In 1777 John Reeves of Clench was granted the lease of Huish and Stubnail farms by the Froxfield Trustees for a period of 12 years at the yearly rent of £150.

John’s father Harry died in 1782 his will which was written on the 7^th January 1782 stated he was of Hewish a Yeoman.

Read the full story in the Peoples section for Huish.

The Young family moved to Huish Manor Farm in 1828 and were the tenants until 1921.  They saw a great many changes and innovations, suffered tragedy and oversaw the building of the NEW farmhouse. Read the full story in the Peoples section for Huish.

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One of the most disastrous fires of farm produce that has occurred in Wiltshire for many years past, broke out on Monday evening last, in the homestead of Mr. Wm. Young of Huish, resulting, we regret to say, in the destruction of nearly the whole of the farm buildings, of 13 ricks of corn and hay, together with all the corn stored in the barns, and a large quantity of machinery and implements.

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One of three men from Huish who gave there lives in WW1.  Many stayed on the land in this area. For an in depth history of this man click here.  His family remain living in Huish having moved there around 1909.

Philip Giddings of Huish

A native of Huish who gave his life in WW1.  Click here to find out more.

After the WW1 many rural farming communities continue to be surveyed by the Ministry of Agriculture. Rationing of food did not end with the War but continues into 1920.  Click here to see a transcript of survey report for Huish Farm in 1919

More recent local memories of those families who lived ans worked in the Village and on the Farm post WW2.  Here I have captured the memories of two members of the Giddings family still living in the village in 2019, who worked on the farm from the day they left school until it was sold in 1987 after the death of J.B. (Bert) Strong.  Needless to say what a shock losing your livelihood was let alone worrying about whether you will also have to leave the home your family had occupied since 1908.  Happily they were able to remain in the farm owned cottage and found suitable work.  Click here for the full overview of who lived where in Huish, what they did on the Farm and the field names used on the farm.  There is also a small amount of information relating to Draycot Fitzpayne Farm and who worked there.