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Landowners, Occupants and Farms 277
village life until he died in 1960. After the Tappendens, Cleveland was
owned by Peter and Roz Gooderham from 1973 to 1994, and from 1994
onward by Mrs Helen French. The old barn was destroyed when
Fairlawn (now occupied by the A. Barkaway family) was built in the
1960s.
After George Tappenden passed away, despite the efforts of the Newicks
in the 1970s, the general store’s business waned, although in 2000 Gary
and Tracey Block are attempting to keep it operating. The old
Bakehouse was converted into a separate residence (2000-Waters), as
was the adjacent eighteenth-century Tapp Cottage (2000-Chapman).
Likewise, the garage became a separate business (2000-Farr), and the
Bowl Field – Tappendens’ Land – was converted to residential use in the
1970s. Of the five houses, nos. 3, 4, and 5 have been occupied by the
same families since building (2000: 1-Philips, 2-Farnelly, 3-Kelly, 4-
Burrage, 5-Voigts).
The other properties in the village in 1900 were the Bishops Cottages,
west towards Vigo, and between Leese farm and Sweet Apple, Rose and
Myrtle Cottages, Red (now White) House, and Sycamore. The three
Bishops Cottages, Rose Cottage and Red House were all part of the
Sankey estate when it was sold in 1924 (Figure 7.16). The Bishops
Cottages were bought by Howard of Ashenfield for his employees
(Mills, Croucher, Hayward, Young), but they were purchased in the
1970s by Larry Brown, the garage proprietor. In 2000 they were
occupied by the Clarke family. Rose Cottage was purchased by Nan
Waystell and was subsequently occupied by the Blackfords, Chandlers,
Cobbs and in, in 2000, the Ethridges. The White House, formerly Red
House, and adjacent Myrtle Cottage, formerly Myrtlcot, the old Bowl Inn
village alehouse, were purchased by F. Mills in 1924, occupied by C.
Mills and R. Stocke, later by the Haywards and Hodgsons, and in 2000
by the Lawsons. Sycamore was the home of Claude and Connie Cooper,
who worked at Tappendens store from 1920-1958. In 2000 it is the
home of woodcarver and calligrapher Rust.