Cottage History

During the 19th Century, and through to the Manorial sale in 1918 the various cottages and houses in the two villages were allocated a manorial number. Prior to the revisions in street naming and house numbering during the 1950s these numbers remained unless the cottage was developed. In some cases, especially in Kings Newnham the old cottage number was used for a replacement building.

The farms in the two villages and certain identifiable properties were known by their own names, most of which are still used today.

The manorial numbers included other parts of the Manor in Dunchurch, Toft, Cawston and Thurlaston, so the numbering for Church Lawford started at 145, and were numbered through to 193 followed by the Kings Newnham numbers from 194 onwards.

The following chart attempts to map these cottages to an approximate location and indicate any changes to the cottage or final demolition. A separate document Cottage Numbering looks at the occupants either side of the 1918 village sale. Where cottages are still standing in one form or another in recent times the current details are not included unless the current owner / occupier wishes them to be so.

Note that a clear indication for the presence of cottages 207, 209-211 in Kings Newnham has not yet been found – but there are references to cottages at Bath Farm and Fennis Fields on the Laurels Farm estate that might correspond to some of these.

This document is rather speculative in places, as it is hoped that various recollections / family archives / old deeds and additional research will confirm the details with more accuracy.

It is subject to review. It uses “modern” street names to help locating these properties – but in many cases these did not come into official use until after the cottage had gone.

The Fog Cottages by the Skew Bridge, originally owned by the Railway Company, do not appear to have been part of the cottage numbering scheme.

Cottage 159 in Church Lawford has also not been located – it may have been in the Smithy Lane area / bottom of School Street, and may have been associated with Kinver Farm.

A series of maps looking at how the various cottages appeared and disappeared over the years has been compiled and is available here.

Further information on the Cottages and their Lot numbers in the 1912 auction can be found in the linked references on the auction page here. That page also shows a link to the auction map via colour coding to help locating the properties.

There are additional properties listed in the 1921 or 1931 electoral rolls, and in the village directory list of 1959 which may or may not be the same locations as those in the table below, and will be added or removed once validated.

