Originally this was the front of the vicarage and the front door was where the bottom centre window is now. It is thought that the change was made in Victorian times and a new entrance with a porch was built on to the front.
The taller man, in the foreground, in the light cap is Mr Keyte. On his left, also wearing a cap, is Stephen Clifton and the man in front, in the bowler hat, is George Bayliss who was Leading Fat Stock Judge.
Frank Kinchin, the owner, outside the store with his wife, Mary and children, Horace and Mary. This shop would, later, become the Post Office.
The Old Vicarage is a Georgian house built in 1805 directly opposite the church. Originally the front door was on the other side of the house but the porch and room above are said to have been added in Victorian times and became the front entrance.
The man on the far right, in the bowler hat, is Dr. Johnson
The group are in Milking Pail Lane.
Compiled by members of Mickleton Women's Institute in 1970s: High St, N side, opposite Medford House May 1975, camera facing NE Date plaque, raised lettering, on S end stone gable end. Assuming the arrangement of letters indicate it is possible that the following entry in the Marriage Register might relate to the owner of this house: Perkes, Thomas and ...
This photo was taken shortly after it was built by Sydney Graves Hamilton between 1887 and 1891. The house is situated at the top of Glyde Hill and is now famous for its gardens. The portico is clearly visible and was part of the 18th Century wing moved from Mickleton Manor.
Mary Kinchin with Horace and baby Mary outside Vine Cottage, formerly known as Tracey's Cottage c1900.
The first cottage on the left hand side is now known as Willann. The end part of it was a butcher's shop at one time. The first on the right hand side is called Peddar's Way.
The 18th Century wing built by Walwyn Graves (1744-1813). Between 1887and1891 his descendent, Sidney Graves Hamilton, had this demolished and moved, using a specially constructed light railway that ran up the elm avenue, to a site at the top of Glyde Hill where it was re-built as Kiftsgate Court. The people in this photograph are Sir John ...
Large cellar below the sitting-room with areas for storing bottles & dairy produce and hooks in the ceiling for hanging meat and game.
In the walled courtyard behind the old coach house - now a garage - and outside the kitchen, there is a well, which presumably supplied water to the house. There is also a pump, which is no longer working. In 2011, a pair of robins built their nest in vegetation growing on the inner wall of ...
This piece of metal was found in the garden of No. 4 Mickleton Manor in 2019. It is thought to be a remnant of the railway track constructed in around 1890 for conveying the stone taken from the demolition of the left wing of the Manor House up Glyde Hill to be reconstructed as Kiftsgate ...
Left to Right: Bill Brain, Charlie Cowley, Bill Coles ( brother of George), George Alliborne, Ray Cowley, Maurice Smith ( from Ilmington), George Cowles Owner ( Grandfather of Joan Sheppard), Jack Barnes
Hillside Nursery was set up by Joan Coles ( later Sheppard) grandfather, George Coles. They moved to Mickleton when Joan's father was 6 or 7. Workers Left to Right front: Bill Brain ( Rose Cottage), Charlie Cowley, Bill Coles ( a miner in Wales), George Alibone, Ray Cowley ( brother of George Cowley), Reg Read Left to Right ...
The proprietor was Sarah Tombs.
The photo shows the cucumber greenhouse in c.1900, cucumbers were the main crop in the market garden. Left to Right: George Coles ( Junior), Dolly Coles his sister, Annie Coles ( George's wife), George Coles Senior ( the owner), others unknown.