Castlethorpe Lodge

Castlethorpe Lodge - early 1900s

By kind permission of Pat St. John (daughter of J.E. Whiting)

Castlethorpe Lodge with the water windmill
in the background

Joseph Evans Whiting M.C. farmed at The Lodge.
During the 1st World War, 23 Service men of the village, were under the command of Lieut. J.E. Whiting, who served, with the Royal Field Artillery .

Crops on the field

Farm yard

Maurice Edward Weston
recorded his wages while working at The Lodge

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Traction engine

Ploughing with the traction engine