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A horse and cart stand outside a low, tiled, white brick building with a chimney by a country lane lined with trees.

Smithy, Brinkley date unknown (Cambridgeshire Collection)

Smithy, Brinkley

History of the Smithy

One of two smithies marked on old OS maps; the other is a listed building.

This one, on the right of the map,  was demolished for new homes.

An 1885 Ordnance Survey map of Brinkley showing buildings, plots, text labels, and a central road colored in light brown.

Brinkley OS 1885. Smithy pictured is the easterly one.

A person stands outside a single-story white building with a thatched roof, next to a horse-drawn carriage on a dirt track.

The Smithy, Brinkley c.1906

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