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Townsend Farm

The present Townsend Farmhouse was built in C1600s with a major extension and redevelopment in the 1720/30s. Research has established a timeline for both ownership and occupation dating from the 1760, through to the 1980s.

  • Francis, Lord Godolphin Osborne, owner – George Clark, Occupier – 1790

    By 1777 the Lordship remains in the hands of Francis Lord Godolphin but Martha Clarke has been buried and her second son George has inherited the leasehold and occupancy.
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  • George Clarke, junior, Owner and Occupier – 1831

    Owner and Occupier Farmer George Clarke Snr, is buried in 1817, and evidence of inheritance by his only son George appears in 1831 through a rates levy and correspondence for the impending enclosure of the common fields. George, junior, married Elizabeth Hughes, resident of Quainton on 9th October 1818. They had three children: William, Mary [...]
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  • George Clarke, Owner and Occupier

    By 1841, Townsend Farm was owned and occupied by George Clarke who previously rented it from Lord Godolphin. The date of the purchase is not apparent from the records. The enactment assigned land from the common to George as a private enclosure of fields adjacent to the Farmhouse.
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