Land shown in Tithe Apportionment Map 1842
Plot 444a Upper Beech, 443 Lower Beech
Owner Robert Watts Esquire Occupier Edmund Simes Arable
The house is believed to have been built c 1920 by Mr Cramp, after he retired from running the village stores. The original property was just two bedrooms, but had a substantial (60 foot long) glasshouse at the end of the garden, heated by a boiler house, where Mr Cramp grew fruit which he sent to London for sale.
The glass was removed (probably after WW2 due to fuel costs) but the site and the 60ft long brick wall survive and have been used as a vegetable garden.
Above left: 1924 postcard showing Beechlands & [probably] Mr Cramp]
Below left: Old photograph showing Mr Cramp’s delivery cart
1939 Register
| Name | DoB | age | Occupation | |||
| George (Ernest) | Cramp | 3rd August 1873 | 66 | Male | Married | Farmer (On Own Account) |
| Ellen (Ida) | Cramp | 5th January 1877 | 62 | Female | Married | Unpaid Domestic Duties |
The house has since been substantially enlarged, with extensions in the 1960s, 1980s and 2000s.
Dallington History 