Mill Lane, 1885 OS Map

64 Mill Lane, Brook House, Fordham

History of Brook House

Listed building:

House, early C19. Gault brick with selected bricks in front facade, slate roof, end stacks. Two storeys and basement, three storeys to rear range. Symmetrical facade of three ‘bays’. (Historic England)

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1851 Mill Lane

[association with of this property with F D  Fyson seems likely – RGL 2021]

Robert Dillamore Fyson, 59, farmer of 600 acres employing 65 labourer, b Fordham

Sophia, 54, b Isleham

James Fletcher, 34, nephew assisting on farm, b London

Ann, niece, 25, b Isleham

Robert, nephew, 28, assisting on farm, b London

Emily Daynes, 26, cook, b Norfolk

Susan Scarr, 19, housemaid, b Isleham

Ann Frost, 19, kitchenmaid, b Suffolk

It was Mrs R Dillamore Fyson who was the champion of James Reynolds Withers and his poetry when he arrived in Fordham.