House. C17, altered. Timber frame with whitewashed brick infill to first floor of S. side, rendered ground floor and rear. Gable to road tile-hung. Thatched roof, brick stacks to right and between left-hand bays. Left bay has 2 storeys, remainder 1½. 3 bays, 3-light barred wooden casements to ground floor and upper left bay, barred C20 bow window to ground floor between left bays, possibly in former doorway, right-hand bays have 3-light leaded casements to first floor in thatch eyebrows. Half-glazed and barred door between right-hand bays. Moulded wooden string at first floor level.
English Heritage
Mr Harrup had a butcher’s shop here some years ago. This cottage is built of brick and has a timber panelling, part rendered and part tile hung, with a thatched roof. It has a quarry tiled floor, and an inglenook fireplace with basket and hood. There is a small cellar below.
“Nash, A Buckinghamshire Village”, Duncan C. and King J, 1987.
Mr and Mrs Rubinstein, Imogen, Adam, Martha and Zachary
1965 Nash WI Scrapbook.
Note: it is difficult to distinguish which house is which at The Cross, Mr Harrup (in italics) might be at 1 Winslow Road.
Albert James Smith (34 Lorne Park Road, Bournemouth, Hants; Carpenter) as the personal representative of Joseph Smith sells numbers 3 and 5 (Sunnybanks) Winslow Road to Arthur William Harrup (retired Butcher) and Annie Elizabeth Harrup (both of 3 Winslow Road, Nash) for £1640.
30th June 1956 Conveyance
Death of Joseph Smith.
4th March 1955
| Year | Surname | Forename | Property situated | Year | Surname | Forename | Address |
| 1950 | Harrup | Arthur W F | The Cross | 1950 | Cowley | Annie | The Cross |
1950 Nash Register of Electors
| Year | Surname | Forename | Property situated | Year | Surname | Forename | Address |
| 1945 | Harrup | Arthur W F | The Cross | 1945 | Cowley | Annie | The Cross |
1945 Nash Register of Electors
Frederick Selby Harwood (of Nash; Baker) and Annie Cowley (of Nash; spinster) as appointed executors of Ann Jane Cowley’s will sell 3 Winslow Road plus land to Joseph Smith (of 51 Apsley Road, South Norwood, Surrey; Carpenter); for £470.
30th September 1937 Conveyance
Frederick Selby Harwood (of Nash; Baker) declares himself an Executor of Ann Jane Cowley’s (maiden name King) will. Arthur W.F. Harrup is yearly tenant. Property was willed to her by her father John King
28th September 1937 Declaration
Death of Ann Jane Cowley.
22nd May 1937
| Year | Surname | Forename | Property situated |
| 1935 | Harrup | Arthur William French | Nash Cross |
1935 Nash Register of Electors
| Year | Surname | Forename | Property situated | Year | Surname | Forename | Address | Absent voter | Parliamentary qualification | Local Government qualification |
| 1930 | Harrup | Arthur William French | Nash Cross | 1930 | Cowley | Ann Jane | Nash Cross | Rw | Ow |
1930 Nash Register of Electors
| Year | Surname | Forename | Property situated | Year | Surname | Forename | Address | Absent voter | Parliamentary qualification | Local Government qualification |
| 1925 | Harrup | Arthur William French | Nash Cross | 1925 | Cowley | Ann Jane | Nash Cross | O | O |
1925 Nash Register of Electors
House and land changes from Copyhold to Freehold. ‘formerly in the occupation of John Cotton afterwards of Edward Branson since of Jonathan Bennett then of John Dunkley and now of the said Ann Jane Cowley’.
31st March 1924, Enfranchisement
| Year | Surname | Forename | Property situated | Absent voter | Parliamentary qualification | Local Government qualification |
| 1922 | Cowley | Ann Jane | Nash Cross | O | O |
1922 Nash Register of Electors
| Number | Surname | Forename
|
Residence | Absent voter | Parliamentary qualification | Local Government qualification |
| 16 | Cowley | Ann Jane | Nash Cross | O | O |
1918 Nash Register of Electors
| Year | Surname | Forename | Property situated | Abode | Qualification | Parliamentary qualification | Local Government qualification | Parochial elector |
| 1915 | Cowley | Ann Jane | In the village. | Nash | Dwelling house. | Y | Y |
1915 Nash Register of Electors
Mrs Ann Jane Cowley admitted as copyhold tenant to the Manor of Whaddon and Nash.
24th June 1915, Admission
(4). COTTAGE
about 80 yards E. of (3 [– Dove Cottage]). One wall retains original plaster filling. The W. wall is of modem brick.
Condition – Good.
