Howe Close - Howe Barns

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Cows from Percy Trinder's Hill Farm crossing Ladder Hill from the east to the west. From 1924-1953 Percy Trinder was tenant farmer of Hill Farm. Howe Close has been built on the site of the barns and yard.
Howe Close in 2020
Howe Close in 2020
2024 map showing line to railway, approximate location of the Howe Barns and the entrance from Howe Close onto Ladder Hill
The above map with an extract from a 1989 geological map superimposed on the above map
A schematic build-up showing where the clay pit was in relation to what-is-now Howe Close
A photograph takem im June 2024 from the left of 19 Howe Close (In the left spur at the end of Howe Close) showing the way that the land falls away.
A photograph takem im June 2024 from the left of 19 Howe Close (In the left spur at the end of Howe Close) showing the steep steps up to The Howe. The borehole (see next slide) was probably slightly to the right of this photo
Location of borehole 293

Archive Notes:

Cows from Percy Trinder's Hill Farm crossing Ladder Hill from the east to the west for milking. From 1924-1953 Percy Trinder was tenant farmer of Wheatley Hill Farm. Howe Close was built on the site of the barns and yard.

See 1719 for more details of Wheatley Hill Farm

Howe Close was developed (not precisely on or even very near to the Howe Barns) in 1976, on the site of an earlier claypit excavation (shown on a geologocal map from 1989) due west of the larger Ltttleworth Clay Pit. A photograph takem im June 2024 from the left of 19 Howe Close (In the left spur at the end of Howe Close) showing the way that the land falls away. Also (from the same position) the steep steps up onto The Howe.

A borehole (0293), adjacent to 19 Howe Close, that drilled through 12 m of clay then hit Wheatley Limestone.

Map Address:

Wheatley Hill Farm