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-	[[Image:WFMS_2749_muni.jpg|300px|thumb|[[Watercolour of Underwood Farm, 1873]]]]'''Underwood Farm''', or '''Underwoods''', was a farm on the [[Stoneham Estate]], named after the Underwood family. In 1837 it comprised 47 acres.	+	[[Image:WFMS_2749_muni.jpg|300px|thumb|[[Watercolour of Underwood Farm, 1873]]]]'''Underwood Farm''', or '''Underwoods''', was a farm on the [[Stoneham Estate]], named after the Underwood family. It might be synonymous with [[West's Bargain]]. In 1837 it comprised 47 acres.
	It was surveyed by [[Surveys by John Whitcher|John Whitcher]] in 1818. The estate cottages at Underwoods were nos. [[Stoneham Estate Cottage No. 73|73]], [[Stoneham Estate Cottage No. 74|74]], [[Stoneham Estate Cottage No. 75|75]], [[Stoneham Estate Cottage No. 76|76]], and [[Stoneham Estate Cottage No. 77|77]].		It was surveyed by [[Surveys by John Whitcher|John Whitcher]] in 1818. The estate cottages at Underwoods were nos. [[Stoneham Estate Cottage No. 73|73]], [[Stoneham Estate Cottage No. 74|74]], [[Stoneham Estate Cottage No. 75|75]], [[Stoneham Estate Cottage No. 76|76]], and [[Stoneham Estate Cottage No. 77|77]].

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Underwood Farm, or Underwoods, was a farm on the Stoneham Estate, named after the Underwood family. It might be synonymous with West's Bargain. In 1837 it comprised 47 acres.

It was surveyed by John Whitcher in 1818. The estate cottages at Underwoods were nos. 73, 74, 75, 76, and 77.

Tenants of Underwood Farm

• James Weble (1835^[1], 1837^[2], 1859)
• Robert Elkington (1872, 1880^[3])
• John Fray (1913)

Images

Watercolour of Underwood Farm, 1873

Underwood Farm c.1890

References

1. ↑ List of eligible voters at North Stoneham, 1835
2. ↑ Trust deed to bar entail, 1837  (WFMS:208 | HRO 102M71/T11)
3. ↑ Terrier of the Stoneham Estates, 1880

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