Pair of cottages. C17, altered and refronted C19. Some timber framing with whitewashed brick infill to rear. Brick to front, steeply pitched thatch roof, half-hipped to left, brick chimneys to right gable and between cottages. 1½ storeys, 3 bays. No. 61, comprising one wide bay to left, has paired wooden casements to centre and to first floor, partly in thatch, and barred window to right. Ground floor windows have segmental heads, ledged flush-panelled door to left. No 63 has 2 bays with 3-light barred wooden casements to ground floor and upper left and small sash window to upper right. Central C20 door. Door and right-hand window have segmental heads. Curved windbraces in roof.
English Heritage
Mr Patrick John Corcoran and Mrs Jean Mary Corcoran
“Peartree is a beautiful cottage with a very friendly feel to the place. It was built around 1700. Approximately 15 – 20 years or so ago, the then owner restored the cottage and it contains many original features. The lounge has an Inglenook style fireplace and a quaint walk-in cupboard, the dining room has a 19th century fireplace which retains the old bread oven. Upstairs the larger of the two bedrooms has a cathedral style ceiling. There are extensive exposed timber beams throughout, many of which are original. There are also some original wattle and daub walls. All in all a delightful cottage to live in.”
Millennium Chronicle 1999
| 9th February 1994 | Agreement to buy | Gary Vaughan Hughes and Merril Hughes of 63 High Street, Nash | Patrick John Corcoran and Jean Mary Corcoran of 17 Dryburgh House, Alderney Street, London SW | Patrick John Corcoran and Jean Mary Corcoran pays £79,500 to Gary Vaughan Hughes and Merril Hughes for 63 High Street, Nash. |
1994 Agreement to buy.
| 18th November 1988 | Deed of Exchange from Ian Charles Edwards to Gary Vaughan Hughes and Merril Hughes | Ian Charles Edwards of 63 High Street, Nash | Gary Vaughan Hughes and Merril Hughes of 21 High Street, Whittlebury, Towcester, Northants | Gary Vaughan Hughes and Merril Hughes exchange their house and £35,000 with Ian Charles Edwards. ‘All that freehold property situate and known as 63 High Street Nash … formerly known as 23 High Street Nash”. |
1988 Deed of Exchange
| 22nd February 1988 | Conveyance | Ian Charles Edwards buys out Angela Frances Edwards. |
1988 Conveyance.
A fine old pear tree gives its name to this cottage on the hill, which stands with its next door cottages in a charming group at “Town End”.
“Nash, A Buckinghamshire Village”, Duncan C. and King J, 1987.
| 14th December 1984 | Conveyance from Walter Ernest Hogg to Ian Charles and Angela Frances Edwards. | Walter Ernest Hogg of Doves Farm, Whittlebury, Northants | Ian Charles Edwards and Angela Frances Edwards of 231 Downs Barn Boulevard, Downs Barn, Milton Keynes. | Ian Charles Edwards and Angela Frances Edwards pays £33,500 to Walter Ernest Hogg for ‘all that dwellinghouse and premises situate and now known as number 63 High Street … but formerly known as number 23 High Street, Nash’. |
1984 Conveyance
| 9th October 1984 | Made Grade II listed building. |
1984 List Building Status
| 16th November 1982 | Assent | Walter Ernest Hogg of Doves Farm, Whittlebury, Northants | Marjorie Gertrude Hogg of Ashleigh, Whittlebury, Northamptonshire | Walter Ernest Hogg is the personal representative of Marjorie Gertrude Hogg, and assents ‘all that dwellinghouse and premises formerly known as 23 High Street, Nash … but now known as 63 High Street, Nash’. |
1982 Assent.
| 22nd October 1982 | Death of Marjorie Gertrude Hogg |
1982 Death.
Mrs A Weatherhead
1982 Nash WI Scrapbook.
| 6th September 1971 | Assent | Marjorie Gertrude Hogg of Ashleigh, Whittlebury, Northamptonshire | Mr Ernest Albert Colton of “The Hill”, Nash, Smallholder. | Marjorie Gertrude Hogg made personal representative of Ernest Albert Colton, who at the time of his death at 25 High Street also owned 23 High Street. |
