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Introduction
Map of Frieth Moor End Bramblings Astrea Merrydown Cottage Corner Cottage Moor's End Cottages Moor Gate House Underwood The Copse Fingest Road The Forge Folly Cottages The Willows Perrin Springs Lane Perrin Springs West's Cottages Ellery Rise Hilliers Lynden Cottage Frieth Hill Hillside Cottage Rowleys Pear Tree Cottage Hillside View The Platt Little Barlows Cutlers Cottage Yew Tree Cottage Little Cottage Barlows Birch Cottage Tedders / Rose Cottage The Old Stores The Yew Tree Inn Fairfield House Flint Cottage 1 Flint Cottage 2 Inglenook Middle Cottage Sunny Corner The Gables The Orchards Hilltop Cattons Mallards Hillswood The Old Parsonage White Gates The Laurels The Cottage The Firm Marlstone Westwood Bradstone Haylescroft The Niche Rivendell Summerhill Ashcroft Selborne The Ranch House Sara's Cottage The Cherries The Old School House Innings Road Collier's Farm Innings Gate Down the Lane Sunset Cottage Fermain Chilterns Rowan Cottage Creighton Cottage Apple Tree Old Well Cottage The Cottage Flat Roof Whitsun Backlins Red Kites Maidenscraft Spurgrove Lane Maidencraft Cottage September Cottage Spurgrove Cottage Gable End Willems Elder Barn Sunnydale |
 Hillside Lodge in 1982 As transport became easier and buses started services to local towns people bought factory made shoes and the cordwainer's business declined. However there was still a sale for hand made shoes for those who could afford them. The last hand crafted shoes made in Frieth were surgical shoes - in demand after World War 2. [ In about 1933 the property was sold to Ernest Fielder. Roger Druce, now living at Mallards further up the hill, writes to tell me that they bought Hillside view in 1947 from the estate of the late Ernest Fielder who was a London tea importer. His brother Charles lived at Down The Lane. The brothers both had revolving chalets in their garden - one brown and one green - the green one is still at Hillside View. His housekeeper lived at Hilliers (just across the road). The gardener, Basil Barlow, lived at The Old Cottage (now Birches) From the Collier family tree I see that Ernest and Charles' father was James Fielder who lived in Limehouse and is thought to have owned a fleet of Thames barges. James married in 1859, as his second wife, Elizabeth Collier (1828 - ?). Her father William Collier (1790 - c1854) was a surgeon and apothecary of Hemel Hempstead and Stokenchurch. He was found guilty of fraud in 1834 and transported to Tasmania. Pardoned in 1845/6 to practice as a surgeon but in Australia and New Zealand only. He died about 1854, possibly in Launceston, Tasmania. Miss Hirst bought Hillside view in 1962, an elderly lady who (although living next door) we hardly ever saw. But we did hear her whenever she got her Austin A35 from the garage - revving the engine hard whilst backing out. John Sandeman, the present occupant, writes : Somewhere I have a copy of the bill for the building of Hillside View the sum was £600-12s -3d. I believe this was an early Lovell house being one of the first with cavity construction, the bricks used were local Cadmore End Reds! The initials E.B. and L.B. are carved into two bricks at the side of the house. The cottage is entirely different being built with 9” solid walls. ] |
