Jennings Field and Norlands Farm

Jennings Field and Norlands Farm
The Straight Bit


How it looked then from Green Dragon Lane (picture from SWOP website)	How it looks today from the Straight Bit

Norlands Farm was Jennings owned,
The land still bears the name,
But it’s seen many changes
As nothing stays the same.

Old photos show a field of pigs,
And the farmhouse that was there,
And Greenlands, built on nearby land,
Which once was green and bare.

The Jennings who were farmers here,
Lived here for quite a while
And built a newer, modern house,
So they could live in style.

Alas no more, and Norlands Drive
Was built upon the spot,
And Jennings Field all houses now
Which once was pasture plot.

Jennings Field was one of the last meadows in the village and did not give way to housing until the 1970s. The field was part of Norlands Farm, owned by William Jennings and it adjoined his farmhouse. The field fronted directly onto Straight Bit and extended right back to the Green Dragon pub. Go to Norlands Farm on the old map for more information.

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