Note: an 1853 directory of Chenies can be viewed here.
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| Abbee, Mary, Arnold, Family, Arnold, Daniel, Ashby, Tim, Atkins Jim/Jimmy, Atkins Joy, Atkins, Bill, Austin, George, Austin, Sam, | – Wife of Samuel Clarke (II) in 1795. From Chorleywood. – Lived for many generations at Whitehill Cottage (No. 33) as the village tailors. – Became the Landlord of The Goat Inn in 1678. – Lived at Shep Whites in the 50s-70s – Worked on estate and served in the ARF – Created Audio Memoirs of her time living in Chenies – Husband of Joy Atkins, long time resident of Chenies – Publican at the Goat Inn, 1750’s – Publican at the Goat Inn and Constable, 1778 |
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| Barfoot, Anne, Barfoot, Edward, Barfoot, John, Bastin, Joe, Bastin, Private Benjamin, Bastin, Hilda, Bastin, John, Bastin, Jane, Bedford, Duchess Adeline, Bedford, Dukes Beeson, Charles/Charley, Beeson, May Cecil, Beeson, Mr, Beeson, Sam/Sammy, Bennet, Mr, Benson, Mr C. E., Biggs, John, Blackwell, Mr, Blakeaway, Tom, Blandford, Lady, Body, Albert, Body, Edith, Body, James, Body, Private John, Body, Joseph, Body, Sarah, Boughton, Harry, Boughton, John Henry, Boughton, T.T, Brown, Adela, Brown, Alfred J, Brown, Lewis Archibald, Brown, Ernest, Brown, Sarah, | – Innkeeper at the Goat Inn in 1603 – Son of Anne and John, died of plague in 1603 – Innkeeper at the Goat Inn in 1603 – Farmed at Old House Farm, brother to Benjamin Bastin – Died in 1917. Son of John and Jane Bastin – Sister of Rose Maling – Parents of Private Benjamin Bastin – Parents of Private Benjamin Bastin – Lived at Woodside House. Wrote a 22 July 1914 letter complaining about the Fire Service – Dukes of Chenies Manor. Ran the Estate until 1954. – Slaughtered the pigs – Daughter of Mr. & Mrs Charles Beeson, died in 1907 of illness, age 12 – Operated a Blacksmith on Green Street in about 1780 – Worked for the estate and served in the ARF – Leader of the Green Street Baptists in 1760 – Leased (1946) and then bought (1954) Woodside House. – Worked for the estate – Worked with Mr Pluckhouse at the Claypits Blacksmith in about 1780 – Manager at the Bedford Arms on Christmas Day 1972 when fire broke out – lived at Chenies house after Miss Russell – Lived at Sheepshouses, worked at Great Green Street Farm, died 1940 – Church Organist at the Baptist Chapel and dressmaker. Lived at Kingscote, the PO and No. 26 – Married Elizabeth Clarke in 1801, (sister to Samuel Clarke III) – Died on 14th August 1918. Son of Joseph and Sarah Body, lived at 69 Sheep Houses, Chenies – Parents of Private John Body, lived at 69 Sheep Houses, Chenies – Parents of Private John Body, lived at 69 Sheep Houses, Chenies – Ran Mill Farm and Manor Farm – Farmer and miller at Dodd’s Mill, father of TT, nephew of Sarah Dodd – Ran a local business, T. T. Boughton & Sons Ltd. Engineers. Rose Maling‘s father worked for him – Daughter of Thomas Dollimore, wife of Alfred Brown – Died in 1918. Son of Ernest and Sarah. Husband of Adela Dollimore. Lived at No. 54. – Died in 1915 and is buried in the Baptist Chapel churchyard. Son of Ernest and Sarah. Lived at No. 54. – Parent of Lewis Archibald and Alfred J. Brown. Lived at No. 54. – Parent of Lewis Archibald and Alfred J. Brown. Lived at No. 54. |
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| Cannon, James, Cant, Mr, Charles, Captain Leslie, Charles, Mr. Stafford R, Charles, Mrs. Stafford, Chilton, James, Chilton, John, Chilton, Leading Stoker James, Chilton, Lydia, Chilton, Maria, Chilton, Private Frank, Chilton, Private Harold, Clarke, Elizabeth, Clarke, George, Clarke, Samuel, (I) Clarke, Samuel, (II) Clarke, Samuel, (III) Clarke, Samuel, (IV) Clarke, Sarah, Clarke, H.S., Cooper, George, Coster, Family, Coster, Rod Cromwell, Thomas, | – Became a Licensed Dissenting Minister at Cheynes Lodge in 1708. Farmer for the Estate. – Gardener for The Pightle as well as other gardens in the village – Died