Main Street WEst 87

This house was built in 1629 for John Henson. It began life as the residence of the village squire - appointed by the Watsons of Rockingham Castle, as Lords of the Manor, to be his representative in the village. By the time of the census the house was moving down market and was lived in by farmers until about 1880 and then became a harness-makers, being described in the 1901 census as "cottage & shop". It survived until the 1920s.