Cottage Ref	Title	Post-Sale Owner	Occupant (Post-Sale)	Note
145	Ling Hall Farm Cottage	Eales	Alfred Lampitt (working for Oscar Eales)	Assumed to have been lost when Ling Hall Farm replaced by RAF Church Lawford during WWII
146	One of Two Church Lawford Lodge Cottages	Chalmers	Ernest Gibbs (Working for Chalmers)	TBA
147	One of Two Church Lawford Lodge Cottages	Chalmers	William Arnold (Working for Chalmers)	TBA
148	One of Two Rookery Hall Farm Cottages		Coles	TBA
149	One of Two Rookery Hall Farm Cottages		Chambers	TBA
150	Avon House	Reay (as part of Grange Farm)	William Mead	Still Standing 2024
151	Ivy Cottage	Owned by Jane Meadows in 1921	Emily Brown / Maria Prew	Still Standing 2024
152	Village School – Teacher’s House			The Old School Closed in 1964 and was demolished a few years later
153	Village School – Caretakers House			As above
154	One of Four Cottages Next to School	Still owned by Samuel Waring in 1921	Isaac Mitchell (Working For Strong – Mount Pleasant)	Replace by a pair of semi-detached houses (late-50s / early 60s)
155	One of Four Cottages Next to School	Still owned by Samuel Waring in 1921	George Dumbleton (Working for Brierly KN)	As above
156	One of Four Cottages Next to School	Still owned by Samuel Waring in 1921	William Daniels (Working For Strong – Mount Pleasant)	As above
157	One of Four Cottages Next to School	Still owned by Samuel Waring in 1921	Fanny Elizabeth Whiteman	As above
158	Fir Tree House – Small holding	Owned by Samuel Waring in 1921	William Russell by 1921	Three storey house.
160	One of Two Cottages at bottom of Smithy Lane		Maria Whiteman	Mergers and Renovations
161	One of Two Cottages at bottom of Smithy Lane	John Batchelor	John Batchelor	Mergers and Renovations
162	One of Three Cottages Leading Down Smithy Lane	Owned by William T Denyer (Brinklow builder) in 1919	George Smith	Merged into the “Long House” prior to further Renovations
163	One of Three Cottages Leading Down Smithy Lane		Howell	Merged into the “Long House” prior to further Renovations
164	One of Three Cottages Leading Down Smithy Lane	Owned by William T Denyer (Brinklow builder) in 1919	Ann Hall	Merged into the “Long House” prior to further Renovations
165	Cottage at junction of Smithy Lane and School Street	John And HL Brierly (Beers)		Renovation / Rebuild – 34 School St
166	One of Two Cottages (brick and timber / thatched and tiled) at bottom of School Street linked to Kinver Farm	Owned by O Denyer in 1919	William Hastings	30/32 School St
167	One of Two Cottages (brick and timber / thatched and tiled) at bottom of School Street linked to Kinver Farm	Owned by O Denyer in 1919	Thomas Thorn	30/32 School St
167a	Brick Built and Tiled Four Bedroom House	Known As Kinver Farm (4 Acres)		Rather unclear on the transition to what became Howells Cottage and which property held the Post Office
168	One of Three Cottages (Brick and Thatched) at top of Green Lane	Owned by O Denyer in 1919	Mrs Colledge	Replaced by “Lane House” in 1960s / 70s
169	One of Three Cottages (Brick and Thatched) at top of Green Lane	Owned by O Denyer in 1919	Sid Cresswell	As above
170	One of Three Cottages (Brick and Thatched) at top of Green Lane	Owned by O Denyer in 1919	Thomas Riley	As above
171	One of Three Cottages (lower Green Lane)	Still owned by Samuel Waring in 1921	Fredrick Twissell	Still Standing in 2024 (Listed Building) 7 Green Lane
172	One of Three Cottages (lower Green Lane)	Still owned by Samuel Waring in 1921	William Dumbleton	As above (9 Green Lane)
173	One of Three Cottages (lower Green Lane)		William Thorn	Now demolished.
174	One of Four Cottages in Village Green / Church Rd Area	Owned by Samuel Waring in 1921	Ann Frankton	Was 2 Green Lane – all 4 cottages (174-177 demolished and replaced with 3 / 5 Church Road in 1960s
175	One of Four Cottages in Village Green / Church Rd Area		Davies	As above (Was 1 Church Road)
176	One of Four Cottages in Village Green / Church Rd Area		Fred Dumbleton (With Mother Hannah Burnham)	As Above (Probably was 3 Church Road (Smith / Elward))
177	One of Four Cottages in Village Green / Church Rd Area	Still owned by Samuel Waring in 1921	Joseph Holmes	As Above (Probably was 5 Church Road (Simmonds))
178	Brick and Thatched Cottage (Jaggards Cottage)		Miss Riley	Replaced with new Jaggards Cottage in 1980s
179	Butcher’s Premises and Smallholding down Church Rd		H Cooke	Still standing in 2024.
180	One of a pair of Brick Built Thatched Cottages midway down Church Rd	Boughton-Leigh to 1938. Bought by J Cummins in 1938	Walter Dyer	Occupied by Chum Dyer until 1985. Replaced with new cottage at 19 Church Road
