Previously called The Street, and was the main route into the village and down to the river. It avoided the ‘hill’ in ‘School Road’ and was an easier route for the horses. In the 19C there was a Change to Fishpond Road .Before the early years of the 20th century the lanes would have little better than cart tracks, such as we see today in the lane leading to the Manor, at the end of Fishpond Road.
North side – Old School House. Built 1864 as a school by the Rector Thomas Henry Waller, out of income from the coprolite mining on his land and the Glebe. It was built as a school room with very large windows in the original part of the house. It is uncertain whether he built it for his own children or for the village. A Miss Exton started teaching there in August 1864. After 1875, when he built a new and larger school on its present site, the old schoolroom was used as Village Hallor meeting venue. The Reading & Recreation Club met there. The first Parish Council met there in 1891.
Mr. Harry Sutton, the schoolmaster, bought the property out of the Rector’s estate in 1920. It was rented out by Mr. Sutton & his son Cyril until Cyril moved into the house in 1965. After Cyril’s death in 1972 the property was sold, enlarged and modernised. Until 1972 it had one cold water tap and chemical toilet.
Woodside formerly Rectory Cottage Built in 1868 for the Rector’s mother Mrs. Anne Whalley and his step father the Revd. Daniel Constable Whalley, as a retirement cottage. Whalley was Rector of Great Wenham, and a nephew of the artist John Constable. He died before he could move into the cottage. Mrs. Whalley lived there until her death in 1882. The school master Mr Sutton, the schoolmaster, lived in the house for many years and eventually bought the property out of the Rector’s estate in 1920. Kit and Joe Clark bought the cottage in 1965 from his son Cyril Sutton. At that time it had seven holes in the roof, one cold water tap and a chemical toilet. Building Societies were reluctant to grant a mortgage ! It was modernised and a small extension added in 1975 and a garage built in 1981.
High Trees. Built in 1961/2. in what was the orchard of Rectory Cottage. Has had an extension/addition since.
Rivers Hall Built on the site of an older manor house or Glebe house in 1839. For many years it was the Rectory Rev. Thomas Henry Waller and who lived there after he retired in 1905, until his death in 1920. Sold out of his estate in 1920 for about £ 3,000. Major & Mrs. Glossop lived there, followed by Rear Admiral Hector Cresswell and his wife. After the death of the Admiral in 1967, Mrs. Cresswell moved to Hadliegh and the house changed hands several times until bought by James & Rolls Barclay in 197… The house was then modernised and the garden loving restored.
Turners Yard. Now a builder’s yard. On the Census return 1871 a William Turner was farming 210 acres, employing 8 men & 3 boys.
Rose cottage The oldest house in the village dating from …… Formerly two thatched cottages Rose and Vine Cottages. The cart lodge is a modern addition, built from the timbers removed from another property.
The Cottage. A modern house built in 19.. on the site of old lath and plaster cottage.
Blaxhall. A modern house built onto the shell of a much older and smaller cottage. The name taken from an adjacent field named as Blaxhall on the 1839 Tithe map, is thought to derive from Blaca an Anglo Saxon word for settler and halh an old English word for nook or corner. Is this evidence of an Anglo Saxon settlement in the village?
Path leading to Manor Cottage . A bungalow built on the site of an old Manor House Rivers Hall in 19…. Bought by the Smailes family as holiday home in 196.. There was also a Wheelwrights along here. The path leads to the Foreshore.
South side – The Lilacs. Now a detached house it was until 19?? a semi detached. When Major & Mrs. Glossop lived at [[Rivers Hall] their chauffer/gardener & his wife lived in one half of the semi.
Dairy Farm One of the oldest houses in the village.
The Barn. A barn conversion carried out in 19.. Formerly the barns of the Dairy farm
Barnmead. A modern bungalow built in 196… by Mr Offa Thompson as a retirement house. The Thompson family had a long standing connection with the village Bought by Peter & Anne Maddison in 19..
Barrack Row. A 1930’s chalet bungalow most likely built on the site of a row or Barrack of workers cottages. Bought by His Honour Judge Stinson & his wife in 198… and modernised. Formerly the home of Ernie & Mrs. Nunn. Ernie was owner of the Boatyard for many years.
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