1971 Assent.
| 27th May 1971 | Death of Ernest Albert Colton. |
1971 Death.
Mr and Mrs W Weatherhead (then 23 High Street)
1965 Nash WI Scrapbook.
| 2nd October 1959 | Copy will of Ernest Albert Colton of 25 High Street, Nash | Appointed his daughter Marjorie Gertrude Hogg to be sole Executrix. Wife Lucy to get everything if she survives him for 1 month, if not 25 High Street to go to son John Ernest Colton and 23 High Street to daughter Marjorie Gertrude Hogg. |
1959 Copy Will.
| Year | Surname | Forename | Address |
| 1950 | Weatherhead | Ada H | Pear Tree Cottage |
| 1950 | Weatherhead | William T | Pear Tree Cottage |
1950 Register of Electors
| Year | Surname | Forename | Address |
| 1945 | Stairs | William | Pear Tree Cottage |
| 1945 | Weatherhead | Ada H | Pear Tree Cottage |
| 1945 | Weatherhead | William T | Pear Tree Cottage |
1945 Register of Electors
| Date | Title | 1st Part | 2nd Part | Notes |
| 17th January 1940 | Conveyance | Mr Arthur William French Harrup of Nash; Farmer; the Vendor | Mr Arthur Albert Beckett of Red House Farm, Nash; Farmer; the Purchaser | Freehold bought by Arthur Albert Beckett for £90 from Arthur William French Harrup; ‘formerly for many years been in the occupation of Henry Harrup were lately in the occupation of ? Varney and are now unoccupied’; owners and occupiers of 59 High Street to have access to the rear of their property along a strip of land. Plan shows a Beckett late Mrs Bonn owning/ living in 59 High Street and Mr Colton owning/ living in 63 High Street. |
1940 Conveyance of 61 High Street
| Year | Surname | Forename | Address | Absent voter | Parliamentary qualification | Local Government qualification | Juror |
| 1939 | Weatherhead | George William | Pear Tree Cottage | R | |||
| 1939 | Weatherhead | William Thomas | Pear Tree Cottage | R | O | ||
| 1939 | Weatherhead | Ada Hannah | Pear Tree Cottage | Rw | Dw |
1939 Register of Electors
| 1st June 1932 | Conveyance from Mrs Elsie Edith Mary Smith to Mr Ernest A Colton and Mrs Lucy Colton | Mrs Elsie Edith Mary Smith of 12 Bridge Street, Buckingham, formerly of Preston Bissett, Widow. | Mr Ernest Albert Colton and Mrs Lucy Colton of “The Hill”, Nash, Smallholder. | Ernest Albert and Lucy Colton pays £175 to Elsie Edith Mary Smith for ‘all those two Freehold Cottages or Tenements with the outbuildings piece of Land and appurtenances situate near the Three Horse Shoes Public House and at a place known as “The Hill” in the Parish of Nash … now in the occupation of Thomas Ridgway.’ |
