GODDINS

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1846 Tithe Map plot number:

 134

1896 1:2500 OS Map plot number:

 61

aka STEDMAN'S FARM, ELM PARK, THE ELMS

Goddins was a house and tenement, situated near the eastern corner of Bisley Green. In the Tithe Award the 'house and garden' was measured at 2 roods and 25 perches; on the OS map at 1.219 acres.

In the first half of the 18th century, Goddins was held, copyhold, by Moses Evered, along with two fields of meadow - Mead Close and Home Mead. Moses Evered died in 1747 and Goddins was inherited by his son, also Moses. Moses junior died in 1785; in his will, he left his estates to his wife, Elizabeth, for her lifetime. After his wife's death, Goddins would pass to his nephew, Moses Beauchamp. Elizabeth died in 1789 and Moses Beauchamp inherited.

In 1796, Moses Beauchamp sold Goddins and its lands to James Stedman. James Stedman died in 1809; in his will he left Goddins to his nephew, William Chandler.

William Chandler died in 1871, aged 90. Goddins was inherited by his son, also William. William junior died in 1887; in his will he directed his trustees to sell his lands and to use the monies raised upon various trusts. In September 1887, Goddins was sold to Louisa Amelia Wing, wife of Frederick Wing.

On the 1873 6" to a mile Ordnance Survey map, the property is shown as 'Stedman's Farm'; on the 1913 6" to a mile Ordnance Survey map, as 'The Elms'