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| Old Post Office Cottage, the right hand side of the cottage in this photograph taken in 2003, was originally the Post Office in Lower Froyle. Certainly the head of the family is shown in the Censuses as Postmaster until 1901 when Walter Brownjohn at Lower Froyle Stores took over that position. This has made it easier to put names to some of the inscriptions which seem to have been done around 1824 when the cottage and its pair, Warren Cottage, were extended. |
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| The first two are quite interesting. The other side of the building, Warren Cottage, was occupied by a George Hunt and his wife, Harriet - hence G.H. & H.H. Harriet’s maiden name was Finden and her family lived next door in the Post Office. |
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| It seems that the occupier, or owner, had their initials done in a formal script while builders were more casually represented. |
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| HW, DL and JG are, we suspect, builders or bricklayers, but it has (so far) not been possible to put names to the intials. |
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