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Parish of Marnhull Cottages & Farms Twenty one photographs to download Most photographs © Lynda Mudle-Small, March & July 2003. |
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1. The Crown Inn, parts of this inn date from the 17th century. It featured in Thomas Hardy's 'Tess of D'Urbervilles' as the Pure Drop Inn.The road is named after the inn. |
2. Blackmore Vale Inn in Burton Street. |
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3. & 4. Two views of the row of shops in Burton Street, the right hand picture shows the Post Office at the end. |
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5. Wesley and Ethel HARDING [nee LONGMAN] outside their house in Burton Street, circa 1900. |
6. Compare the above photograph with this one taken early in the last century. The signs says Robin Hill Cafe and the shop beyond announces radio repairs |
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7. Cottages opposite the church and the Rectory |
8. This impressive large dwelling used to be the Rectory and parts of it are said to date from the 16th century although the top floor was added later. |
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9. Cottages near the junction of Old Mill Lane and Great Down Lane, the central one is called the 'Old School House'. |
10. Cottages in Sackmore Lane |
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11. Popes Farm now separated from its farm building and called Chantry Farm |
12. Popes Cottage, a small farmworkers cottage which is sited opposite the farm. |
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13. Senior Farm which is situated between the Church and the Primary School. It is no longer a working farm and is under restoration. At one time the milking parlour was alongside the children's playground. |
14. This is called the Manor House but is believed to be Nash Court. It was largely remodelled in the Victorian era. |
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15. A view towards Carraway Lane. The tall building, now converted into flats is one of the cluster of buildings to the right that used to be the brewery. Elm Tree Cottage is a characteristic long low house of the 17th century. |
16. This idyllic looking cottage just south of Carraway lane, may not have been so idyllic when there was no running water or sanitation, an earth floor and probably badly fitting doors and windows! The cottage used to be known as 'Barton'. |
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17. Thornton
Cottages 2001. Originally two cottages it is now one. The cottages used
to be 'tied' to Thornton Farm. |
18. Another photograph from Mollie Thompson, this time showing Thornton Cottages, Moorside probably in the late 1890's. Her grandmother's family (GAWLER) lived here about this time but the two boys are unidentified. |
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19 & 20. Crosses Farm, Pleck, which probably dates back to the 17th Century. Photographs courtesy of the owners. July 2003 |
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21. The old post card on the left was probably taken circa 1900 and shows the junction of Sackmore Lane and Burton Street. A pony & trap look as if they are delivering to a household. |
