Residents of the Orchard 1871

In our investigations we have reached the decade commencing with the 1871 Census where we see many longstanding but ageing residents passing away. In this Census “Hollins Lane” includes families who lived in houses situated between Hill Farm and the Orchard Cottages.

Numbers on map refer to the 1877 Ordnance Survey map

Below is a list of the occupiers detailed in the Census headed with the relevant Census numbering.

The trackway leading to the Cottages from the village altered in and around the time of the 1871 census. It was at this time that the cottage dwellers would have witnessed the Princes Risborough to Watlington Railway Line being laid which, in effect, was to separate the Orchard Cottages from the main Chinnor settlement - and meant that access from the village main street to the Orchard Cottages necessitated having to cross the railway line and vice versa. Read more ....