Page 35 - Froghall Drive Our Story

Mary Walter derived from John Walter the elder in a will dated
9.2.1847 Froghall. It was occupied by Colonel Guines at a rent of £150 per year but was
then sold to Mr William Goodchild for £6000. This was recorded as the mansion house
plus 53.3.11 acres of land. Other parcels of land, 16.1.30 acres -James Gale Barford for
£1090, 3.1.5 acres - Mr Marshall Pattens Ash for £500, and 72.2.22 acres Sydney Alex
Hankey £6400, were sold off at the same time. Thus presumably the original farm was
split up

30.6.1883 An Ordnance Survey map 6 inches to the mile based on a survey 1871-2 shows the
building called Waterloo Lodge. A Froghall Green
(approx. where St Crispins is now) is shown as is the Three Frogs Public House. The
extension of 40 FHD is apparent. The railway is called London and South Western
Railway (Staines, Wokingham and
Reading Branch)

1889 Ordnance Survey map 1/2500 does not show the glassed area in front of
the coach houses (garages). It shows the way down to Waterloo Road is north of the
barn/stables. There is an additional structure in front of the study (see sketch)

The information to this date was obtained from the Berkshire Record Office Shire Hall mainly
from a bundle of documents Deeds of John Walter Esq. Bearwood (D/E W1 T6 E981) and also
from various Ordnance Survey maps held there.

31.05.1906 Samuel Holt LOMAX made his will and appointed Charles Henry Lomax, John
Chadwick Lomax and William Hamilton Alston as executors. Froghall, formerly known
as Waterloo Lodge was a farm with an area of 54.099 acres . It stretched from London
Road in the north to the railway in the south, Clay lane was the eastern boundary and
Rances Lane the western one. Waterloo Road crossed the farm and there was a drive
from the house to it as well as the London Road.

1912 An Ordnance Survey map 1/2500 or 23.344 inches to the mile using an original survey of
1870 revised in 1909 called the building Frog Hall. It showed Waterloo Road and
Waterloo crossing on the railway. The glassed area in front of the coachhouses was
shown plus a further extension beyond the study (see sketch)

10.4.1915 S H Lomax died.

11.12.1916 J C Lomax died

06.11.18 Charles Henry Lomax and William Hamilton Alston sold Froghall to James Thomas
SYDENHAM

13.5.1921 J T Sydenham made his will with his wife Ada amongst his executors

08.08.1921 J H Sydenham was last seen alive on this date and was found dead on 22,8,21 at
Easthamstead Wood Easthampstead.

06.03.1922 Froghall purchased by Vaughan Adrian STOKES Captain in
H M Army who was a local farmer

26.7.1927 James ROLT purchased Froghall from V A Stokes