1846 Tithe Map plot number: |
21, 47 & 155 |
1896 1:2500 OS Map plot number: |
100, 36 & 95 |
House Field was a name applied to several arable fields - it usually referred to the nearest field (of several) to the farmhouse - synonymous with 'Home Field'.
The first was of about five acres and was situated on the north side of Bisley Green, adjacent to Bullrowzen Farm. In the Tithe Award it was measured at 5 acres and 39 perches.
House Field was one of the fields associated with Bull Rowzen Farm. In the mid-eighteenth century, Bullrowzen Farm was owned by George Rempnant. When he died in 1774, he left it to his son-in-law John Street. John Street died in 1787 and Bullrowzen passed to his son, Henry; Henry in turn died in 1803 and Bullrowzen passed to his son, James.
James Street sold Bullrowzen in 1839, to George Marshall for £450. At the time the farm and associated lands were measured at thirty-four acres two roods and six perches. When George died in 1854, the farm passed to his wife, Sarah. In 1873, Sarah sold the farm, now measured at thirty-five acres three roods and thirteen perches, for £230 to Edward Esdale Clark and Marshall Pontifex.
In 1904, Marshall Pontifex sold his portion of the farm (the farmhouse and lands of just over 21 acres, including House Field) to Roderic Bryant Shearburn for the sum of five shillings.
The second, of about 2 acres, was situated to the north of the parish, adjacent to Ford Farm and was also known as Orchard Field.
The third, about one acre, was situated on the north side of Clews Lane. In the Tithe Award it was measured at 3 roods and 38 perches.
In the mid 18th century, House Field was owned , together with Edsawes and two other plots, by Richard Hod. Richard died in 1759 and Edsawes and the land passed to his son, also named Richard. Richard junior died in 1766 and willed Edsawes and the land to his daughter Ann, now the wife of Thomas Waterer.
In February 1774, Thomas and Ann were given licence to let Edsawes to Henry Collyer of Horsell.
Ann Waterer died in 1815; in her will she left Edsawes in trust to her son James and friend John Parsons to sell and dispose. In December that year they sold Edsawes and the land to Richard Barnes, a shopkeeper of Bisley.
Richard Barnes died in 1819. In his will he left Edsawes to his brother Thomas, after the death of his wife Sarah. Thomas was admitted tenant in October 1823. In October 1830, Thomas sold Edsawes and the land to Stephen Steptoe.
By 1846, Edsawes and its land was owned by James Bedford.