Chilterns was previously named The Folly.
Until the mid 20th C this property was three farm workers'
cottages built side-by-side, end on to the road and were of the "two up and two
down" type.
The Census returns from 1841 onwards show many changes of
tenants. However one family of which photographs exist lived there about 1900
and are pictured in "Frieth a Chiltern Village" - Mrs Humphrey is the elderly
lady sitting outside her cottage doing the mending and Mr Humphrey is the man
wearing a moleskin coat and trousers whilst stone picking.
The middle cottage was tenanted by an old lady named Jenny
Jones who made lace and taught lacemaking.
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