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343 High Street, CottenhamListed building: rear of house
Two adjoining barns, C17. Timber framed, weatherboarded.
Cottenham in Focus (2002) states that this house was called The Elms, rather than the house next door, also lived in by the Ivatt family.
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1841:
William Ivatt, 28, farmer
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1851:
William Ivatt, 34, farm of 270 acres employing 10 men and 3 boys, b Cottenham
The house was built in 1851 for £600. The Ivatt family claimed to have lived on the site for 400 years.
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1861:
William Ivatt, 49, farm 460 acres employing 13 men and 7 boys, b Cottenham
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1871:
William Ivatt, 59, farmer of 270 acres employing 11 men and 2 boys, b Cottenham
Sarah Wilkin, 59, b Shelford
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1881:
George Ivatt, 43, farmer of 225 acres employing 7 labourers and 4 boys, b Cottenham
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1891:
William Coxall, 54, farmer
Emma Holmes, widow, 64, b Hunts
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1901:
William Coxall, 60, farmer, b Waterbeach
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1911:
William Coxall, 74, farmer, b Waterbeach
Esther Smith, 56, housekeeper, b Willingham
Jane Pierson, 16, servant, b Cottenham
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1939:
Sidney Smith, b 1893, general farm worker
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1970s:
The artist John Hutton lived here and worked on engraved glass panels for Coventry Cathedral.
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