The Copse stands at the far end of the track mentioned
above. A shed behind this cottage is said to have sheltered the curate's
horse [which] he had used to ride from Lower Parmoor whilst he walked on up the lane to Ackhampstead Chapel to take services there.
This was by arrangement between Hambleden and Lewknor
Parishes.
In 1950 Mr Cornish and his family lived at The Copse.
He was a dairy farmer and the last man in Frieth to keep cows unfenced on Moor
Common. During the autumn / winter months he would make a controlled burn
of the bushes, bracken and rough grass that had sprung up so that new grass
would appear in the spring.
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