Park Lane
As can be seen from the 1839 map, the entrance to Park Lane used to be a lot wider, and there was a ‘village pound’ in the entrance. Most houses had their own chickens and pigs, and stray animals found in the street were put in the ‘pound’ until their owners came back from work to claim them.
The Old Bakery / Park Lane Shop
The Old Bakery used to be behind No 5 Park Lane and the ovens remain in the garden to this day. One hundred years ago it was owned by the Heath Brothers. In the 1930s there were bread deliveries to each house every day, including Sunday, on an old black bicycle with a basket holder.
The bakery business closed, but No 5 Park Lane opened as another village shop (White & Chalmers), closing in 1986.
The bread ovens of the Old Bakery were still being used to cook turkeys for villagers as late as the 1960s.
The Schoolteacher's House
Opposite No 5 is a pair of cottages, just behind the Old School House. The crest at the top shows that it is one of several houses in the village that were built by the Draycot Estate between about 1850 and 1910. Several of them have a date showing when they were built; this is one of the earliest, with a date of 1868. Bramley Cottage, next to the alley, was where the village school teacher used to live.
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