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A row of thatched cottages and a small conical-roofed building stand along a dirt track behind a low brick wall in Coton.

High Street, Coton (Cambs Collection)

74 High Street, Coton

History of High Street, Coton

Wall of pond visible in foreground next to churchyard wall. The smithy is to the right.

A black and white section of a 1901 Ordnance Survey map showing the Baptist Chapel, a graveyard, and surrounding buildings.

1901 OS Map of Coton

Black-and-white view of a Coton street with houses, a low brick wall, a small cart, and two indistinct standing figures.

High Street Coton c1910


1870

Cambridge Chronicle 21 May 1870, ‘Coton Through The Ages’ quotes a newspaper story which probably revolved around the blacksmith’s shop in the featured photo. Frederick Robinson, fossil [coprolite] digger was committed to prison for a week with hard labour and to pay expenses, for an assault on Thomas Nash aged 70 of Coton.


A grassy village green sits before a row of houses on a village street, with a low stone wall in the foreground.

Village Green, High Street, Coton (RGL2026)

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