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A black-and-white print of a thatched cottage with a taller, brick-built outbuilding featuring a prominent chimney stack.

Manor Cottage and Bakehouse, Papworth St Agnes

Manor Cottage, Papworth St Agnes

History of Manor Cottage

Listed Building

Cottage. C17.

In Doris tack’s book about the village, Whispering Elms, she labels this property as no. 3 on her village diagram.

No of rooms: 5

Occupants in 1942:

Mrs Alice Cooper, widow. She was housekeeper to Rev Y D Stewart for 15 years. Mrs Cooper’s husband was killed at Cambridge railway Station where he worked. he was run over by a train in 1916.

Close-up, halftone-printed portrait of an elderly woman with glasses and light hair, smiling toward the camera.

Alice Cooper aged 84

Mrs Elizabeth Hubbard (Liz) – widow. Sister of Mrs Cooper.

Before WWII Mrs Cooper kept the village ‘shop; from her home, selling lemonade, cigarettes, sweets etc.

A light-coloured cottage with a thick thatched roof and latticed windows, partially obscured by a dense brown garden hedge.

Manor cottage, Papworth St Agnes (RGL2025)

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