This fine Georgian farm dating from around 1800 is an interesting example of a classic Hanoverian type of farm. The house is built of rose-coloured hand-made bricks and the original shuttered windows are a feature of the eastern side. The drive leading from the Nash-Whaddon road turns into a most sheltered farmyard, in spite of the exposed situation on the hill there is a fine timber-framed barn, with “Queen” posts, one beam at each side (as opposed to “King” post – one large central beam). The stables and wagon sheds are likewise arranged to have the utmost protection from the elements, and the farmyard would be perfect for all the animals, poultry etc living together in those days!
“Nash, A Buckinghamshire Village”, Duncan C. and King J, 1987.
Mr and Mrs Davies and Tim.
Mr J Pollock
1982 Nash WI Scrapbook.
| Year | Surname | Forename | Address |
| 1950 | Watts | Annie E | Bass Hill Farm |
| 1950 | Watts | Thomas J H | Bass Hill Farm |
1950 Nash Register of Electors
| Year | Surname | Forename | Address |
| 1945 | Allen | Viola L | Bass Hill Farm |
| 1945 | Watts | Annie E | Bass Hill Farm |
1945 Nash Register of Electors
(Possible, not certain – could be Bass Hill Farm or 38 High Street)
| Year | Surname | Forename | Address |
| 1945 | Watts | Reginald E | Bass Hill |
| 1945 | Watts | Thomas J H | Bass Hill |
1945 Nash Register of Electors
| Year | Surname | Forename | Property situated | Absent voter | Parliamentary qualification | Local Government qualification | Juror |
| 1939 | Watts | Thomas John Haydon | Basshill Farm (joint) | R | O | J | |
| 1939 | Watts | Reginald Edwin | Basshill Farm (joint) | R | O | J | |
| 1939 | Watts | Annie Edith | Basshill Farm | Rw | Dw |
1939 Nash Register of Electors
WATTS brothers Farmers ‘Basshill Farm’
1939 Kelly’s Trade Directory
Thomas WATTS Jun Farmer
1935 Kelly’s Trade Directory
| Year | Surname | Forename | Property situated | Absent voter | Parliamentary qualification | Local Government qualification | Juror |
| 1935 | Watts | Thomas John | Basshill Farm | R | O | ||
| 1935 | Watts | Thomas John Haydon | Basshill Farm | R | |||
| 1935 | Watts | Clara | Basshill Farm | Rw | Dw | ||
| 1935 | Watts | George Frederick | Basshill Farm | R | |||
| 1935 | Watts | Reginald Edwin | Basshill Farm | R |
1935 Nash Register of Electors
Thomas WATTS Jun Farmer ‘Basshill Farm’
1935 Kelly’s Trade Directory
Thomas WATTS Jun Farmer ‘Basshill Farm’
1931 Kelly’s Trade Directory
| Year | Surname | Forename | Property situated | Absent voter | Parliamentary qualification | Local Government qualification | Juror |
| 1930 | King | Edwin | Basshill Farm | R | |||
| 1930 | Watts | Thomas John | Basshill Farm | R | O | ||
| 1930 | Watts | Thomas John Haydon | Basshill Farm | R | |||
| 1930 | Watts | Clara | Basshill Farm | Rw | Dw | ||
| 1930 | Watts | George Frederick | Basshill Farm | R |
1930 Nash Register of Electors
Thomas WATTS Jun Farmer ‘Basshill Farm’
1928 Kelly’s Trade Directory
| Year | Surname | Forename | Property situated | Absent voter | Parliamentary qualification | Local Government qualification | Juror |
| 1925 | Watts | Thomas John | Basshill Farm | R | O | J | |
| 1925 | Watts | Clara | Basshill Farm | HO | HO |
