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339 High Street, Cottenham

337 – 339 (233) High Street, Cottenham

339 High Street Cottenham

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

337 High Street Cottenham (date unknown) (photo F Smith)

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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