No 42 - 44
No.42-44
No 42-44 - The current 42-44 building replaced an earlier building. I am not sure exactly when, but assume it was in the first half of the 1900s - after 1915 judging by the 1915 photo.
1840 Tythe map (left) ........ and 1895 map (right)
The 1895 map shows there were originally three cottages that were demolished.
Photo from 1900
Photo from 1915
I have read that the previous building had been the local 'poor house'. There was, in 1832, a report to parliament about the poor of Nether Stowey, prepared by Thomas Poole, which, according to a *paper I have seen, included: "According to Poole there was no workhouse in Stowey but there was a house in which some infirm poor lived and received a weekly allowance of money."
(*Paper by Martin McDonagh re - Nether Stowey 1832: a Snapshot of the Poor and the Poor Laws in one Somersetshire parish taken by Thomas Poole magistrate.)
This would seem to be confirmed by a map from 'British History Online', which shows this as the location of the poorhouse. Whether it was all three or just one, I don't know.
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