Plot 255, GATESHED END

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1846 Tithe Map plot number:

255

1896 1:2500 OS Map plot number:

194

Plot 255 on the 1846 Tithe Map was a messuage and tenement set in about quarter of an acre, on the east side of and near the centre of Chatton Row. In the Tithe Award it was measured at 1 rood and 10 perches.

In the mid 18th century, the property at Gateshed End (the messuage on plot 155 and the garden, plot 154), was held by James Wye for his life with remainder to his wife's children. His wife was Elizabeth Mellish and it is likely that the previous owner was her father. James Wye died in 1754 and the property passed to his (and Elizabeth's) eldest son, also named James Wye.

A year later, in 1755, James Wye (who was living in Egham) sold the property to William Stovall of Send. In 1760, William purchased the two adjoining plots, from Sarah Moore. William Stovall died in 1786 and the property passed to his eldest son, also William. William immediately after taking possion in 1788 passed the property on to James Stovall.

In 1800 James Stovall sold the property to William Woods of Knaphill. In 1802 William Woods sold the property to Thomas Sago.

In 1806 Thomas Sago sold the property to William Smith, victualler. William Smith died in 1829; in his will he left the property in trust to be sold by his executors, John Knowls and James Stedman.

In 1842 John Knowles and James Steadman sold the property to Stephen Eacott, a Bisley farmer, for £280. Stephen Eacott held the property for nearly thirty years; he sold it in 1870 to William Williams.

By the 1960s, the site was occupied by a bungalow called 'Ebbisham', now number 11 Chatton Row.