Grove Cottage is at the far end of a row of cottages built circa 1760 at the head of the footpath to Whaddon Church. The name comes from a grove of trees just north of the footpath.
Grove Cottage (next door to Sweet Apple Cottage) betakes its full name from the “Grove Footpath”. It is a reconstructed building, but this work has been tastefully executed.
“Nash, A Buckinghamshire Village”, Duncan C. and King J, 1987.
Mr and Mrs W Horn and Piers
1982 Nash WI Scrapbook.
Miss Phillips
1965 Nash WI Scrapbook.
| Date | Title | 1st Part | 2nd Part | Notes |
| 11th December 1953 | Assent | Frederic Albert Phillips (of High Point, Stowe Avenue, Buckingham; Garage Proprietor; personal representative of Mary Phillips) | Ethel Mary Phillips of Grove Cottage; spinster. | Frederic Albert Phillips as personal representative of Mary Phillips, assents the vesting of Grove Cottage to Ethel Mary Phillips. |
1953 Assent
| Year | Surname | Forename | Address |
| 1950 | Phillips | Ethel M | Grove Cottage |
| 1950 | Phillips | Mary | Grove Cottage |
1950 Nash Register of Electors
| Year | Surname | Forename | Address |
| 1945 | Phillips | Ethel M | Grove Cottage |
| 1945 | Phillips | Mary | Grove Cottage |
1945 Nash Register of Electors
| Address | Schedule | Sub No | Other names | Surname | Birthdate | Birth year | Condition | Personal occupation |
| Grove Cottage | 25 | 1 | Mary | Phillips | 25-Dec | 1867 | W | Retired |
| Grove Cottage | 25 | 2 | Ethel M | Phillips | 31-Jul | 1894 | S | Domestic duties |
1939 Register
| Year | Surname | Forename | Address | Absent voter | Parliamentary qualification | Local Government qualification | Juror |
| 1939 | Phillips | Mary | Grove Cottage | Rw | Ow | ||
| 1939 | Phillips | Ethel Mary | Grove Cottage | Rw |
1939 Nash Register of Electors
| Year | Surname | Forename | Address | Absent voter | Parliamentary qualification | Local Government qualification | Juror |
| 1935 | Phillips | Mary | Grove Cottage | Rw | Ow | ||
| 1935 | Phillips | Ethel Mary | Grove Cottage | Rw |
1935 Nash Register of Electors
| Date | Title | 1st Part | Notes |
| 16th August 1935 | Assent | Mary Phillips (of Nash; personal representative of William Thomas Bazeley Phillips) | Mary Phillips as personal representative of William Thomas Bazeley Phillips, assents the vesting of Grove Cottage to herself. |
1935 Assent
| Date | Title | 1st Part | 2nd Part | 3rd Part | 4th Part | Notes |
| 17th March 1932 | Conveyance | Edwin Holton (the Common, Great Horwood; farmer; Vendor) | Elsie Zanita Nobes (wife of Richard Nobes of Chackmore; the first Mortgagee) | William Benjamin Viccars (4 Park Road, Winslow; the second Mortgagee) | William Thomas Bazeley Phillips (of Nash, retired Motor Engineer and Coach Builder; the Purchaser) | William Thomas Bazeley Phillips buys property from Edwin Holton for £200; Edwin pays off both mortgages, having already paid the interest owed. |
1932 Conveyance
| Year | Surname | Forename | Address | Absent voter | Parliamentary qualification | Local Government qualification | Juror |
| 1930 | Phillips | Mary | Grove Cottage | Rw | Dw | ||
| 1930 | Phillips | William Thomas Bazeley | Grove Cottage | R | O |
1930 Nash Register of Electors
| Date | Title | 1st Part | 2nd Part | Notes |
| 11th November 1929 | Deed of Mortgage | Edwin Holton (the Borrower) | William Benjamin Viccars (4 Park Road, Winslow; Mortgagee) | Edwin Holton borrows £410 (?) for 1001 years from William Benjamin Viccars |
1929 Mortgage
| Date | Title | 1st Part | 2nd Part | Notes |
| 12th July 1927 | Deed of Mortgage | Edwin Holton (the Borrower) | Elsie Zanita Nobes (wife of Richard Nobes of Chackmore; the Mortgagee) | Edwin Holton borrows £150 (at £5% interest, payable on 12th July and 12th January) for 1000 years from Elsie Zanita Nobes. |
