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Place    From 1674  To 1902

Cobley Farm and Fallow Farm

Cobley Farm and  Fallow Farm

First documented in 1674, at its largest the farmland was bounded by High Road, Ballards Lane, Long Lane, Squire's Lane. The Cobley family owned he farm from 1680 to 1902 when it was sold, the buildings demolished and the land developed.  The picture source is a local history report from 1927.

The shows both these buildings on a 1900 map.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Cobley Farm and Fallow Farm

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Dickens at Cobley Farm

Returned from his first trip to America Dickens spent some time here in 1842-...

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Grimaldi - N12 - information panel

Joseph Grimaldi Joseph Grimaldi was born in 1778 in London. His father was a...

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Grimaldi - N12 - plaque

Near here at Fallow Corner stood the home of Joseph Grimaldi, actor and famou...

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Joseph Grimaldi - Graywood Court

On this site stood Fallow Cottage, the home of Joseph Grimaldi, actor and fam...

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John Lindley

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1 memorial
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Market Gardens at Burgess Park

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1 memorial
Victoria Park Society

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Tower Hamlets have a "copy of the Constitution, showing that the society was founded 11 May 1970". Founders included: Israel Renson and Peggy Temple. We've found reference to this group being acti...

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