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Maidencraft Cottage is the first house in Spurgrove Lane.
The name is due to the local pronunciation of 'craft' for 'croft'
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the field in which it is built was called Maiden Croft ( A croft is a
small
piece of arable land) [ see the 1845 Tithe Map
under "Hambleden" on the menu bar above ]
The plots of land on which the bungalows in Spurgrove Lane
are built were passed for building prior to WW2 but most were not built upon
until after 1945/6. These and the houses and bungalows on the "Stony Road"
at Spurgrove are mostly post-war so the house deeds will give their origin and
successive changes of ownership.
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