1932 Conveyance
| 11th January 1932 | Death of Ernest Smith |
1932 Death.
| 16th May 1931 | Copy will of Ernest Smith |
1931 Copy Will.
| Year | Surname | Forename | Address | Absent voter | Parliamentary qualification | Local Government qualification | Juror |
| 1930 | Hogg | Holford | Pear Tree Cottage | R | O | ||
| 1930 | Hogg | Lily Elizabeth | Pear Tree Cottage | Rw | Dw |
1930 Register of Electors
| Year | Surname | Forename | Address | Absent voter | Parliamentary qualification | Local Government qualification | Juror |
| 1925 | Hogg | Halford | Pear Tree Cottage | R | O | ||
| 1925 | Hogg | Lily Elizabeth | Pear Tree Cottage | HO | HO |
1925 Register of Electors
| 18th December 1923 | Conveyance from Isaac Smith to Ernest Smith | Isaac Smith of Glebe Farm, Warrendon, near Bletchley, Farmer | Ernest Smith of Church Lane, Whaddon, Labourer. | Ernest Smith pays £60 to Isaac Smith for ‘all that piece or parcel of land and garden together with the Cottage then situate in Nash … near the Three Horse Shoes Public House’. |
1923 Conveyance
| 4th December 1923 | Assent to devise to Ellen Smith’s will. | Isaac Smith | Ernest Smith | Both Ernest and Isaac agree to the assent to the device of Ellen Smith’s will. |
1923 Assent
| 14th October 1923 | Death of Ellen Smith |
1923 Death
(Possible, not certain)
| Year | Surname | Forename | Property situated | Abode | Qualification | Parliamentary qualification | Local Government qualification | Parochial elector |
| 1915 | Colton | Ernest | In the village. | Nash | Dwelling house. | Y | Y | Y |
1915 Register of Electors
| Date | Title | 1st Part | 2nd Part | Notes |
| 30th September 1914 | Conveyance | Mr William Edward Bennett of “Chedworth” Part Avenue, Northampton; Gentleman | Mr Arthur William French Harrup of Nash; Farmer | Freehold bought by Arthur William French Harrup for £25 from William Edward Bennett; ‘have for many years been in the occupation of Henry Harrup’; owners and occupiers of 59 High Street to have access to the rear of their property along a strip of land. Plan shows a Mrs Bonn owning/ living in 59 High Street and Mr Smith owning/ living in 63 High Street. |
1914 Conveyance of 61 High Street
(Possible, not certain)
| Address from census return | 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 | |
| 31 | Nash | 4 | Ernest | Colton | Head | 26 | Married | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Farm labourer | Worker | Nash, Bucks | |||||
| 31 | Nash | 4 | Lucy | Colton | Wife | 26 | Married | Astcote, Northants | |||||||||||
| 31 | Nash | 4 | Marjorie | Colton | Daughter | 2 | Nash, Bucks |
1911 census
Frederick SMITH, Parish Sexton
Kelly’s 1903 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 |
| 47 | Pear Tree Cottage | Frederick | Smith | Head | Married | 33 | Agricultural Labourer | Worker | Nash, Bucks | ||||
| 47 | Pear Tree Cottage | Amy | Smith | Wife | Married | 29 | Thornborough, Bucks | ||||||
| 47 | Pear Tree Cottage | Mavis | Smith | Daughter | Single | 6 | Nash, Bucks | ||||||
| 47 | Pear Tree Cottage | Cecil | Smith | Son | Single | 4 | Nash, Bucks | ||||||
| 47 | Pear Tree Cottage | Annie | Smith | Daughter | Single | 2 | Nash, Bucks |
1901 census
Frederick SMITH, Parish Sexton
Kelly’s 1899 Directory
| 9th January 1899 | Copy will of Ellen Smith | Ellen Smith, wife of James Smith of Nash, Labourer. | Ernest Smith | Isaac Smith | Ellen Smith gives 65 High Street (the Freehold Cottage and Garden in Nash … nearest to the said Three Horse Shoes Public House) to Ernest Smith and 63 High Street to Isaac Smith (‘the other of the Two Cottages with the garden)’. Both sons appointed Executors. |
1899 Copy Will
| 20th November 1897 | Deed of Enfranchisement | William Selby Lowndes Esq | Ellen Smith, wife of James Smith of Nash, Agricultural Labourer, out of her separate property. | £1/11/- paid by Ellen Smith as cost of enfranchisement (ie buy the freehold) “Messuage or Tenement with the Yards Gardens Barns Stables Outhouses Buildings’ … ‘formerly in the occupation of Humphrey Ray deceased and late of the said William Brett or his undertenants the premises late of Lydia Smith and John King’. |
1897 Deed of Enfranchisement
