The first known ‘council houses’ or ‘houses for the working class’ were built in Mill Lane. Around 1928, Wayland Rural District Council (Wayland RDC) commissioned a terrace of four houses in Mill Lane. The Council also built a pair of semi-detached houses near to the terrace, which were either built at the same time or within…
Category: Cursons
Auction of Cemetery Farm & Three Cottages
1902 may have brought a period of anxiety for Long Street residents Henry and Charlotte Cursons, and their neighbours, the Lakes, Listers and Bakers. Following the deaths of their landlord Joseph Warren and his wife, their homes were being auctioned. Were the families having to find somewhere else to live? Auction A notice of the…