Lordship Farm, Hinxton

History of Lordship Farm, Hinxton

Listed Building

Farmhouse. Early C16 and possibly later with C19 alterations and additions…. The farmhouse is sited within a moat and was possibly a manor house, it was the manor farm by 1862.

Granary to south east of Lordship Farmhouse GV II Granary. Early to mid C19. Timber-framed and weatherboarded standing on brick piers with stone caps.

Blacksmith’s Shop, coach house and stables to north east of Lordship Farmhouse

At the time of the Norman Conquest this was the larger of two manors in ‘Haustitona.’ The manors became the property of Picot,  Sheriff of Cambridge. Lordship Farm was seven hides and three yardlands, large enough for 4 plough teams. The land had previously been held by 20 sokemen, tenants who owed service to a lord. At this time three mills were built, one on the site of the Mill that still exists at Lordship Farm.

There are still remnants of the original moat. Many original features survive.

1881

Arthur Squires, 28, farm bailiff, b Chatteris

Lydia, wife, 39, b Sutton

Argur, 6, b Wicken

George, 5, b Norfolk

Lydia, 3, b Norfolk

Burt, 2, b Chatteris

1901

John Fuller, 59, farm bailiff, b Norfolk

Ellen, 59, b Norfolk

1939

Leonard C Fordham, b 1903, farmer

Marjorie B, b 1904,