| 11th February 1896 | Surrender of John Whitehead Brett and William Charles Cowell; admission of Mrs Ellen Smith | William Selby Lowndes Esq | Edward Henry Thomas ? Small | John Whitehead Brett of Whaddon, Farmer, and William Charles Cowell of Nash, Farmer | Ellen Smith, wife of James Smith of Nash, Agricultural Labourer, out of her separate property. | “Messuage or Tenement with the Yards Gardens Barns Stables Outhouses Buildings’ … ‘ late in the occupation of Humphrey Ray and late of the said William Brett or his undertenants the premises late of Lydia Smith and John King’. Rent 4d; fine 5/-; heriot 4d. |
1896 Surrender
| 16th October 1895 | Devices in Trust – sale under will of William Brett to Mrs Ellen Smith | John Whitehead Brett of Whaddon, Farmer, and William Charles Cowell on Nash, Farmer | Henry Small Esq | Herbert Bullock of Winslow, Gentleman | Ellen Smith, wife of James Smith of Nash, Agricultural Labourer, out of her separate property. | Ellen Smitht pays £85 to John Whitehead Brett and William Charle Cowell for ‘Messuage or Tenement with the Yards Gardens Barns Stables Outhouses Buildings’ … ‘ late in the occupation of Humphrey Ray and late of the said William Brett or his undertenants the premises late of Lydia Smith and John King’. Rentt 4d. |
1895 Devices in Trust
| 3rd September 1895 | Admission of John Brett and William Charles Cowell | Henry Small Esq | William Brett, Farmer, deceased | “All that copyhold messuage or Tenement now divided into three tenements and Orchard yards gardens barns stables outhouses and buildings .. In Nash .. formerly in the occupation of William Dunkley since John Dunkley Thomas Dunkley and Matthew Dunkley then of Henry Payne and James Dunkley and the said Thomas Dunkley and the said William Brett .. the premises formerly of (blank) Emerton late of Elizabeth King and afterwards William Teasdale. Annual rent of £1/5/6 1/2d; fines £5/16/- and heriots £5/0/4d |
1895 Admission
| 3rd September 1895 | Admission of John Brett and William Charles Cowell | William Brett, Farmer, deceased | “Messuage or Tenement with the Yards Gardens Barns Stables Outhouses Buildings’ … ‘ formerly in the occupation of Humphrey Ray deceased and late of the said William Brett, the premises late of Lydia Smith and John King’. Heriot 4d. |
1895 Admission
| 1st February 1895 | Death of William Brett |
1895 Death
| No. of Schedule | Place | Rooms | Forename | Surname | Relation | Condition | Males | Females | Job | Employer | Employed | Neither Employer nor Employed | Where born | Disability |
| 4 | William | Bliss | Head | Married | 69 | Blacksmith | x | Buckingham, Bucks | ||||||
| 4 | Mary | Bliss | Wife | Married | 65 | Buckingham, Bucks | ||||||||
| 4 | Elizabeth | Cockett | Niece | 12 | Scholar |
1891 census
| Year | Surname | Forename | Property situated | Abode | Qualification | Parliamentary qualification | Local Government qualification |
| 1890 | Bliss | William | The Hill | Nash | Dwelling house. | Y | Y |
1890 Register of Electors
| 18th April 1888 | Will of William Brett |
1888 Will
(Possible, not certain)
| No of Schedule | Place | Forename | Surname | Relation | Condition | Males | Females | Job | Where born | Disability |
| 16 | Village | John | Underwood | Head | Unmarried | 48 | Gentleman | Whaddon |
1881 census
| 28th October 1879 | Surrender of Samuel Bivinham Dudley; admission of William Brett | “All that copyhold messuage or Tenement now divided into three tenements and Orchard yards gardens barns stables outhouses and buildings .. In Nash .. Formerly in the occupation of William Dunkley since John Dunkley Thomas Dunkley and Matthew Dunkley then of Henry Payne and James Dunkley and the said Thomas Dunkley and the said William Brett .. the premises formerly of (blank) Emerton late of Elizabeth King and afterwards William Teasdale |
1879 Surrender
| 31st October 1871 | Admission of Ann Ray for life or widowhood. | William Selby Lowndes Esq | Charles Appleyard, Gentleman | Ann Ray, widow of Humphrey Ray, Grocer | Late of Lydia Smith Widow and John King | William Coles | Messuage or Tenement with the Yards Gardens Barns Stables Outhouses Buildings’ …’being in Nash’ … ‘ late in the occupation of Humphrey Ray deceased the premises late of Lydia Smith and John King’ reverts to Ann Ray for her life or widowhood. Heriot of 4d; rent of 4d pa; fine 4d. |
