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Easebourne Street, Easebourne (Lower South)
Easebourne, Easebourne Street
No c12
Listed 26.11.87, Grade II
House. L-shaped building. The north wing is a C17 or earlier timber-framed building with infilling of stone rubble and a tile-hung gable. The west wing is an C18 addition in stone rubble with red brick dressings and quoins. Tiled roof to the whole. Casement windows. Two storeys. Three windows. The modern Institute is attached to the south.
Listing NGR: SU8961322619
12 Parkway (C12)
This 5 roomed dwelling (attached to Cowdray Hall – formerly called The Institute) was the home in 1911 of John Booker (age 34) and his wife, Elizabeth Ann (age 37). They were married in the autumn of 1909.
John was born in Easebourne, and his occupation was recorded as a Gardener. Elizabeth was born in Scarborough and at the age of 28 had been a “Cook Domestic Servant” to Robert and Mary Henderson in Beckenham.
John’s mother, Mary Booker, was the daughter of Henry and Mary Quinnell and the 1991 census reveals some of John’s family living close by:
Parents - Thomas Booker and his wife Mary Ann, were living in Easebourne but no address details provided on the census.
Uncle - William Quinnell, was living with his family at Souter’s Farm.
Cousin – Alfred Quinnell, was living with his wife and two sons at no 41 Easebourne Street.
Easebourne, Easebourne Street
Nos c17, 18 and 19
Listed 18.06.59, Grade II
One building. Restored C17 or earlier timber-framed building with plaster or painted
brick infilling. Tiled roof. Casement windows with diamond-shaped panes. One blocked original window with wooden mullions. Two small oriel windows on brackets. One storey and attic. Four windows. Three dormers.
Listing NGR: SU8966122677
1911 Census details
April 2nd was the date of the census in 1911. The occupants of these three dwellings recorded them as each having 4 rooms. The Census instructions required a kitchen to be counted as a room, but not a scullery, landing, lobby, closet, bathroom nor a warehouse, office or shop.
No 17 Easebourne Street
This was the family home of James Chevis, a Garden Labourer, and his wife Amelia. They lived here with their three sons Charles (age 17, a Labourer), William (age 8), Reginald (age 5) and two daughters Susan (age 14) and Emily (age 11, at School). James was employed as a Garden Labourer.
Their eldest son, Percy James Chevis, was already the head of his own household in 1911, age 22 years, and living at North Mill Cottage. Percy served with the Royal Sussex Regiment in the First World War. He was wounded in operations following the landing at Suvla Bay but recovered and re-joined his regiment. Percy died, age 29, of disease in Port Said on 11 March 1917 and is commemorated on the War Memorial in the Parish Church of St Mary in Easebourne and at the Port Said War Memorial Cemetery.
No 18 Easebourne Street
Next door neighbours to the Chevis family, were Wyndham Baker and his wife Annie. Wyndham was born and lived his life in Easebourne. He and Annie Grant were married in Easebourne by Rev. Henry Wood on 18 April 1886. Wyndham was a Garden labourer and Annie was a Dressmaker. In their mid-forties in 1911 their two children had left home.
No 19 Easebourne Street
This was the family home of William Newell, a General Labourer, his wife Hannah and their four daughters Alice (age 17), Fanny (age 15 a Day Girl in service), Edith (age 13 at school) and Daisy (age 8).
The 1939 Register– records the following names as occupiers of these properties. If you can tell us any more about any of three families, please contact the editors.
No 17 Easebourne Street was the home of Arthur Albert Muller (born in Liss in October 1899) and his family from 1938.
No 18 Easebourne Street – Mabel J Dabbs born 1913.
No 19 Easebourne Street – William W Howell born 1862.
20 and 21 Easebourne Street
Listed as one building. Both are 4-roomed dwellings as per the 1911 census.
20 Easebourne Street
John Wittington, a retired Police Sergeant (age 53), his wife Charlotte (age 54) were living here in 1911 with their daughter Winifred (age 30) who was an elementary school teacher.
Winifred continued to live at no 20 after her parents died, at least until 1939 (according to the 1939 Register). Winifred’s death was recorded in the Midhurst district in 1963, age 82. Did she live at no 20 until her demise?
21 Easebourne Street
This was the boyhood home of Ernest Stringer who was a paperboy in 1901, aged 13. Ernest lived in this four-roomed house with his parents Frederick and Martha, sisters Emily (age 9) and Winifred (age 7), brother Arthur (age 2) and his paternal grandmother Eliza. Ernest subsequently became Sergeant G/1834 of the Royal Sussex Pioneers and modestly wrote to his parents about his gallant conduct on the first day of the Somme offensive on 1 July 1916, “You will be pleased to hear that I have been awarded the Military Medal”.
Two weeks later, his unit was ordered to take Bernafay and Trones Woods on the Somme. The war diary shows that Ernest, now promoted Corporal, was awarded a bar to his Military Medal. The war dairy also records that his Corps Commander, Lt Gen Sir Walter Congreve VC, awarded his Military Medal to him on 11th September 1916 in Aveluy Woods on the Somme.
