c1965, Felbridge
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Gibbshaven Farm Off The Crawley Down Road in The 1800's
My Creasey family ancestors, farmed here in the 1700's and early 1800's. There is a possibility that Edward Creasey acquired Gibbshaven through a family connection of his wife Amelia Stone, with Thomas and John Stone who occupied the property until Edward took over in 1827. Edward and Amelia's first child was my Great-Great-Grandad Thomas Edward Creasey. In 1839, during the time that his father Edward Creasey occupied Gibbshaven, the Worth Tithe was produced giving a detailed break down of the land and usage, showing it comprised seventy-two acres. The large percentage of arable land suggests that the soil was either very fertile or had been well enriched over the years with fertiliser from its own kiln that produced quick lime, a favoured fertiliser from at least, the 18th century. The farm is just to the north of the Crawley Down Road - I have never seen it and would very much like to have a photograph if any exist.
The Creasey Family of Felbridge And East Grinstead
In the nineteenth century my Creasey family were tenant farmers at Gibbshaven Farm near Felbridge. Many of the family lived their entire lives in the area and the church was where they were baptised, married and buried.
It is a beautiful area and many of the family pursued interests in farming, nursery gardening and coach making.
My great great uncle Ernest Creasey ran a wheelwright and coachmaker's business not far away at South Norwood and my grandad, George Creasey Allen, who I remember well, went to work for him as a wheelwright.
