ALDBOURNE FARM : ALDBOURNE : CO. WILTS; BAYDON FARM : ALDBOURNE : CO. WILTS; WARREN FARM : ALDBOURNE : CO. WILTS

FR WIL 11

1727 - 1953

According to some family recollections written by Henry Brown in about 1920, the Browns of Aldbourne can be traced in the Aldbourne parish registers to the later 17th century. The first to be mentioned is a John Brown, baptised in 1669, who was apparently the son of a Roger Brown who owned some property in Aldbourne. Henry Brown's grandfather and father lived at Lower Upham, co. Wilts. His father, William Brown, bought the Manor house and some adjoining land at Aldbourne in about 1812 and in 1840 took possession of Warren Farm, Aldbourne, where he lived after his marriage on 22 June 1841. When William Brown died on 17 May 1875, Aldbourne Farm and Warren Farm were taken over by his son, also named William, who transferred it to Henry Brown in 1908. Aldbourne Farm was apparently sold in 1904; Baydon Farm, and various other small plots of land in the Aldbourne area, had been sold earlier; Henry Brown remained at Warren Farm until his retirement in 1919, when it was sold. Farm size etc. Aldbourne Farm : 390 acres; Baydon Farm : unknown; Warren Farm : 790 acres; owner occupier

Records relating to farms in Aldbourne, Wiltshire

9 series

fonds

Aldbourne Aldbourne Farm, Wiltshire, Aldbourne Baydon Farm, Wiltshire, Aldbourne Warren Farm, Wiltshire

Aldbourne, Agriculture, Crops

1 CORRESPONDENCE 2 BOOKS OF ACCOUNT 3 CATALOGUES 4 CROPPING BOOKS 5 DIARIES 6 MAPS 7 VALUATIONS 8 SUNDRY PAPERS 9 PRINTED MATERIAL

Originals returned to donorWIL 11/2/1 - WIL 11/9/20 now on microfilm (see P 482 and P 713) 1973 July 17