OWLETTS FARM : COBHAM : CO. KENT; GESKYNS FARM : COBHAM : CO. KENT

FR KEN 3

1760-1836

The Hayes family were long- established Kentish yeoman. Owletts Farm was built about 1773. The estate passed from the Hayes family to the Baker family by marriage. Most of the land was sold in the 1890s, except for Owlett's and a few acres which are now in the hands of the National Trust, with Mr. H.E.Baker still in residence. A detailed history of the Hayes family is provided by ARNOLD, Ralph. Yeoman of Kent : an account of Richard Hayes, 1725-1790, and of the village of Cobham in which he lived and farmed. Constable, 1949. The diary extracts were used for this work. Other manuscript evidence used appears to have been lost or destroyed. Farm size etc. Owletts Farm: 259 acres in 1834; Geskyns Farm: 356 acres in 1834; chalk; owner occupied

Diary of Richard Hayes and map of farms in Cobham

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Cobham Owletts Farm, Kent, Cobham Geskyns Farm, Kent

Cobham [Kent], Agriculture