User:Flamefew/WestHyde Scratch

Scratch space for my work on a West Hyde page

Draft content

Sections:

• Ancient History
• Troy Farm + Pynesfield
• Cress Farms
• Notable Buildings - Pubs, Church, Manor, Royal Exchange, Schools

Notable Buildings

• Jolly Gardeners - Believed to have been built in 1820, Ye Jolly Gardeners was the local public house for the village of West Hyde until 1956.
  • Cite: Estate Agent website.
• The Oaks - Originally named The Royal Oak, and then The Fisherman's Tackle (from 1990), The Oaks (from 2013) is the village's current public house.
  • 1990 reference is name change in planning permission - http://www3.threerivers.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=9001144DC. 2013 reference is a relaunch article (see below).
• St Thomas - The church of St Thomas was built in 1845. It was built in the Norman Style, from knapped flint, at a cost of £2,200.

• • Cite - http://forebears.io/england/hertfordshire/west-hyde

References to use in building up the page

• A Thames Valley report looking at the history of the area
• Hertfordshire County Council Word document looking at the history of the area
• Great historical information about the village
• Similar information with some deltas
• Some more history; church focused Contains specifically:

"The church of St. Thomas, West Hyde, was built in 1845. The living is a vicarage in the gift of the bishop of St. Albans. There is also a mission hall at West Hyde, erected in 1889."

• Three Rivers Ward Map
• Church
• More Church, and mission hall/vicarage
• William_Bradbery built cress farms in West Hyde.
• Historical page
• Original Pub
• Current Pub - link original name to Royal Oak. Appears to have been renamed to The Oaks: [1]. Article on the relaunch
• Some info on the village
• 1879 book mentioning Troy Farm and West Hyde/Pynesfield
• mentions West Hyde + Troy Farm

Images:

• Any value? Picture (CC-licensed) showing the welcome sign to West Hyde
• Some good, pre-1924 pictures
• The Oaks

History should describe the Pynesfield manor, its various names, its age, granting of the land. Should also cover Troy (though I'm not sure exactly which part of WH was Troy). Building of the church. Troy Lake is south of Pynesfield Lake; so I think Troy Farm is the southern part of West Hyde. Some mention here. I don't know if all of Troy/Troy Farm ended up in West Hyde, or if parts of it were cut off by the Bucks and Middlesex borders.

In Geography - possible mention Grand Union Canal. I know that's just over the border in Harefield, not sure if it gets into West Hyde or not. Mention that it's Green Belt Metropolitan_Green_Belt

Items for dispute: I was told by the owners of Pynesfield back in my childhood that it was mentioned in the Domesday book; the documents above are divided on the subject. I was also told the building had beams dating back to the 16th century (ish - old memories). The pub was originally a Royal Oak and had a football team in the mid 80s. There used to be a primary school there, but by the 80s it had become a playschool and then a children's centre. The houses beside the pub were built on 'a Victorian refuse tip'.

Thinking about it, the school was at one point halfway between church and chalfont lane; but was turned into a house in 1976 (see: this link. By which point they must have built the school next to the church(?). This permission may suggest that it was never a school (the one by the church) or it may have been very early for the additional annex they built.

Planning applications in general - one can search for anything to do with West Hyde. Oldest is a 1959 request for a garage for May Cottage.