in 1916 as a Prisoner of War aged 21. Son of Mr & Mrs Stafford Charles – Lived at Woodside House after the Duchess in the 20s. Set up billiards for a young lads club – Lived at Woodside House after the Duchess died in the 20s. Started the WI with Mrs Wishart – Lived at No. 52, Plough Cottage. A farmherd for the Chenies Estate. Parent of Harold Chilton – Lived at No. 8 New Cottages. A labourer on the Estate. Parent of Frank and James Chilton – Lived at No. 8 New Cottages. Died in 1916, aged 28 – Lived at No. 52, Plough Cottage. Parent of Harold Chilton – Lived at No. 8 New Cottages. Parent of Frank and James Chilton – Lived at No. 8 New Cottages. Killed in action iin 1915, aged 25 – Lived at No. 52, Plough Cottage with his parents, a gardener. Died in 1916, aged 24 – Sister to Samuel Clarke III. Married James Body in 1801. – Brother to Samuel Clarke III. Carpenter, lived in Watford. – A wheelwright at located at Nos. 8-11 Chenies in about 1783., and prominent Baptist – A wheelwright as above. Married Mary Abbee in 1795. Later farmed Ports Farm (No. 18/19) – Owned The Plough c.1838, a wheelwrights and beershop. Lived at the Red Lion in 1839 – Butcher of Chandlers Cross. Owned the two cottages behind The Plough in 1877 – Married Richard Reed of Nos. 50 and 52 in 1790, later passed to Samuel Clarke III in c.1830 – Church Treasurer at Baptist Church in 1931 – Occupied the orchard as a tenant where the Baptist Chapel was built in 1775, then the Manse – Lived at the Mount – Lived at the bottom of the village, worked at the Manor House, Lorry Driver – First Minister of the Green Street Baptist’s in 1764 – 1775 |
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| Darvell, Mr, Davis, John, Davis, Sarah, Davis, Thomas, Davis, William, Dickens, Bob, Dickens, Tom, Dodd, George, Dodd, John, Dodd, Sarah, Doig, James, Dollimore, Adela Millicent, Dollimore, Thomas Dan, Darke, Mrs, Dyer, William, | – Ran Mount Farm – Steward of the Manor, bought an orchard for the building of the Baptist Chapel. Lived in the Manse – Daughter of John Davis, Ran Dodd’s Mill with her husband George Dodd – Assistant Pastor at the Baptist Church in 1829 – Son of John Davis. Trustee of the Baptist Chapel after it was built. Lived in the Manse – Ran Little Green Street Farm – Ran Great Green Street Farm – Ran Dodd’s Mill with his wife Sarah. Son of John Dodd. Churchwarden and overseer of the poor – Ran Dodd’s Mill on a 21 year lease from 1739. Churchwarden and overseer of the poor – Daughter of John Davis, Ran Dodd’s Mill with her husband George Dodd – Chairman of the Chenies Parish Council in the 1960s – Daughter of Thomas Dollimore, wife of Alfred Brown – Kept the Chenies Watercress Beds. Lived from 1867-1922 – Ran the Post Office, grocery and then an antique shop from the Old Village Shop – Rented Dodd’s Mill between 1735-1739 |
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| Edwards, Mr Roland, Edwards, Mrs Julie, | – Bought Chenies Place in 1977. Continued the traditional planting in the gardens – Bought Chenies Place in 1977. Continued the traditional planting in the gardens |
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| Farrow, Widow, Farrow, Sarah, Farrow, Thomas, Fitch Betty (née Young), Fitch Corporal Harry, Fitch, Mr. and Mrs. William, Fitch, Stuart, Fleet Jennifer, Forbes, Miss Louisa, Forbes, Miss Evaline, Fursdon, Rev. Robert W, Fursdon, Elizabeth, Fursdon Private John Stanley, | – Rented Dodd’s Mill in 1665 for £25.4.0d per annum – Wife of Thomas, Miller atDodd’s Mill until she went to the Almshouses in 1737 – Miller atDodd’s Mill until his death in 1735 – Wife of Harry Fitch (married in 1940). Lived in Chenies – Died in 1944. Son of Mr & Mrs William Fitch, husband to Betty Young of Chenies. – Parents of Harry Fitch – Member of the Old Berkeley Hunt. Lived at Mill Farm (Fitches Farm) in the late 20th century – Wrote memoirs of her time at Chenies School – Ran a School for Ladies for the nobility at Woodside House in the 1880’s – Ran a School for Ladies for the nobility at Woodside House in the 1880’s – Resident of Kingscote, Minister of the Baptist Chapel for over 34 years. Parent of John Fursdon – Resident of Kingscote, wife to Baptist Minister Robert. Parent of John Fursdon – Died in 1917. Son of Baptist Minister Rev. Fursdon and Elizabeth of the Manse (Kingscote) |
