Winsley Cottage
Title
Winsley Cottage
Description
Previously known as Yew Tree Cottage (1910)
Information on previous owners gained from documents :
1910 Lloyd George Survey records Frank R Hill as owner and occupier of “Cottage and land 385 : Stone and tile cottage: 3 bedrooms, sitting room, kitchen and scullery, lean-to stone and slate washhouse, lean-to stone and tile coalhouse, stone and galvanised pigsty, stone and galvanised stable, stone and tile hovel, stone and..”
c1976 -1996 Eric and Frances Pyecroft
c1996 -2000 Cropper family
2000 J and R Bailey
Information on occupants from documents and reminiscences of local people :
1881 Elijah Hunt
1901 probably occupied by Frank Hill, farmer, with daughter Aida aged 9 and then occupied by Aida and run as a small farm with cattle for milking.
1910 Lloyd George Survey records Frank Hill as owner and occupier
House thought to be built about 200 yrs ago
Additions and Alterations :
Dairy behind cottage was part of Fairview Farm
Extension about 30 yrs ago adding bathroom, bedroom, and sitting room
Links to Census details
1881 Census No 126 Elijah Hunt, carpenter, Emma, wife, Mary E, Emily, Charles
1901 probably Frank Hill, farmer, with daughter Aida aged 9 cont
1911 Census HILL Frank Roy Head Married M 40 1871 Farmer Far Oakridge Emily Wife Married F 48 1863 Oakridge Lynch Ada Emilie Daughter Single F 19 1892 Nurse hospital Oak Lyn May “ “ F 17 1894 Housemaid domestic “ Roy Son “ M 15 1896 Farmer's son working on farm Oakridge Lynch Arthur Son Single M 12 1899 School Oakridge Lynch Rowland Son Single M 9 1902 School “ Sarah Bithear Aunt Single F 53 1858 Private means “
War Inventory 1939/40 Miss Hill and 4 boy evacuees
Information on previous owners gained from documents :
1910 Lloyd George Survey records Frank R Hill as owner and occupier of “Cottage and land 385 : Stone and tile cottage: 3 bedrooms, sitting room, kitchen and scullery, lean-to stone and slate washhouse, lean-to stone and tile coalhouse, stone and galvanised pigsty, stone and galvanised stable, stone and tile hovel, stone and..”
c1976 -1996 Eric and Frances Pyecroft
c1996 -2000 Cropper family
2000 J and R Bailey
Information on occupants from documents and reminiscences of local people :
1881 Elijah Hunt
1901 probably occupied by Frank Hill, farmer, with daughter Aida aged 9 and then occupied by Aida and run as a small farm with cattle for milking.
1910 Lloyd George Survey records Frank Hill as owner and occupier
House thought to be built about 200 yrs ago
Additions and Alterations :
Dairy behind cottage was part of Fairview Farm
Extension about 30 yrs ago adding bathroom, bedroom, and sitting room
Links to Census details
1881 Census No 126 Elijah Hunt, carpenter, Emma, wife, Mary E, Emily, Charles
1901 probably Frank Hill, farmer, with daughter Aida aged 9 cont
1911 Census HILL Frank Roy Head Married M 40 1871 Farmer Far Oakridge Emily Wife Married F 48 1863 Oakridge Lynch Ada Emilie Daughter Single F 19 1892 Nurse hospital Oak Lyn May “ “ F 17 1894 Housemaid domestic “ Roy Son “ M 15 1896 Farmer's son working on farm Oakridge Lynch Arthur Son Single M 12 1899 School Oakridge Lynch Rowland Son Single M 9 1902 School “ Sarah Bithear Aunt Single F 53 1858 Private means “
War Inventory 1939/40 Miss Hill and 4 boy evacuees
Source
Oakridge History Group
Files
Collection
Citation
“Winsley Cottage,” Oakridge Archives, accessed May 18, 2024, https://oakridgearchives.omeka.net/items/show/64.