Bishops Tachbrook. An old cottage and villagers

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Date:1900 - 1910 (c.)

Description:An old thatched cottage with people around, Bishops Tachbrook. 1900s
[This photograph was taken in 1908. The girls in the background are sisters and were born in the Dairy Farm (8 Savages Close which is the tiled house behind the cottages).This farm was always in the family of the Commanders. The tall girl in the white apronwas a servant who worked in the farmhouse. After the first world war the farm declined and the land was sold off. The three sisters were eventually reunited back in the Close and lived together until they passed away. Their kitchen was origonally the milking parlour and the floor sloped to the middle and still had the drainage channel. Anyone unfamiliar with this always fell over on their first visit!]


Timeline

The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.

1860s
Bishops Tachbrook.  Church
Bishops Tachbrook. Church

Bishops Tachbrook Church exterior. 1860s

1900s
Bishops Tachbrook.  New Yard
Bishops Tachbrook. New Yard

Thatched cottages known as New Yard and surrounding gardens in Bishops Tachbrook. ...

1920s
Bishops Tachbrook.  Fidler Boneham's House
Bishops Tachbrook. Fidler Boneham's House

Fidler Bonham's house, with Mrs Bonham standing outside, Bishops Tachbrook. 1920s...

1940s
Bishops Tachbrook.  Aircraft Assembly Field
Bishops Tachbrook. Aircraft Assembly Field

The last wartime Whitley bomber to be assembled at Bishops Tachbrook. 1945

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Source: Heritage and Culture Warwickshire, Warwickshire County Council

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