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| Giles, Hugh, Glenister, Miss, Goodson, Mr Charles Goodson, Mr Herbert, Goodson, Mrs Isabella, Grace, Miss Eliza, Green, Mr, Griffiths, Fanny, | – Minister of the Baptist Church 1775 – 1788 – Ran the Post Office and General Store from No. 30 before it moved in 1910 to the Old Village Shop. – Landlord of the Bedford Arms with his wife Mrs Goodson. Died in 1904 – Landlord of the Bedford Arms after his parents died in 1904 onwards – Landlord of the Bedford Arms with her husband Mr Goodson. Died in 1904 – Draper at the Old Village Shop who gave sewing lessons at Chenies School. Ran the Post Office there – Farmed along Green Street – Had two illegtimate children, dismissed from her post working for Mr Phripp and sent to jail in 1778 |
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| Harding, Family, Harding, Anne, Harding, Susannah, Harding, Susannah, Harding, William, Harrison, Joe, Haynes, Miss, Healing, Betty, Hearn, George, Hockley, Mr & Mrs, Holloway, Private Albert, Holloway, Alf, Howe, Nan and Bill, Howell , William, Hughes, Fanny, Hughes, George, Hughes, John Martin, Hughes, John. M., Hughes, J. M., Hutchings, Mr, | – Farmed Shepherds Farm (now the Bedford Arms) prior to 1735 – Went to live with the Dodd family in 1764 after surviving smallpox and the death of her mother – Went to live with the Baldwin family in 1764 after surviving smallpox, who were also on the poor rate – Mother of Anne and Susannah, lived in poverty.Died in childbirth in 1759 – Father of Anne and Susannah. Arrested for poaching in 1759 and given 2 years in prison – Wrote a memoir about his time at Chenies School – Schoolteacher at Chenies School at the turn of the century – Lived at Sarratt Bottom and wrote memoirs of her time here – Served in the ARF – Landlords at the Bedford Arms. Kept two Jersey cows – A resident of Chenies Bottom. Died of his wounds in 1916 aged 31 – Worked on the Estate, and served in the ARF – Lived at No. 50, Grafton Cottage at around the time Joy gave her talk (c.2000) – The village gravedigger and last Blacksmith. Retired in 1920. Lived at No. 28 – Wife of John Hughes, beer seller and tailor in 1851 – Sold milk and kept cows at Home Close (butchers shop/farm). Born 1856 at Red Lion to JM Hughes – Butcher at Home Close at the turn of the century (son of George). Sold milk and kept 6-8 cows – Occupied the Red Lion as a beer seller/tailor in 1851, moved to Little Green Street Farm, died in 1884 – Tenant at No. 19 (now combined with No. 18) in 1954 – River Bailiff, lived at No. 19 (now part of No. 18) until he retired in 1972 |
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| James, Mr, Jeune, Mrs de, Jones, Rev Morgan, Jones, Rev Trevor, Jubb, Dr, | – Headmaster at Chenies School 1893-1922 – Wrote memoirs of her time at Chenies School in the 1923 – Son-in-law of John Davis. One of the trustees to which the Baptist Chapel and land was entrusted in 1779 – Rector of Chenies Church. Briefly responsible for the Post Office but was removed for neglecting his duty – Rector at Chenies Church in 1751-1788. His absence and actions led to John Davis’ defection to the Baptists |
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| Kentish, Clara, Kentish, Mrs, Kilby, Mr, King, Gunner Edward, King, George, | – Ran the General Store at Banner Rest with her mother selling groceries, haberdashery, oil etc – Ran the General Store at Banner Rest with her daughter Clara – Lived at No. 41, had a smallholding and pony and trap. Butler to Miss Russell of Chenies House – Son of George King, died of pneumonia in 1919 in Egypt – River keeper (and gamekeeper) for the estate |
