Highfield

06 November, 2011 Highfield

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	below: tithe map left: 1890s map showing location of farm off Back Lane.

Highfield Farm was probably created as a by-product of the inclosure. It was situated to the north of the town, in what once were open fields. The house was built by Richard Talboys, of Doughton, before 1663. He then conveyed it to his two younger sons. Highfield Farm was added to the estate of the Savage family in 1766, along with Colly Farm which they already owned.

In 1832 Samuel Dunn was farming the land.

Thomas Ind was farming the land by 1841 and employed three staff who lived at the farm. By 1851 two staff were living in. On his death in 1856 son George took over the farm which comprised of 100 acres by 1861. He employed two men and one boy. There was also a dairymaid and a farm servant In the Rate Books for 1860 Mrs Ind was listed as the occupier and George Thomas the owner. A George Thomas of Lasborough was one of the executors in Thomas Ind’s will.

In 1871 George was still farming the same land, and employing one man. Nephew and niece Jane & Robert Witchell were also living there. By 1881 George was living and working from Chipping Hill and the farm was in the hands of George Thomas, of Westonbirt, who farmed just 35 acres. George Thomas was still there in 1891 but by 1897 William Blackwell was listed in the trade directory of that year.

In 1901 a baker, Walter Hugginson was living in the house with his wife and young son.

The 1910 Land Valuation Survey gives size of 84 acres. Ernest Barnes was one time occupier, now Mr Godwin paying £180 rent. The owner was William George Warne of Lowfield who bought the property in July 1895.
The buildings consisted of stone and stone tile farmhouse in fair repair, with a stone and stone tile entrance porch, hall, sitting room, living kitchen, back kitchen, dairy, outhouse. On the first floor was a large landing, four bedrooms, and on the second floor, three attics. There was a water pump.
Farm buildings were: stabling of stone and stone tile construction in very good repari consisting of loose box and tie up for four with loft over and feeding trough; a five bay open fronted stone and stone tile cartshed; stone and stone tile cartshed or traphouse; stone and stone tile leanto fowlshouse with stone shed adjacent; two pigsties, single bay stone and stone tile barn with stone floor; stone and stone tile implement shed; two good ranges of stone and stone tile tieing up open fronted sheds for 12 with feeding troughs and concrete floor; two bulls houses; fences were half stone and half hedge. Timber was cheifly elm and beech.
Gross value of the property was £4101.

In the 1911 census young farmer, Ernest Barnes, wife Harriet, and their infant daughter Elizabeth were resident. They had a 13 year old servant living in. The house had eight rooms. Noting the information above from the 1910 LV survey it would appear that the date that Highfield was surveyed was after the census in 1911 OR that the new tenant detail was added after the survey details - amendments to the details were added so this is probably the most likely scenario.

Currently Highfield Farm houses several small businesses.


	SOURCES: Image of farmhouse from Images of England IR58 Land Valuation Survey, National Archives. VCH Gloucestershire Vol 11 available online GLOUCESTERSHIRE ARCHIVES D1388/SL/8/21 SALE PARTICULARS: 1895 Highfield Farm (Plan) D446/T23 DEEDS: 1719 Farmhouse called Highfield and land, and 13 messuages. Maps reproduced with permission of Gloucestershire Archives.

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