181	One of a pair of Brick Built Thatched Cottages midway down Church Rd	Boughton-Leigh to 1938. Bought by J Cummins in 1938	Harry Billingham	As above
182	Brick Built house (The White House in Church Road)		Miss Ellen Prew	Still Standing in 2024 – 21 Church Rd
183	One of Two Brick and Thatched Cottages. Opposite 185 and 186)		W Barrett	Merged to form Harford Cottage – 25 Church Rd (Date TBC)
184	One of Two Brick and Thatched Cottages. Opposite 185 and 186)		Employees of S Robinson	As above
185	One of two Semi-Detached Houses. Near White Gate in Church Road		One of Grimes / Chambers	Still Standing in 2024 – 30 Church Rd
186	One of two Semi-Detached Houses. Near White Gate in Church Road		Walter H Pincham	Still Standing in 2024 – 28 Church Rd
187	Brick / Thatched Cottage (Opposite Jaggards Cottage)		One of Grimes / Chambers	Replaced prior to houses / bungalows being built at 6-10 Church Rd
188	One of Pair of brick and slate cottages (Opposite Village Farm)	Boughton-Leigh to 1938. Bought by Alf Day in 1938	Albert Hutchins (Abt 1912 to 1920)	Replaced by bungalows 6-10 School St in 1960s
189	One of Pair of brick and slate cottages (Opposite Village Farm)	Boughton-Leigh to 1938. Bought by Alf Day in 1938	Walter Beers	As above
190	Brick / Thatched Cottage (Opposite School)		John James King	Replaced by Bungalow at 4 School St in 1960
191	Superior Detached House (next to Triangle)		Mrs Brierly	Still Standing “The Cottage”
192	Detached Dwelling House (on Rugby Road near Triangle)		Law / Round	Replaced with house at 5 Rugby Road
193	Grocers Business (opposite triangle garage)		William Whiteman	Initially replaced with Sheffs Cafe then demolished in 1960s
194	Newnham Grounds. Brick-built and tiled cottage. Seven Rooms and a Dairy	J H Brierly	Albert Franklin	May have been replaced or renamed as Windmill Cottage.
195	Newnham Grounds. Brick-built and tiled cottage. Four Rooms and a Wash House	J H Brierly	Thomas Edmunds	Occupied by Joseph Vowles in 1921
196	Thatched Cottage in KN Village		Harriett Farmer (Widow)	May have burnt down in 1956
197	One of Pair of Cottages in KN Village		W Dunn for Tenants	May now by known as Regis Cottage
198	One of Pair of Cottages in KN Village		J Adams
199	One of Three Cottages Opposite The Laurels in KN	Harold Hodson (Moultrie Road)	William Earp
200	One of Three Cottages Opposite The Laurels in KN	Harold Hodson (Moultrie Road)	John William Smith	There was a different John Smith – John Thomas Smith in Goodes Farm at a similar time.
201	One of Three Cottages Opposite The Laurels in KN		William Addison	TBA
202	Cottage with Small holding next to Laurels	Boughton-Leigh to 1938. Sold to W Harold Hodson, Moultrie Rd	Hannah Farmer (Widow) / Son William Farmer	Modernised original set back from the road, known as the White Cottage?
203	One of Two Cottages in Centre of KN	Boughton-Leigh to 1938 – Sold With Manor Farm	J Kenney	Became the residence of Charles Herbert Cresswell and family shortly afterwards. Cottage 203 is still listed in modern records.
204	One of Two Cottages in Centre of KN	Boughton-Leigh to 1938 – Sold With Manor Farm	W Dunn (For Tenants) – Henry Warland in 1921	Still a property listed as Cottage 204
205	One of two Manor House Farm Cottages		W Dunn (For Tenants)	TBA
206	One of two Manor House Farm Cottages		W Dunn (For Tenants) – Sarah Craxford	TBA
207			See Note below this table
208	Old Bath House	Boughton-Leigh to 1938	Joseph Cockerill	Now Siloam Cottage?
209			See Note below this table
210
211
212	Highfields Farm Cottage	Boughton-Leigh to 1938	W Dunn (For Tenants)	Distinct from Highfields House
213	Kings Newnham Lodge		Arthur Beasley	Still standing – modernised
214	Cottage on Abbey Hall Farm Brinklow	Harry Johnson	Harry Johnson (For Tenants)	TBA

Note:

Tracking Kings Newnham Cottages is especially tricky, as several residents are just listed as living in Kings Newnham Village following the auction and the various cottage and location names change without a clear / unique street name or address. There are additional properties listed in the 1921 or 1931 electoral rolls, and in the village directory list of 1959 which may or may not be the same locations as those in the table above – such as:

Further clarifications are also needed for Fennis Fields Farm (e.g. two separate addresses for William and Thomas Towers in 1906), and for Bath Farm.

Further research and local knowledge will hopefully clarify all of this. The 1921 Electoral Roll for Kings Newnham will be a starting point as shown below.