| 11th July 1927 | Conveyance | Isaac Smith (formerly of Nash, then of Wavendon; formerly Labourer and then Farmer) | Edwin Holton (The Common, Great Horwood) | Edwin Holton buys ‘all that Cottage .. Formerly two Cottages … known as Grove Cottage and then vacant.’ for £130. |
1927 Conveyance and Mortgage
| Year | Surname | Forename | Address | Absent voter | Parliamentary qualification | Local Government qualification | Juror |
| 1925 | Smith | Mark | Grove Cottage | R | O | ||
| 1925 | Smith | Mary Ann | Grove Cottage | HO | HO | ||
| 1925 | Smith | Harry | Grove Cottage | R |
1925 Nash Register of Electors
| Year | Surname | Forename | Address | Absent voter | Parliamentary qualification | Local Government qualification |
| 1922 | Smith | Mark | Grove Cottage | R | O | |
| 1922 | Smith | Mary Ann | Grove Cottage | HO | HO |
1922 Nash Register of Electors
| Number | Surname | Forename | Residence | Absent voter | Parliamentary qualification | Local Government qualification |
| 80 | Smith | Mark | Grove Cottage | R | O | |
| 81 | Smith | Mary Ann | Grove Cottage | HO | HO |
1918 Nash Register of Electors
(Possible, not certain)
| No. of Schedule | Address from Enumerator’s summary | Number of rooms | Forename | Surname | Relation | Males | Females | Condition | Completed years of present marriage | Total children born alive | Children still living | Children who have died | Personal Occupation | Industry or service with which worker is connected. | Employer, Worker or Own account | Working at Home | Where born | Nationality of every person born in a foreign country |
| 47 | Nash | 4 | Mark | Smith | Head | 35 | Married | Carriage Cleaner | L&NW Rly Works | Worker | Nash, Bucks | |||||||
| 47 | Nash | 4 | Mary Ann | Smith | Wife | 34 | Married | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | Thornborough, Bucks | ||||||
| 47 | Nash | 4 | Alice | Smith | Daughter | 10 | School | Stony Stratford, Bucks | ||||||||||
| 47 | Nash | 4 | Fred | Smith | Son | 8 | School | Stony Stratford, Bucks | ||||||||||
| 47 | Nash | 4 | Harry | Smith | Son | 7 | School | Stony Stratford, Bucks | ||||||||||
| 47 | Nash | 4 | Gladys | Smith | Daughter | 6 | School | Nash, Bucks | ||||||||||
| 47 | Nash | 4 | William Mark | Smith | Son | 4 | Nash, Bucks | |||||||||||
| 47 | Nash | 4 | Winnifred Mary | Smith | Daughter | 2 | Nash, Bucks |
1911 census
Occupiers – Alfred Knight; Owners – Isaac Smith, Briars Bank, Great Horwood, Winslow; Cottage; Village
Gross Annual Value – £3; Rateable Value – £2/5/-
1910 Valuation Office Survey
Alfred Knight, Butcher
1907 Kelly’s Directory
| Date | Title | 1st Part | 2nd Part | Notes |
| 10th June 1905 | Indenture | William Henry Boon (of Thornborough, schoolmaster) | Isaac Smith (of Nash; labourer) | For payment of £55 Isaac Smith buys ‘two freehold Cottages … known as Grove Cottage .. And in the occupation of Alfred Knight.’ |
1905 Indenture
Alfred Knight, Butcher
1903 Kelly’s Directory
| No. of Schedule | Place | Number of rooms occupied if under 5 | Forename | Surname | Relation | Condition | Males | Females | Profession or Occupation | Employer, Worker or Own account | Working at Home | WHERE BORN | Disability |
| 32 | The Grove | Alfred | Knight | Head | Married | 46 | Butcher | Worker | Northampton. Northants | ||||
| 32 | The Grove | Mary E | Knight | Wife | Married | 52 | Stony Stratford, Bucks | ||||||
| 32 | The Grove | Catherine | Knight | Daughter | Single | 15 | Stony Stratford, Bucks | ||||||
| 32 | The Grove | William | Knight | Son | Single | 11 | Nash, Bucks | ||||||
| 32 | The Grove | ? | Knight | Grandson | Single | 3 | Nash, Bucks |
1901 census
Alfred Knight, Butcher
1899 Kelly’s Directory
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