These buildings are all of the 17th century and almost all are of two storeys; the walls generally are timber-framed, with brick filling which has been considerably restored; the roofs are thatched. Nearly all are of rectangular plan, and have old chimney stacks, some partly restored.
“Royal Commission on Historical Monuments 1913”.
Mary King (Ann Jane Cowley’s mother) died; property passes to Ann Jane under terms of her father’s will; ‘formerly in the occupation of John Ridgeway then Matthew King the elder then late of John King and late of Mary King’; mention of Barstock field (behind 1 and 3 Winslow Road) and another additional messuage and barn.
August 1913
| 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 | Infirmity | |
| 8 | Nash Cross | Nash Cross | 4 | Ann Jane | Cowley | Head | 65 | Widow | 42 | 9 | 8 | 1 | Nash, Bucks | |||||||
| 8 | Nash Cross | Nash Cross | 4 | Emma | Cowley | Daughter | 30 | Single | Winslow, Bucks | |||||||||||
| 8 | Nash Cross | Nash Cross | 4 | Albert Edward | Cowley | Son | 24 | Single | Stone Mason | Worker | Nash, Bucks | |||||||||
| 8 | Nash Cross | Nash Cross | 4 | Mary | King | Mother | 88 | Widow | 68 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Calverton, Bucks |
1911 census
Occupiers – Mary King ; Owners – Albert Cowley, Nash, Stony Stratford; House; The Cross
Gross Annual Value – £7/10/-; Rateable Value – £6/5/-
Occupiers – F Smith; Owners – Albert Cowley, Nash, Stony Stratford; Land; The Cross
Estimated Extent – 2 acres; Gross Annual Value – £7; Rateable Value – £6/5/-
1910 Valuation Office Survey
Jane Cowley borrows £125 from William John King (at £4% interest). House occupied by Mary King (Ann Jane’s mother).
1907, Mortgage
Richard COWLEY, Stonemason
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 |
| 20 | The Cross Nash | Richard | Cowley | Head | Married | 59 | Mason and Builder | Employer | Stony Stratford, Bucks | ||||
| 20 | The Cross Nash | Ann Jane | Cowley | Wife | Married | 55 | Nash, Bucks | ||||||
| 20 | The Cross Nash | Caroline | Cowley | Daughter | Single | 18 | School Teacher | Winslow, Bucks | |||||
| 20 | The Cross Nash | Albert E | Cowley | Son | Single | 14 | Mason’s Son | Worker | Nash, Bucks |
1901 census
Richard COWLEY, Stonemason
1899 Kelly’s Directory
Richard COWLEY, Stonemason
1895 Kelly’s Directory
| No. of Schedule | Place | Rooms | Forename | Surname | Relation | Condition | Males | Females | Job | Employer | Employed | Neither Employer nor Employed | Where born |
| 45 | 4 | Richard | Cowley | Head | Married | 49 | Mason Bricklayer | x | Stony Stratford, Bucks | ||||
| 45 | Ann J. | Cowley | Wife | Married | 45 | Nash | |||||||
| 45 | John K. | Cowley | Son | 16 | Mason Apprentice | x | Winslow, Bucks | ||||||
| 45 | Elizabeth | Cowley | Daughter | 12 | Scholar | Winslow, Bucks | |||||||
| 45 | Emma | Cowley | Daughter | 10 | Scholar | Gt Horwood, Bucks | |||||||
| 45 | Caroline | Cowley | Daughter | 7 | Scholar | Winslow, Bucks | |||||||
| 45 | Albert | Cowley | Son | 4 | Scholar | Nash |
1891 census
| Year | Surname | Forename | Property situated | Abode | Qualification | Parliamentary qualification | Local Government qualification |
| 1890 | Cowley | Richard | In the village. | Nash | Dwelling house. | Y | Y |
1890 Register of Electors
(Possible, not certain)
| No of Schedule | Place | Forename | Surname | Relation | Condition | Males | Females | Job | Where born | Disability |
| 42 | The Cross | Henry | Harrup | Head | Married | 36 | Rural Messenger | Great Horwood | ||
| 42 | The Cross | Tamar | French | Wife | Married | 28?? | House Keeper | Newton Longville | ||
| 42 | The Cross | Harvey French | Harrup | Son | 10 | Schoolar | High Whycombe | |||
| 42 | The Cross | Mary | Harrup | Daughter | 9 | Schoolar | Beachampton | |||
| 42 | The Cross | Edward | Harrup | Son | 6 | Schoolar | Nash | |||
| 42 | The Cross | Nelly Daisy | Harrup | Daughter | 2 | Nash | ||||
| 42 | The Cross | Arthur | French | Brother in Law | Unmarried | 18 | Clark in Post Office | Nash |
1881 census
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