Briar Cottage, Back Lane, Holywell
Briar Cottage, Back Lane, Holywell
History of Briar Cottage
Built in 1654 and rebuilt in 1988
Home of Mary Tabbitt
Fred and Amelia Tabbitt with daughter Mary
The Holywell Story by Joe Newell has a chapter about the Tabbitts. Mary had been courted by a local artist but she married Walter Wilmer whose sister married Mary’s brother David. They lived at Pantiles initially but Mary had always wanted to live at Briar Cottage.
In 1939 Mary is listed in the register as living at Pantiles.
Mary bought Briar Cottage at auction in St Ives for £120. Walter died in 1971 and Mary continued at Briar Cottage on her own.
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