Bef 1789 - 1849 (~ 60 years)
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Name |
William Willan |
Birth |
Bef 1789 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
1849 |
Person ID |
I183334 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
17 Nov 2020 |
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Notes |
- William inherited from his uncle (or possibly great-uncle) John Willan of How Hatch, South Weald.
a merchant
of Preston Candover (Hants)
and
of How Hatch, South Weald, Essex
Described as 'late of 13 Green St, Grosvenor Square, Middlesex
May have had involvement in family stagecoach business.
1789 John Willan of South Weald (Essex) bought the lease of Brownswood demesne. He left it to his nephew William Willan (d. 1849) of Preston Candover (Hants), with remainder to the latter's son John James Willan. In 1821 an Act authorized the prebendary to lease the demesne to the Willans for 99 years, in order that they could grant building leases, rendering him 44 per cent of the gross revenues. In 1826 a second Act confirmed a building lease of 295 a., made ineffective by the builder's bankruptcy. In 1855 the Ecclesiastical Commissioners conveyed the freehold of the 189 a. north of Seven Sisters Road and the manorial rights to William Willan's executors, in exchange for 156 a. to the south. Under the Finsbury Park Act, 1857, the Metropolitan Board of Works acquired most of the Willans' share and some copyhold land, laid out 115 a. as Finsbury Park, and built up Endymion Road on the remainder. The park passed in 1889 to the L.C.C. and in 1965 to the G.L.C., which administered it in 1976.
Described in a deed for the conveyance of a lease in 1798 as 'William Willan of Rose Hill near Reading (co. Berks), esq., great nephew and heir-at-law of said John Willan decd.;'
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