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Woad Farm was probably created as a result of the enclosures in the 1770s. A map of 1779 marks most, but not all the fields as "new enclosure", and there are no buildings shown at that date. The land was allocated to the City Of Lincoln which was already a significant landowner in the parish, having purchased the Glebe lands from Henry VIII. From Lincoln records, it is known that Charles Crick was farming 107 acres here in 1837. From census records, James Crick his son was farming here in 1851 and another James Crick Charles' Grandson was here in 1881. For some of the period when the Cricks were farming here, they had tenants in the house, as they were living at 12 High Street which they owned. Joseph Adams took over as tenant in 1890, at which time a Lincoln report describes the house as “very badâ€. In 1901, the tenant was Robert Cook. When he died, his wife’s brother, James Ruff took the tenancy. When Lincoln sold their farms in Hanslope in 1918, James Ruff and Clara Cook were recorded as joint tenants in the sales particulars. James Ruff bought Woad Farm in the Lincoln sale. His son Tom took over the farm, which passed to his son James who sold it in the 1970s. |
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Probably from the 1930s. The person is probably a member of the Ruff family.
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From 1950s; photograph provided by Eileen Wray.
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Distant view across the fields in April 2009.
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This cutting is from a Northampton newspaper of 25 October 1912. It tells of the career of James Ruff and how he came to farm at Woad Farm.
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Woad Farm was Lot 2 in the sale. It is recorded as 108 acres.
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The following people are associated with Woad Farm:
