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What we are now calling the Bourton House papers (BHP) has enabled us to discover many new historical facts about Bourton. Research at the Royal Berkshire Archives had produced several tantalising clues that a substantial Parsonage House could have once existed at Lower Bourton. Evidence from the BH papers has confirmed it.
The Grange at Lower Bourton has long been suspected as being built by John Tucker. The initials on one of the Dutch Gable ends adds weight to the theory but no documentary evidence could be quoted. The BH papers have now confirmed that John purchased the Parsonage Farm next door to where the Parsonage House would have stood and taken down on his instructions.
The origins of the Parsonage Farm begin in 1647. To learn more, including as description of the house please go HERE
To read more on Bourton Grange please go to Listing No N354
To read more on Lower Field Farm go to Listing No: N1325.
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