The Grange

The land in this area of the parish formed part of the Rector's estate (the 'glebe') until 1864. In that year, an exchange of lands was agreed between the Rector, Rev. Henry Heming, and Hugh Stratford Stratford of Thorpe Lubenham, in the neighbouring parish of Marston Trussell.

The exchange meant that the Rector would take over some fields which were nearer to the Rectory, where he lived, and Mr. Stratford would now have fields which joined up with other land he owned in Marston parish.

Shortly after this, The Grange was built on the newly acquired Thorpe Lubenham land, by the road between East Farndon and Marston Trussell.

The house was a relatively modest one, but the farm buildings were a model for their time, with a system of rails running round the interior of the central yard, to deliver feed to the cattle stalls.

The house and its associated land were bought by the tenant, J.A. Hart, in 1912, when the Thorpe Lubenham possessions in East Farndon were all sold off. The farm remained in the ownership of the Hart family until the 1960s, when it was sold, following the retirement of J.R. Hart, son of J.A. Hart.

The farm was sold again in 1981. Then in 1988, the house and buildings were sold, without the farmland, and then converted to residential use.

Access to some of the dwellings is by a new access road, called Harts' Lane, in memory of the family who farmed it so long and played an important role in village life.