These buildings were originally the Greyhound Inn. In 1844 the landlord was Fred Cripps and in 1857 the inn was run by Leonard Gillett and his wife. In 1891 the inn closed and was converted into two cottages now known as Wadham and Keble Cottages.
Wadham Cottage
In 1926 this cottage was known as The Roomy Cottage and was lived in by Miss Taylor .
In 1956 it was occupied by a Mr. Thomas. (At this stage it may have been called Tyllwyd Cottage).
By the 1970s its name had changed to Wadham Cottage and it was owned by Mrs. Barbara Colebourne. She died in 1992 and it was later owned by Veronica Ross.
In 1994 it was bought by a Danish couple, Vagn and Rochelle Hoegh-Johansen, who used to fly a flag from a flagstaff in the corner of their front garden; although the Danish flag was most frequently seen, visitors to the village were often greeted with a flag from their home country.
Keble Cottage
Known as Hollyhock Cottage, this was one of three cottages sold by Wadham College, together with The Manor, in 1926 and it was subsequently occupied by a string of people employed at The Manor:
Ernie Farbrother (whose father worked at Manor Farm) was followed by Sidney Eva and his wife. In 1945 a German POW called Joseph lived in the cottage. He was followed by William Mander and his wife and two sons, Guy and Trevor.
From 1956 to 1960 Carl and Susan Szolcsanyi, refugees from Hungary, moved in. Their children Charles and Susan (Zurzan) were born there in 1957 and 1959. They subsequently emigrated to Canada where a third child, David, was born.
In the 1960s the house was occupied by Mrs. Hall, who let out rooms to various farm workers including Fred Hunt and Michael Corner who were there from 1962-63.
In 1966 the cottage was sold to Mrs. Bridgeman, who changed its name to Keble Cottage, seen below with her dogs Tabitha and Sally.
When Mrs. Bridgeman died she left the cottage to her friend, Miss Phyllis Austin.
Ivy Cottage
This cottage is joined to Keble Cottage (to the left above) but must have been built after 1857. Although there was once a second front door, it is thought that this was because the front room was originally used as a ‘reading room’, or possibly as an extension to the inn next door.
By 1904 it had been turned into one dwelling which was occupied by George Edward Scotford (b.1876) and his wife Grace Florence.
George and Grace’s eldest son, Stanley James, was born before they moved to Southrop, but their other children - Reginald (Ray) Frederick (b.1906), Sybil Annie (b.1910) and Olive Archer (b.1913) - were all born in Southrop.
Stanley and Reginald emigrated to the United States in the 1920s and their parents followed them in 1935. The photos of Grace and George with their grandson Alexander (son of Stanley, born 1932) , and at their Golden Wedding must have been taken after they moved to the U.S.
In 1926 the cottage was occupied by Albert Moulden (1886- 1965) and his wife Laura (1877-1976) and their daughter. The Mouldens were still in residence in 1936.
After the Mouldens there is a long list of occupants about whom we know very little. The house went with The Manor in the 1926 sale so that most of the following occupants worked for Captain Richardson.
A Mr and Mrs Pickersgill; and from 1946 a Mr. and Mrs. Williams and their baby.
They were followed in 1949 by Mr. and Mrs. Tinkler, he was the chauffer to Captain Richardson.
From 1950-52 Hugh and Margaret Swaffer lived there, together with their children Jayne and Alan.
From 1952-54 Len and Win Boxall and their daughter lived there. The photo (right) was taken at Ian Cox’s christening and shows on the back row Len and Win Boxall, Bob Soule, Harry Cox and George Cox; and in the front row Joan Cox, Dot Cox, Betty Soule, Christine Cox and Mr. Early, all Southrop residents. The Coxs were followed by a Mr. and Mrs. Hood and their son. (Mrs. Hood died of cancer not long before the Iles moved in).
In 1956 Joseph and Margaret Iles moved from Pear Tree Cottage with their children Cherry, Graham and Rosalind. A fourth child, Nicola, was born in 1960. In 1982 the Iles moved to Box Bush Cottage where Joe’s parents had lived previously.
From 1982 Barbara and Nigel Gibbs with their children Marie, Paul and Douglas lived in the cottage.
From 1984 until 1995 Albert and Melissa Briggs lived there, with their daughters Madison and Theodora who were both born in Southrop. There are two of their dogs buried in the garden.
In 1998 The cottage was sold to Kim and Matthew Harvey, who have since had three children - Holly, Imogen and Jonathan. In 2001 they built an extension to the side of the cottage.