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Pear Tree Cottage |
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Introduction
Map of Frieth Moor End Bramblings Astrea Merrydown Cottage Corner Cottage Moor's End Cottages Moor Gate House Underwood The Copse Fingest Road The Forge Folly Cottages The Willows Perrin Springs Lane Perrin Springs West's Cottages Ellery Rise Hilliers Lynden Cottage Frieth Hill Hillside Cottage Rowleys Pear Tree Cottage Hillside View The Platt Little Barlows Cutlers Cottage Yew Tree Cottage Little Cottage Barlows Birch Cottage Tedders / Rose Cottage The Old Stores The Yew Tree Inn Fairfield House Flint Cottage 1 Flint Cottage 2 Inglenook Middle Cottage Sunny Corner The Gables The Orchards Hilltop Cattons Mallards Hillswood The Old Parsonage White Gates The Laurels The Cottage The Firm Marlstone Westwood Bradstone Haylescroft The Niche Rivendell Summerhill Ashcroft Selborne The Ranch House Sara's Cottage The Cherries The Old School House Innings Road Collier's Farm Innings Gate Down the Lane Sunset Cottage Fermain Chilterns Rowan Cottage Creighton Cottage Apple Tree Old Well Cottage The Cottage Flat Roof Whitsun Backlins Red Kites Maidenscraft Spurgrove Lane Maidencraft Cottage September Cottage Spurgrove Cottage Gable End Willems Elder Barn Sunnydale |
The deeds of Pear Tree Cottage show that it was sold off from the Elleryes holding in 1743 and the house was built some time between 1825 and 1834. In 1834 John Strange, cordwainer, and his wife became the owner occupiers. John Strange carried on his shoemaking business there. In 1861 James Barksfield was working for John Strange as an apprentice cordwainer and when, in 1862, John died James carried on the business for Mrs Strange. He and his family continued living there until 1911 when he moved to his new house opposite.
In 1924 Pear Tree Cottage was occupied by Mr Alfred Hussey and family who named it Laburnum Cottage. Mr Hussey worked for the firm of West and Collier as a skilled carver, many examples of his work survive including the memorial behind the Font at Frieth Church. From 1934 Miss Muriel Glyn-Jones owned this property, renamed it Pear Tree Cottage and extended the house and garden - she was one of the founder members of the Frieth Village Society. |
