Pullins Green

Number 8

Number 8 is one of the houses in middle of the row of six cottages facing the old smithy on Pullins Green.   In the photograph shown above it is the house on the far left.  We are not sure when the houses were built.  We have heard that they were built in the early 19th century for quarry workers, but we have not yet found any evidence to support this theory.  The cottages were listed in the 1840 Tithe Survey which says that they were owned by Daniel Burchell, a carpenter then living in St Mary Street.  We have heard that it may have been Daniel who built the cottages.

The cottages were owned by the Burchell family for a long time.  We know that in 1909/10 rents of about three shillings per week (£8 per year) were being paid to Frederick Henry Burchell.  We have also heard that the houses were later acquired by Charlie Davis, the builder, although number 12 was sold off.  

By the 1960's, the rented houses had fallen into disrepair and lacked modern amenities.  They were at one stage condemned by the Council.  They were however saved and the Council chose to renovate and modernise them as part of the town centre development which took place in the 70's.

The Occupants
Although the Tithe Survey lists the occupiers of the six houses in 1840, it does not make it clear who is living in each house.  The six people were: John Screen, Charles Owen Pearce (a cordwainer), Mary Jackson, Mary Langobeare, Mary Olive and John Birt.   In many cases like this, we can link people to houses by using the 1841 census.  However in this case it is difficult to link the names in the census to any of these houses and none of the people listed in this census (or the 1851 census) are the same as those listed in the Tithe Survey.

The first person we know to have occupied the house is therefore based on the 1851 census.  

Click here to see details of the occupants of the house

This page was last updated: 23/06/2008