Randall's Cottage
From Lacey Green History
Report by researcher Rita Probert
The small triangular piece of land between Foundry Lane and the junction of Little Lane and Lower Road in front of Randall's Cottage belonged for many years to the blacksmith's of that name. It was described on the old maps as a garden.
Generations of the Randell family were prominent in the 18th and 19th century as Blacksmiths, One, Thomas Randell, lived at Coombs (click to read about it), the hamlet which once stood near the top left of the Grubbin. He is recorded in the 1831 census and died in 1837 aged 64.
The narrow path along the front of Randells Cottage is said to be the shortest footpath in the Parish. The cottage was the family home and nearby Forge Cottage their working place.