1799 - 1869 (70 years)
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| Name |
John James Willan |
| Birth |
1799 |
Whitchurch, Hampshire  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
15 Sep 1869 |
| Person ID |
I183157 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
17 Nov 2020 |
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| Notes |
- John James Willan (born 1799 in England; died 15 September 1869 at Whitchurch, Hampshire) was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1819 to 1830. He was mainly associated with Hampshire and with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), of which he was a member. He made 13 known appearances in first-class matches.
He inherited Brownswood (later Finsbury Park) from his father. 1821 an Act authorized the prebendary to lease the demesne of Brownswood 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.
(they?) lived at Thomas Bank House, Whitchurch, Oxon (sic).
It is possible that he operated a stagecoach on the Brighton Road, working out of the Bull and Mouth Inn, called 'The Magnet'
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