New Thatch on an old Cottage at Long Marston
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New Thatch on an old Cottage at Long Marston
Image: © Chris Reynolds Taken: 28 Mar 2009
A nearby information board reads – Originally two cottages: a thatched cottage probably built in the 16th/17th century and a slate roofed cottage of early Victorian origin. The earliest deeds known date back to 1759, when the thatched cottage was in the ownership of the Manor of Tring. Earlier records indicate that it was likely to have been a humble workman's home rented from the Lord of the Manor of Long Marston, Nathaniel Bromley. Ownership later passed to Lord Rothschild as Lord of the Manor. In 1894 it was sold to a Mr. E. F. Gregory. Thenceforth the cottage changed hands a number of times. In more recent years some of the owners have had a literary bias. Mary Grieve, an early editor of Woman's Magazine, lived here and a more recent owner was an editor at The Independent and later The Times.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.832133
Longitude
-0.703436