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| Lewis, William, Life, Andrew, Life, Emile, Life, Joan, Life, Ted, Little Bertie, Lodesman, Edward, Lovett, Mother, Lowances, Susanna, Lowances, John, | – Pastor at the Baptist Chapel in c.1800 – Son of Emilie Life and Ted Life, husband of Joan Life – Headteacher at Chenies School from 1926 – 1951. Mother of Andrew Life, wife of Ted Life – Wife of Andrew Life – Husband of Emilie Life. Father of Andrew Life. Cricket Club Captain. – Worked at the Estate – Landlord of the Red Lion, died of plague in 1603 – Died of plague in 1603 in the cottage adjoining the Old Goat – Was brought to Chenies with her husband John Lowances – Was brought to Chenies to work at Dodd’s Mill in 1755 |
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| MacLeod Matthews, Mr & Mrs, Maling, Mr M, Maling, Rose, Mason, Herbert, Mason, John & Charlotte, Matthews, Mr & Mrs, McClean, Mrs, Mcgregor, Mr, Mumford, Mr & Mrs Cyril, Munn, John, | – Owners of the Manor House. Have done extensive restoration and historical research – Husband of Rose Maling. Lived at The Manse and worked the Watercress Beds. – Lived at Dodd’s Mill, in the Mill Cottages, and then later The Manse. Wrote a memoir. – Died of his wounds in 1917 aged 25. His parents were farm labourers at Old House Farm. – Parents of Herbert Mason. Farm labourers at Old House Farm. – A tenant at No. 50, Grafton Cottage, at times jointly with Joy Atkins and Mrs Phipps – Lived at Rose Cottage (now the Manse). Ran wartime concerts and gave French lessons – Worked alongside Mr King the gamekeeper as Steward for the Estate, after Mr Owens – Lived on the estate, and were fined for leaving a light on during the blackout – Son-in-law of John Davis. One of the trustees to which the Baptist Chapel was entrusted in 1779 |
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| Nall, Helen, Newns, Arthur, Newton, James, | – Wrote about her memories of Chenies – Was a war veteran in the village with particularly memorable foul language – Became a Licensed Dissenting Minister in 1705. Acquired a licence to use their home as a meeting house in 1741 |
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| Owens, Mr, | – Worked for the estate as Steward |
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| Palmer, Mrs, Palmer, Rev John, Pearce, S.R., Phipps, Mrs, Phripp, Sir Richard, Pluckhouse, Mr, Puddephat, Jeremiah, Puddephat, Mr, Puddephat, Mrs, | – Made and sold baskets in a house by the green – Minister at the Baptist Church sometime before Rev Fursdon – Secretary at the Baptist Church in 1931 – Widow of the Master of the Old Berkeley Hunt and subpostmistress. Lived at Banner Rest, then No. 50 – Lord of the Manor of Rickmansworth. Employed several chenies residents including Fanny Griffiths – A blacksmith on Claypits Lane – Farmed Shepherds Farm (now the Bedford Arms) – Head gardener at Chenies House, and lived in the Lodge. – Photographed outside No 9. Lived at the Lodge, and then later as a widow, lived in No. 30. |
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| Ramsay, Mr, Reed, Thomas, Reed, Richard Row, Alice, Row, Charles, Ruston, Miss Barbara, Russell, Lord Wriothesley, Russell, Lady (Miss), Russell, Duchess Adeline | – Local apothecary that cared for the Harding children – Tenant of Reeds Farm, previously Ports Farm, located at No. 18, in 1728 – Part of a family of woodworkers at Nos. 50 and 52 for over a century. Married Sarah Clarke in 1790 – Widow of Charles Row. Died of the plague in 1603 in the cottage attached to the Goat Inn – Husband of Alice Row – Lived at No. 41 in 1959 with her mother. Clerk to the Chenies Parish Council and member of the WI – Younger son of the 6th Duke. Much loved Rector to the village from 1829 to 1886 – Lived at the Rectory (now Chenies House) – Lived at Woodside House. Philanthropist and advocate for penal reform |
