Appendix D — 1919 Estate Families

The following names appear as tenants in the 1919 Somerton Estate sale particulars, providing a record of village families at that time:

Mr Charles Brown — Village Farm (475 acres, principal tenant)

Mr T. E. Emberlin — Manor Farm; also cottages throughout the village

Mrs Godwin — Troy Farm (633 acres)

Mrs M. A. Walton — The Railway Inn, Wharf and Pastures

Mrs J. Baldwin — The Post Office, Dwelling House and Shop

Mrs Plumb — Two stone-built cottages

Mrs Walton, J. Bletsoe, S. Danbury — Small Holding above Railway Station

H. Mitchell, C. Brown — Cottages at the Paddock

T. Green, S. Danbury — Middle Cottages

G. Andrews, A. Plumb — Cottages at the Paddock

T. Moore — Dwelling House and Butcher's Shop, Fritwell Road

Mrs Walton, Mrs E. Taylor, W. Cross — Thatched Cottages near the Rectory

W. Andrews, T. Walton — Cottages opposite the church

J. Walton, Mrs Godwin — Modern cottages opposite the church

Mrs J. Bayliss, Mr J. Bletsoe — Cottages adjoining

Miss Nash — Thatched Cottage adjoining the church

Mrs Cato, Mrs Gibbard, T. E. Emberlin — Cottages opposite the Post Office

Mrs G. Golder, J. Andrews — Cottages in Sandpit Ground

W. Cross, H. Stevens, T. Walton — Allotment gardens

Source: Sale particulars, Ferris & Puckridge, auctioneers, June 1919