Listed building:
Cottage, late C17, and part weatherboarded gable ends restored mid C20. Timber framed, plaster rendered with thatched roof of reed and rebuilt ridge stack.
There was a cheese press in the dairy; the pressed cheeses were passed through a hole in the ceiling to the cheese room above. Cheese production ended after the cattle plague of 1865.
1841
James Collins, 54, farmer
1851
James Collins, 60, farm of 60 acres employing 3 labourers, b Cottenham
1861
Elizabeth Collins, 54, farms 33 acres, b Cottenham
1871
Elizabeth Collins, 64, farmer of 26 acres, b Cottenham
1881
Elizabeth Collins, 74, farmer of 35 acres, b Cottenham
1891
Alfred Collins, 48, farmer
Martha
William, 17, apprentice carpenter
1901
William Collins, 27, carpenter and wheelwright, b Cottenham
Clara, 24, b Cottenham
Doris M, 18m, b Cottenham
Alfred Collins, 58, farmer, b Cottenham
Martha, 52, b Willingham
Thomas H, 25, b Cottenham
Harry H, 21, b Cottenham
Walter J, 18, b Cottenham
Sidney J, 12, b Cottenham
1911
William S Collins, 37, carpenter, b Cottenham
Alfred Collins, 68, farmer, b Cottenham
1939 (235)
Harry H Collins, b 1879, smallholder fruit grower
Modern: (343)
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