Ernest was well-known in the parish and had joined up immediately on outbreak of war. He had been a former employee at both Capron and Cowdray Houses but was working in Horsham at the time of enlistment. Sergeant Ernest Stringer, of 8th Battalion (Pioneer) Royal Sussex Regiment was 31 years old when he died on 14 May 1918. He is commemorated on the Easebourne and Horsham War Memorials and he is buried at the Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension.
After Ernest left home, 21 Easebourne Street continued to be the home of Frederick Stringer and his family. Frederick was noted in the 1911 Census as being an Estate Foreman on the Cowdray estate. In Kelly’s Directory of the same year Frederick is noted as being “farm bailiff” to Lord Cowdray J.P. After Ernest left home, 21 Easebourne Street continued to be the home of Frederick Stringer.
Easebourne, Easebourne Street
Nos c20 and 21
Listed 18.06.59, Grade II
One building. Dated 1661. Ground floor coursed stone rubble, above tile-hung. Two gables and projecting stone porch between with gable having carved bargeboards and pendant. Tiled roof. Casement windows with stone drip moulds. Two storeys. Two windows.
Listing NGR: SU8970922691
Easebourne, Easebourne Street
Nos c22 and 23
Listed 26.11.87, Grade II
One building. C18 or earlier. Red brick and stone rubble. Tiled roof. Casement windows. One storey and attic. Four windows. Three gabled dormers. Grade II for group value.
Listing NGR: SU8971022709
22 and 23 Easebourne Street
Listed as one building. No 22 had four rooms and 23 had 3 rooms as per the 1911 census.
22 Easebourne Street
George Chevis (age 46) lived at no 22 with his wife, Ellen (age 40) and their daughter Edith (age 15) in 1911. At the time of Edith’s christening, George was a “Ploughman” but on the 1911 census return George recorded his occupation as “Carter on Estate” and his daughter as a “General Domestic Servant”.
George died in July 1919 (age 54); the beneficiary of his will was his wife, Ellen. According to the 1939 Register Ellen continued to live at no 22 until at least this date. Ellen’s demise, aged 75, was registered in Chichester in the spring of 1946.
23 Easebourne Street
Albert Terry (age 32), his wife Laura (also age 32) and children Charles (age 5), Lilian (age 4) and Marian (age 1) were the neighbours of George and Ellen Chevis in 1911. Albert was a “Bricklayer on Estate”. Albert and his wife Laura continued to be resident at no 23 until at least 1939. (1939 Register).
Easebourne, Easebourne Street
No c24
Listed 26.11.87, Grade II
House. C17 or earlier timber-framed building with infilling of stone rubble on
plaster and curved braces. Tiled roof. South wall tile-hung. Casement windows.
Two storeys. Two windows.
Listing NGR: SU8972822720
Now Ez Cottage. Photos below are as original Tudor cottage
Henrietta’s daughters, Blanche and Marianne joined their mother at Batchelors Gate in the 1920’s. Henrietta resided at the house until her death in January 1928. The Probate Death Index records her effects as being £2630 2s 11d. Her beneficiaries being her son Bernard and daughter Marianne.
The sisters continued to live at the house after their mother’s death until 1938. By 1939, the Electoral Register records them as living at 5 High Path, where they were next door neighbours to Helen Hinckley, at 6 High Path, who was noted as a “Lettering Artist”.
The 1939 Register shows the next residents at Batchelors Gate were William Addison and his wife Margaret. William was a “Senior Air Warden” and “Assistant Controller Death Duties”. Margaret was a Housewife and was involved with the British Red Cross. The lived at Batchelors Gate until at least 1954.
Easebourne, Easebourne Street
Bachelor's Gate
Listed 26.11.87, Grade II
House. The east end is C17, the main portion C18. Stone rubble with red brick dressings and quoins, the first floor of the easternmost window bay tile hung. Tiled roof. Casement windows. Two later bays on ground floor. Two storeys. Three windows. Grade II for group value.
Listing NGR: SU9006022985
Batchelors Gate
The Register of Electors for the Parish of Easebourne in 1920 lists Henrietta Bailey as resident at Batchelors Gate. At this time Henrietta was the widow of Granville Bailey whose death was registered in Midhurst in the autumn of 1917.
Henrietta and Granville had married in January 1871 in Yorkshire and later in that year Granville became the Curate of Madeley in Staffordshire. Their children Blanche, Marianne and Bernard were all born in Madeley. From 1891 to 1911 Henrietta and Granville lived in the Vicarage in Goldenhill, Staffordshire.
Their son Bernard became a doctor and in the census of 1911 was a “Practitioner in Medicine” in Midhurst. It seems likely that Granville and Henrietta’s move to Easebourne was to be closer to their son.
Avenue Cottage
354 Easebourne Street
The cottage was the home of William Harper and his wife Adelaide in 1911. They were 59 years old and had been married for 23 years but according to the census no children had been born alive. William was born in Easebourne in 1853 to James (a Carpenter) and Ellen Harper. In 1911 William was employed by Lord Cowdray as a Plumber and Painter, which had been his occupation from the age of 18.
Easebourne, Easebourne Street
No c354
Listed 26.11.87, Grade II
House. C18. Stone rubble with red brick dressings. Tiled roof. Casement windows. Two storeys. Three windows. Now Avenue Cottage
Listing NGR: SU9018623103