Datcha

The house called Datcha was built seemingly on Kiln Lane, although the Lane is not adopted by the Council as far as this point. It stands on the north side of the track where a footpath crosses.

In the 1901 census Sarah Floyd, nee Cheshire was a widow, listed as a publican and farmer of The Whip and Windmill Farm

Also 3 boarders, Frederick and Alice Rogers with Alison Elsie Rogers 7 months old.

Sarah Floyd died 9th August 1907.

Sarah bequeathed Willow Cottages to be held in trust by her executors, Joseph George Floyd and W. Bliss, solicitor, to pay the income from them to Alison Elsie Rogers for life, then to her heirs and descendants.

In the 1939 Register (census) Datcha is recorded as occupied by Frank Rogers, born 1878, a bricklayer, and Annie R Carter, born 1897, single, his housekeeper.

Ron & Lilian Curnow bought Datcha in 1955.