Crutches Fam House Strood

[jeanharris]

Hi.
I wonder if anyone can help.
I am looking to find when Crutches Farm House was built.
I live there as a child and now want to know its history.
It is near The Three Crutches Pub in Old Watling Street about 2 miles north of Strood.
I looked for it in the census but unsure if it had the same name then.The street seems to be called Crutches Lane in the 1901 census.
 Thanks Jean.

[casalguidi]

Hi Jean, it is a listed building and it says C18

http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/

Casalguidi

[Bilge]

More reading for you.

http://www.higham-kent-pc.gov.uk/more.htm

Are you sure that it is called Crutches Lane as I have found refrence to a Crutchers Lane in the 1891 census.

Brewers Gate Crutcher Lane  Cobham  Strood Kent
Park Corner Gate House Crutcher Lane  Cobham  Strood Kent 
Poultry Yard Crutcher Lane  Cobham  Strood Kent   
Crutcher Lane  Cobham  Strood Kent 

Then when you look at 1901 Census the name has changed to Crutches Lane, is this a result of the influences of the Hospital in the area?

Also on the 1901 census there are a number of cottages named New Cottages. All occupied by farm laboures is this your place.

[jeanharris]

Hi.
Thanks for the info.
I always knew it as Crutches Lane.It is called Old Watling Street now and when I lived there.
In the 1901 census found a Odds family living at 1 New Cottages,members of the family still lived there in my time!(1948-1970)No thats not where I lived,sorry cannot remember what the cottages were called when I lived there.My dad worked on the farm it was then a fruit farm.All gone now!
Sorry Casalguidi I cannot find Crutches Farm House on that site.
        Regards Jean.

[Bilge]

How about this Jean could be your place.

http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=356779&mode=quick

[jeanharris]

Hi Bilge.
Yes it is,thankyou so much.
             Jean.

[Bilge]

TBH Casalguidi found it!
It was just that you needed to put in the correct search parameters in which aint always easy.

Pah! Computers!

[jeanharris]

Thankyou for your help.
But now I would like to find who was living there in the 1841 and 1851 census. Its seems the name may have changed over the years!
           Jean.

[casalguidi]

Hi Jean

I assume it would have been in Higham then

Have you identified the property in any census - this would enable us to try and find it earlier ie. looking at occupants/neighbours etc.

Casalguidi