Rose Cottage
Location
North side of Limby Hall Lane at the St George’s Hill end.
Farmers at Rose Cottage Farm
1911 Samuel Watson
The 1911 census lists:
- Samuel Watson, 57, Brake Proprietor and Grazier, Carriage and Farming, born Staunton Harold
- Emma Watson, 50, wife, married 20 years, 7 children, all living, born Birmingham
- Emma Watson, 19, daughter, Helper at home, born Swannington
- Bernard Jesse Watson, 16, son, Driller, Waggon Works, born Swannington
- Charles Harold Watson, 15, son, Helper at home, born Swannington
- Ernest William Watson, 11, son, At School, born Swannington
- Thomas Edward Watson, 10, son, At School, born Swannington
- Dorothea Watson, 6, daughter, At School, born Swannington
1939 Charles William Walker
1939 Register lists:
- Charles William Walker – Grazier – born 1879 (Swannington, parents Frederick James Walker and Maria Atkins)
- Gertrude Walker (nee Smith) – wife – Unpaid Domestic Duties – born 1885 (Swannington)
- Doris Walker – daughter – Daily Help – born 1911 (Swannington)
- George Walker – son – Fitter, Engineering Works – born 1916 (Swannington)
- Edna Walker – daughter – At School – born 1926 (Swannington)
In 1939 and 1941 other members of the Walker family included:
- John Henry Walker – Farmer, Hollies Farm, Station Hill
- George Sydney Walker – Agricultural Labourer, Woodbine Villas, Main Street
- Reginald Walker – Horseman on Farm, Woodbine Villas, Main Street
World War Two Farm Survey
Farmer Chas W Walker – part owner and part occupier of land owned by Mrs Chester and Mrs Smith of Swannington.
Conditions on farm – infestation wire worm and fruit fly
Water – Well water
Farm management issues – old age, personal failings, lack of agricultural knowledge and unwillingness to be advised.
Farm size = 15 acres
- Grain – 6.5 acres
- Grass for mowing – 2.5 acres
- Grass for grazing – 6 acres
Farm animals
- Cattle – 10
- Pigs – 2
- Fowls – 35
- Horses – 1