Grove Cottages, Newland Street

Introduction Until the 1830s there was only one house on this site, known rather dramatically as “the furthest most house on the south side of Newland Street towards Colchester”. In 1788 it was bought by Thomas Kynaston whose estate also included the adjoining large Grove House, where he lived. In 1805 Roger Kynaston sold the whole Grove lm estate to Mary and Sarah Du Cane, of the prominent Du Cane family of Great Braxted. After their deaths the Grove estate including the furthest house, to their nephew Reverend Henry Du Cane, who then lived the Grove. The Reverend wasted no time in capitalising on his property, and by the Tithe Map and Award were drawn up in 1839, the furthest house had been replaced by five cottages, at least some of which were occupied by farm labourers. Since then there have been some rather confusing subdivisions, but now there are five cottages again. They continued to be on the far edge of the town, probably until the 1930s, when other houses and factories…