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Originally part of a larger tenement sold by the Day family to the Adams family in 1819. The cottage and garden lie adjacent to the principal tenement (TA 905, 906) from which they were partitioned in 1821. The terms in which the transfer is recorded in the court rolls 'Hannah, James and William Day (her children) for natural love and affection' suggests that the cottage and land may have been given as gift to John Adams' daughter Hannah, possibly on her marriage to an elder James Day. It appears that no money changed hands. The date 1821 and the initials JD on the house accord with the date for the creation of this tenement and the owner in 1840. The Day's were barge owners on the Upper Ouse navigation. In 1804 James and Thomas Day owned a 16ft barge the Lark and Thomas Adams a barge called the Victory plying trade between Uckfield (Shortbridge) and Lewes. Their cargo was said to be marl, chalk and timber etc (66). Traces of the canal locks can still be seen near Barcombe Mills. The navigation, never a particularly successful enterprise, was finally eclipsed by the advent of the railway. |
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