Woodside Cottage
Title
Woodside Cottage
Description
Information on previous owners gained from documents :
(some title deeds, and declaration in 1972 by Kathleen Mary Dangerfield, daughter of Frank Wright, regarding absence of boundary disputes)
Richard Gardiner of Oakridge Lynch died intestate in 1864 and his son Cyrus Gardiner was granted possession in 1865.
Cyrus died intestate in 1901 and the estate was granted to his son Tom Gardiner in 1902 and he kept the property until 1903 when he sold it for £60 to Mercy Elizabeth Bailey of Chiswick in Surrey.
Lloyd George Survey 1910 records Eli Gardiner as both owner and occupier of “Cottage 372 Stone & tile cottage: 1 bedroom, living room and pantry lean-to, stone & tile washhouse, stone & tile shed and EC, garden” but this ownership does not accord with other records.
On death of Mercy Elizabeth Bailey in 1955* her daughter Lucy Ellen Bailey sold the property for £310 to Frank Wright of Crofts Hill. He died in 1972 and is buried in the Methodist Chapel graveyard.
The property was then sold for £8,850 to David and Pamela Castle in 1972. They were relatives of Mavis and Sid Short of Lydas Cottage but only used the house for weekend visits.
*Note that Mercy Elizabeth Bailey 'of Whiteway' was buried in the Methodist Chapel in May 1955
Information on occupants from documents and reminiscences of local people:
Eli Gardiner with sons Walter Edward and Albert George remembered here by Eileen Minchin. Eli Gardiner died 14 April 1925 and is buried in the Methodist Chapel graveyard.
1955 Frank Wright moved here from Crofts Hill (see Crofts Hill details). Frank Wright's daughter, Kathleen Mary, married Richard John Dangerfield.
Hollis Gardiner, who later moved to the Broadway.
Eddy and Ivy Asher during WW2 (from Alison Gardiner notes).
Additions and Alterations :
Major extensions by Robin and Barbara Moinet in two stages in the 1990s.
Possible Links to Census details
(These can only be speculative associations as specific properties are not defined in the censuses apart from 1841 where Whiteway is specified with four households.)
1841 One of the following families – Thomas Gardiner and wife, Anne, Matthew Deane and 6 children, Absalom Gardiner and wife, Mary, or Jesse Whiting, wife Sarah and 4 children
1891 No.114 Eli Gardiner, hedger and thatcher, Charlotte his wife and children Walter, Albert, Hollis, Bertha, Sidney, Frances. Also Amos his brother and Edward his nephew.
1911 Eli Gardiner and family
1939/40 War Inventory shows Mr and Mrs E Long and daughter Joyce living here
(some title deeds, and declaration in 1972 by Kathleen Mary Dangerfield, daughter of Frank Wright, regarding absence of boundary disputes)
Richard Gardiner of Oakridge Lynch died intestate in 1864 and his son Cyrus Gardiner was granted possession in 1865.
Cyrus died intestate in 1901 and the estate was granted to his son Tom Gardiner in 1902 and he kept the property until 1903 when he sold it for £60 to Mercy Elizabeth Bailey of Chiswick in Surrey.
Lloyd George Survey 1910 records Eli Gardiner as both owner and occupier of “Cottage 372 Stone & tile cottage: 1 bedroom, living room and pantry lean-to, stone & tile washhouse, stone & tile shed and EC, garden” but this ownership does not accord with other records.
On death of Mercy Elizabeth Bailey in 1955* her daughter Lucy Ellen Bailey sold the property for £310 to Frank Wright of Crofts Hill. He died in 1972 and is buried in the Methodist Chapel graveyard.
The property was then sold for £8,850 to David and Pamela Castle in 1972. They were relatives of Mavis and Sid Short of Lydas Cottage but only used the house for weekend visits.
*Note that Mercy Elizabeth Bailey 'of Whiteway' was buried in the Methodist Chapel in May 1955
Information on occupants from documents and reminiscences of local people:
Eli Gardiner with sons Walter Edward and Albert George remembered here by Eileen Minchin. Eli Gardiner died 14 April 1925 and is buried in the Methodist Chapel graveyard.
1955 Frank Wright moved here from Crofts Hill (see Crofts Hill details). Frank Wright's daughter, Kathleen Mary, married Richard John Dangerfield.
Hollis Gardiner, who later moved to the Broadway.
Eddy and Ivy Asher during WW2 (from Alison Gardiner notes).
Additions and Alterations :
Major extensions by Robin and Barbara Moinet in two stages in the 1990s.
Possible Links to Census details
(These can only be speculative associations as specific properties are not defined in the censuses apart from 1841 where Whiteway is specified with four households.)
1841 One of the following families – Thomas Gardiner and wife, Anne, Matthew Deane and 6 children, Absalom Gardiner and wife, Mary, or Jesse Whiting, wife Sarah and 4 children
1891 No.114 Eli Gardiner, hedger and thatcher, Charlotte his wife and children Walter, Albert, Hollis, Bertha, Sidney, Frances. Also Amos his brother and Edward his nephew.
1911 Eli Gardiner and family
1939/40 War Inventory shows Mr and Mrs E Long and daughter Joyce living here
Source
Oakridge History Group
Collection
Citation
“Woodside Cottage,” Oakridge Archives, accessed May 18, 2024, https://oakridgearchives.omeka.net/items/show/158.