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| Sale, Coral, Sale, Mrs, Salmon, Mr, Saunders, Mr, Sharman,Nathan, Shann, Reginald, Shann, Reginald, Shann, Elizabeth, Shepherd, Family, Simmonds, Alfred, Simpson, Bill, Simpson, William, Smith, Kathleen, Smith, Mr & Mrs, Smith, David, Smith, Fred, Smith, Dr. F, Smith, William, Stapp, Ann, Stapp, Susannah, Stone, Mr, Strikes, James, | – Lived with the Chiltons, her grandparents, at the Plough Inn, No. 52 – Coral’s mother. Daughter of James and Lydia Chilton, worked for Miss Russell at Chenies House – Baker at Chess Croft from 1905 – 1972 – Farmed Valley farm, which lay between Chenies and Sarratt – Pastor at the Baptist Church between 1788 – 1800 – Son of the Rector Reginald and Elizabeth Shann. Died in 1918 and is memorialised at the Church – Rector at St Michael’s. Father of Reginald Arthur Shann and husband of Elizabeth Shann – Mother of Reginald Arthur Shann and wife of Rev. Reginald Shann – Farmed Shepherds Farm (now the Bedford Arms) – Coachman at the Bedford Arms Hotel, bellringer and Betty Healing‘s grandfather. – Last tenant of the Manor House, farmer of Manor Farm (Great House Farm) – Tenant of Grace Farm in 1802 (located where Chess Croft is now) and then later Green Street – Wrote memories of her time at Chenies School as an evacuee – Betty Healing‘s Aunt and Uncle that ran a smallholding in Sarratt Bottom – Remembers his father and grandfather farming Lodge Farm and then Little Green Street Farm – Born and worked at Little Green Street Farm. Later lived at no. 53 after he was married in 1932 – Rector at St Michael’s between the wars – Ran Little Green Street Farm before his son Fred. Was the Parish Constable. – Married James Strikes in c.1748 – Married William Harding in 1749. Mother to Anne, Susannah and 3 others (deceased). Died in childbirth – Leader of the Green Street Baptist’s in 1761-64 – Paper maker brought here to work at Dodd’s Mill in 1748 . Married local girl Ann Stap. |
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| Todd, Mr. Turtle, Miss, Tye Betty, Tyler, Mr, | – Worked Dodd’s Mill at the turn of the century – Schoolteacher at Chenies School at the turn of the century – Wrote about her memories at Chenies School – Worked the Sarratt Watercress |
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| Wallington, Mr H, Warwick, Countess of, Weedon, Clement, Wells, Launcelot, West, Charles, West, Ebenezer Westell, Mr, Westell, Elizabeth, Wishart, Mrs, Wilson, Henry, Worrell, Mr, Woods, Mr, | – The village butcher before Mr Hughes – Daughter of the 2nd Earl of Bedford. Established the Almshouses on Green Street in c.1605 – Taken on for a five-year apprenticeship at Dodd’s Mill in 1741 aged 11 – Tenant of No. 18, a farm from at least 1600 to 1635. Sublet to Ralph Judge – Lived at Kingscote with his father Rev. Ebenezer West. Founder of Great Ormond Street – Pastor at the Baptist Church, In 1821 he started a small school at the Baptist Church, and then Kingscote – Landlord at the Red Lion in the 1900s, Husband to Elizabeth Westell. Had a pony and trap – Licensee of the Red Lion, later lived next door. Remarried to Mr. Westell, grandmother to Betty Healing – Started the W.I in the 1920’s at No. 19. along with Mrs Stafford Charles – Ran the Old Village Shop with his wife before Mrs Darke – Ran the oldIron Foundry at No 41 from 1837 onwards. Made windows for the Lodge – Ran both the Green Street Farms at the turn of the century |
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| Young Betty, | Wife of Harry Fitch (married in 1940) |
content sources:
Chorleywood, Chenies, Loudwater and Heronsgate, a Social History by Ian Foster
Chenies & Chorleywood in Camera by Clive Birch
Documents:
- 1853 directory of Chenies Residents
- Chenies Marriages 1593-1836
- Christenings at St Michael’s, 1592-1837
- Chenies in 1736
- Property Photos and Descriptions 1960-80 (Chorleywood Field Studies Centre)
- 1851 Chenies Census
contributor: Rachel Bishop
date published: 29/04/26