aka NEWINS

The Four Acres was an arable field of about five and a half acres, situated on the south side of Bisley Green near to where it meets Polled Oak Slade. In the Tithe Award it was measured at 5 acres 1 roods and 31 perches; described on the OS map as 5.525 acres.

The Four Acres was one of four fields, purchased by John Kidder from John Smith some time before 1733. John Kidder sold The Four Acres to Solomon Dayrolles in 1750.

Solomon Dayrolles died in 1786, having agreed to sell The Four Acres to Henry Halsey. His son, Thomas Philip Dayrolle, was admitted as tenant and then immediately surrendered the land to the use of Henry Halsey.

Henry Halsey died in 1809. In his will he left his lands in Bisley, including The Four Acres, in trust to the use of his son, Henry William Richard Westgarth Halsey, for his life and then to the son or sons of his said son. In 1849, a quantity of timber was cut on the trust lands without licence from the lord of the manor and so the lands became forfeited to the lord. In 1850, the lands were granted back to H.W.R.W Halsey.

In 1881, Henry William Richard Westgarth Halsey surrendered the trust lands, including The Four Acres, to Frederick Mellersh and Edward Joseph Halsey, who were admitted as tenants in 1886.

In 1889, land in Chobham, Pirbright and Bisley was sold, by various parties in a complicated deal, to The Right Honorable Francis Charteris Earl of Wemyss and March. The Earl of Wemyss and March thus became the owner of The Four Acres.