Building record 1423200000 - Chiltons Place, School Lane

Flora Thompson’s uncle, Thomas Whiting, is listed as a shoemaker in the 1911 directory and, according to the 1910 Valuation Survey, was a tenant of one of the 2 up -2 down cottages at Chilton Place. His house also included a shoemaker’s shop which had been an old one up- one down cottage. This house seems to be the sole survivor of what were probably about nine cottages , two of which faced the street, with the others at right angles behind. This is so altered that it looks like a completely modern house, but bears a date stone 'Chiltons Place 1861'. It is however of some historical interest because of the association with Flora Thompson who would have visited here, and perhaps lodged with her uncle and aunt whilst working at the post office in Twyford. [Photo] (B1).