1925 Nash Register of Electors
Thomas WATTS Jun Farmer ‘Basshill Farm’
1924 Kelly’s Trade Directory
| Year | Surname | Forename | Property situated | Absent voter | Parliamentary qualification | Local Government qualification |
| 1922 | Watts | Thomas John | Basshill Farm | R | O | |
| 1922 | Watts | Clara | Basshill Farm | HO | HO |
1922 Nash Register of Electors
Thomas WATTS Jun Farmer ‘Basshill Farm’
1920 Kelly’s Trade Directory
| Number | Surname | Forename | Residence | Absent voter | Parliamentary qualification | Local Government qualification |
| 98 | Watts | Thomas John | Basshill Farm | R | O | |
| 99 | Watts | Clara | Basshill Farm | HO | HO |
1918 Nash Register of Electors
(Probably shows the owner)
| Year | Surname | Forename | Property situated | Abode | Qualification | Parliamentary qualification | Local Government qualification | Parochial elector |
| 1915 | Fitzroy | The Lord Frederick John | Brazil Farm | 23 Grosvenor Street, London | Freehold land. | Y | Y |
1915 Nash Register of Electors
William CROSBY Farmer ‘Basshill Farm’
1915 Kelly’s Trade Directory
| No. of Schedule | 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 |
| 39 | Basshill Farm | Nash Basshill Farm | 8 | Henry Edward | Young | Head | 35 | Married | Farmer | Great Horwood, Bucks | |||||||||
| 39 | Basshill Farm | Nash Basshill Farm | 8 | Elleb Mary | Young | Wife | 31 | Married | 6 | Edgcott, Bucks | |||||||||
| 39 | Basshill Farm | Nash Basshill Farm | 8 | Eva Mary Sare | Young | Daughter | 4 | Nash, Bucks | |||||||||||
| 39 | Basshill Farm | Nash Basshill Farm | 8 | Margaret Ellen | Young | Daughter | 10 months | Nash, Bucks | |||||||||||
| 39 | Basshill Farm | Nash Basshill Farm | 8 | Mavis | Smith | Servant | 16 | Single | General servant | Nash, Bucks |
1911 census
Henry E YOUNG Farmer ‘Basshill Farm’
1911 Kelly’s Trade Directory
Occupiers – Hy E Young; Owners – Lord F J Fitzroy, 23 Grosvenor St London and Forest Farm, Balcombe, Sussex; House, buildings and land; Basshill Farm
Estimated Extent – house 1 rod; land 164 acres 1.25 rods
Gross Annual Value – house £18; buildings £12; land £140
Rateable Value – house £14/10/-; buildings – £9/12/6d; land £133
1910 Valuation Office Survey
Henry E YOUNG Farmer ‘Basshill Farm’
1907 Kelly’s Trade Directory
Theodore KING Farmer ‘Basshill Farm’
1903 Kelly’s Trade 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 |
| 57 | Bass Hill Farm | Theodore W | King | Head | Single | 40 | Farmer | Employer | Winslow, Bucks | ||||
| 57 | Bass Hill Farm | Kate | King | Sister | Single | 42 | Winslow, Bucks | ||||||
| 57 | Bass Hill Farm | Rose | French | Servant | Single | 15 | Housemaid | Winslow, Bucks |
1901 census
Theodore KING Farmer ‘Basshill Farm’
1899 Kelly’s Trade Directory
Theodore KING Farmer ‘Basshill Farm’
1895 Kelly’s Trade Directory
| No. of Schedule | Place | Rooms | Forename | Surname | Relation | Condition | Males | Females | Job | Employer | Employed | Neither Employer nor Employed | Where born | Disability |
| 14 | Basshill | Alpheaus | Willison | Head | Married | 37 | Farmer | x | Newton Longville, Bucks | |||||
| 14 | Basshill | Lizzie | Willison | Wife | Married | 33 | Singleborough, Bucks | |||||||
