the said Testator died on the twenty ninth day of October one thousand eight hundred and ninety nine And whereas the said Martha Anne King and John King (party hereto) as the two surviving Trustees of the said recited Will and in execution of the aforesaid trust for sale therein contained agreed with the said Sarah Clark for the sale to her of the hereditaments hereafter described and intended to be hereby assured and the inheritance in fee simple in possession free from incumbrances at the price of two hundred pounds Now this Indenture Witnesseth that for effectuating the sale and in consideration of the sum of two hundred pounds on or previously to the execution of these presents paid by the said Sarah Clark to the said Martha Anne King and John King the receipt whereof they hereby acknowledge They the said Martha Anne King and John King as such Trustees as aforesaid Do hereby respectively grant and convey unto the said Sarah Clark her heirs and assigns All that Messuage or dwellinghouse and shop with the appurtenances thereto [p.4] belonging situate in or near the Market Square in the town of Winslow aforesaid which said premises were formerly in the occupation of Benjamin Dudley afterwards of Grant King then of John Corkett and now of George Kennings as tenant of the said Martha Anne King and John King To hold the hereditaments and premises hereby assured unto and to the use of the said Sarah Clark her heirs and assigns for ever In Witness whereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first before written John King [signature] Martha Anne King [signature] Signed sealed and delivered by the before named John King in the presence of Albert Edward Johnson [signature] Tailor 24 Bonny Bow St Birmingham Signed Sealed and Delivered by the before named Martha Anne King Being in the presence of Herbert Bullock [signature] Solicitor Winslow

1903	Directory Kennings, Frederick, saddler & harness maker, High Street

1911	Census, High Street, 6 rooms Mary Kennings, wife, 51, saddler & harness maker, b. Thornborough, married 19 years, no children

1911	Parish Council decided to put an enamel "High Street" sign on Mrs Kennings' shop.

	The sign is still there, although the business had changed its name by the time this photo was taken on 21 Nov 1911.

1914	Assessment (TNA, IR58/2347 no.165)
Situation High Street Description House & Shop Gross Value: Buildings £18 Rateable Value: Buildings £14 - 10 Occupier Mrs Stemmings [sic] Owner Sarah Clark, 6 Liime Park Villas Sidmouth Interest of Owner Freehold Occupier’s tenancy, Term Quarterly Actual Rent £18 – 0 - 0 Who pays (a) Rates and Taxes (b) Insurance a) T (b) L Who is liable for repairs L Former Sales Dates No Sales [stamp] SEP 30 1914 Particulars, description and note made on inspection Brick & Slate House & Shop Shop, sitting room & kitchen 2 store barns W.C. & rubbish hole 4 bedrooms 3 poles 9 yds Valuation – Market Value of Fee Simple in possession of whole property in its present condition £300 Deduct Market Value of Site under similar circumstances, but if divested of structures, timber, fruit trees, and other things growing on the land 12’ front 900 sq ft £50 Difference Balance, being portion of market value attributable to structures, timber &c. £250

1918	Lease, 25 July: 21 years from 25 March 1918, rent £18 p.a.
	Sarah Clark, wife of James Thomas Clark of 6, Limepark Villas, Sidmouth to George Muston Housley of High Street Winslow saddler
	House, shop and premises formerly in the occupation of Richard Saunders but now of the lessee

1921	Census: Market Square, 6 rooms
	George Muston Housley, Head, 55y 1m, married, b. Swineshead, Lincs, saddler
	Emma Martha Francis [sic] Jane Housley, Wife, 56y 2m, b. Nuneaton

1921	Death of Sarah Clark the owner. She was James King's daughter and wife of James Thomas Clark, draper (married at Exeter in 1890); she had previously been married to Harry Lee, then Edward Dent.

1924	Kelly's Directory Housley, George Muston, saddler, Market Square

1929	Rating valuation
	Owner: Jesse Knight
	Occupier: Mr G.M. Housley
	House & shop, gross value £22

1939	Directory: Willison, Dennis saddler 8 High Street

1939	Register: 8 High Street
	Eales, Frederick. b 12 March 1897, saddler & harness maker, manager Eales, Mary, b. 8 Oct 1901, unpaid domestic duties Eales, Joan M., b. 6 Nov 1926, at school [surname changed to Hale]

1958	Buckingham Advertiser, 15 March: Winslow valuation court
	An appeal against the assesment of £75 gross value and £60 rateable value in respect of the shop and premises at 8 High Street ... the property had been occupied by the late Mr. G.T. Holland ... [his] daughter was taking over the business ... [valuation reduced to £70/£56] ... the property was not worth repairing ...

From c.1964 the shop was Newman's Delicatessen.