| 31st October 1871 | Admission of Humphey Ray. | William Selby Lowndes Esq | Charles Appleyard, Gentleman | Humphrey Ray, son and heir of Humphrey Ray, Grocer | William Coles | Messuage or Tenement with the Yards Gardens Barns Stables Outhouses Buildings’ …’being in Nash’ … ‘ late in the occupation of Humphrey Ray deceased the premises late of Lydia Smith and John King’ passes to Humphrey Ray his son and heir. Heriot of 4d; rent of 4d pa. | |
| 31st October 1871 | Surrender of Ann Ray and Humphey Ray; admission of William Brett | William Selby Lowndes Esq | Charles Appleyard, Gentleman | Ann Ray of Whaddon, widow and Humphrey Ray of Buckingham, Police Officer | William Brett of Nash, Farmer | William Brett pays £110 to Ann and Humphrey Ray for ‘Messuage or Tenement with the Yards Gardens Barns Stables Outhouses Buildings’ … ‘ late in the occupation of Humphrey Ray deceased the premises late of Lydia Smith and John King’. Heriot 4d. |
1871 Surrender
| 26th April 1871 | Ann Ray renounces Letters of Administration |
| 26th April 1871 | Humphrey Ray accepts Letters of Administration |
1871 Letters of Administration
(Possible, not certain)
| No. of Schedule | Place | Forename | Surname | Relation | Condition | Males | Females | Job | Where born | Disability |
| 24 | Cottage, Hill | Elizabeth | Timms | Head | Widow | 51 | Lace Maker | Beachampton, Bucks | ||
| 24 | Cottage, Hill | John | Timms | Son | 10 | Scholler | Nash, Bucks | |||
| 24 | Cottage, Hill | Mary Ann | Timms | Daughter | Unmarried | 20 | Lace Maker | Nash, Bucks | ||
| 24 | Lodgers | George | Timms | Son | Married | 21 | ?? Labourer | Nash, Bucks | ||
| 24 | Lodgers | Ann | Timms | Wife | Married | 21 | Lace Maker | Beachampton, Bucks | ||
| 24 | Lodgers | Emily Jane | Timms | Daughter | Child | 1 | Farm Labourer | Nash, Bucks |
1871 census
| 26th October 1870 | Death of Humphrey Ray, Grocer | Ann Ray, widow of Humphrey Ray. | Humphrey Ray, son and heir to Humphrey Ray, Grocer |
1870 Death.
| 1st June 1814 | Admission of Mr Humphrey Ray | William Selby Lowndes Esq | George Pitt Hurst, Gentleman | William Coles, late of Nash then of Buckingham, baker | Late of Lydia Smith Widow and John King | Confirmation of Humphrey Ray of Nash, Yeoman, paying £185 to William Coles witnessed by John Colton of Nash, cordwainer, and Richard Garrett of Nash, cordwainer; late Lydia Smith, Widow and John King. |
1814 Admission
| 23rd October 1813 | Payment of £185 | Humphrey Ray | William Coles, late of Nash then of Buckingham, Baker | Witnessed by John Colson and Richard Garrett | Humphrey Ray of Nash, Yeoman, pays £185 to William Coles witnessed by John Colson of Nash, cordwainer, and Richard Garrett of Nash, cordwainer |
1813 Payment
| 26th October 1786 | Admission of William Coles Senr | William Selby Esq | George Griffin, Gentleman | George Pitt Hurst, Gentleman | Messuage Tenement Yards Gardens Barns Stables Outhouses and buildings in Nash then in the occupation of William Coles (the elder, baker) and previously the late of Lydia Smith Widow and John King. Annual rent 4d, fine 5/-, heriot 4d. |
1786 Admission
| 7th April 1785 | (Out of Court) Surrender of Joseph Gilkes | Joseph Gilkes | Surrendered ‘by the hands of’ John King and James King | Occupied by William Coles | Late of Lydia Smith Widow and John King |
1785 Surrender
| 24th October 1772 | (Out of Court) Surrender of Humphry Ray | Humphry Ray | Surrendered ‘by the hand of’ Sarah Illing and Thomas Bandy | Humphry Ray surrendered “All and every copyhold messuages land tenements and hereditaments … in the parish and precinct of Whaddon and Nash ….. By the last will and testament of Humphry Ray.” |
1772 Surrender
| 1st September 1755 | Surrender of William Wadswoth and his wife Mary; admission of Humphrey Ray Junr | Thomas James Selby Esq | Walsen Hammer Esq | William Wadsworth and wife Mary | Humphry Ray Junr | “‘Messuage in Nash with the orchard and appurtenances .. late in the occupation of John Poulton” |
1755 Surrender
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