| 14 | Basshill | Joseph G. | Willison | Son | 10 | Scholar | Water Eaton, Bucks | |||||||
| 14 | Basshill | William S. | Willison | Son | 8 | Scholar | Water Eaton, Bucks | |||||||
| 14 | Basshill | Emily H. | Willison | Daughter | 7 | Scholar | Water Eaton, Bucks | |||||||
| 14 | Basshill | Lizzie | Willison | Daughter | 5 | Scholar | Water Eaton, Bucks | |||||||
| 14 | Basshill | Alice | Willison | Daughter | 3 | Water Eaton, Bucks | ||||||||
| 14 | Basshill | Lizzie | Sirett | Single | 17 | Servant – General | x | Quainton, Bucks |
1891 census
| No of Schedule | Place | Forename | Surname | Relation | Condition | Males | Females | Job | Where born | Disability |
| 1 | Bashill Farm | Matthew | Willison | Head | Unmarried | 21 | Farm Bailiff | Newton Longville | ||
| 1 | Bashill Farm | Jimima | Vickins | Servant | Widow | 54 | Servant – Domestic | Bletchley |
1881 census
William SHORT Farmer ‘Basshill Farm’
1877 Kelly’s Trade Directory
| No. of Schedule | Place | Forename | Surname | Relation | CONDITION | Males | Females | Job | WHERE BORN | Disability |
| 1 | Bryzhill Farm | William | Short | Head | Married | 42 | Farmer of 194 Acres employing 6 Men 4 Boys | Adstock, Bucks | ||
| 1 | Bryzhill Farm | Mary Ann | Short | Wife | Married | 35 | Bourton, Bucks | |||
| 1 | Bryzhill Farm | Rosetta | Short | Daughter | Unmarried | 6 | Amersham, Bucks | |||
| 1 | Bryzhill Farm | William John Harwood | Short | Son | Unmarried | 4 | Amersham, Bucks | |||
| 1 | Bryzhill Farm | Emily | Short | Daughter | Unmarried | 2 | Nash, Bucks | |||
| 1 | Bryzhill Farm | Matilda | Reading | Visitor | Unmarried | 30 | Chesham, Bucks | |||
| 1 | Bryzhill Farm | Anne Elizabeth | Gandenton ? | Dress Maker | Unmarried | 25 | Stoney Stratford. Bucks | |||
| 1 | Bryzhill Farm | Emma | King | Servant | Unmarried | 19 | Great Horwood, Bucks |
1871 census
William SHORT Farmer ‘Basshill Farm’
1869 Kelly’s Trade Directory
(Possible, not certain)
| No. of Schedule | Place | Forename | Surname | Relationship | Condition | Males | Females | Job | Where Born | Disability |
| 66 | Eliz | Short | Head | Widow | 60 | Farming 200 Acers | Claydon, B | |||
| 66 | Louisa | Short | Daughter | Single | 24 | Dairymaid | Adstock, B | |||
| 66 | Emma | Short | Daughter | Single | 19 | Housemaid | Adstock, B | |||
| 66 | James | Short | Son | 16 | Sheepherd | Adstock, B | ||||
| 66 | Wm | Pain | Servant | Single | 19 | Cowman | Nash |
1861 census
(Possible, not certain)
| No. of Schedule | Place | Forename | Surname | Relationship | Condition | Males | Females | Job | Where Born | Disability |
| 1 | William Teasdale | Buckell | Married | Head | 35 | Farmer 326ac. 10m 4b | London | |||
| 1 | Anne Teasdale | Buckell | Married | Wife | 25 | Passenham, Northants | ||||
| 1 | George Teasdale | Buckell | Son | 4 | Nash | |||||
| 1 | Henry Teasdale | Buckell | Son | 2 | Nash | |||||
| 1 | William Teasdale | Buckell | Son | 9 mths | Nash | |||||
| 1 | Hannah | Baldwin | Unmarried | Servant | 31 | Dairymaid | Whaddon, Bucks |
1851 census
| Surname | Forename | Residence | Qualification | Occupied by: |
| Buckell | William Teasdale | Basshill Farm | Farm as occupier. |
1851 Register of Electors
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