Stoney Lane, Thaxted UK

This is Stoney Lane that leads from Thaxted Town Street up to the Parish Church. The Lane still has the original stones that were laid back in the fourteenth to fifteenth century. Stoney Lane is part of an ancient highway leading to Saffron Walden and contains a number of timber-framed houses. Those near Town Street have the timber exposed, while on others it is hidden beneath the render which in many cases has “pargetting”, the traditional local decoration. The second house in Stoney Lane is called “Dick Turpin’s Cottage”. Despite hopeful thoughts, there is no actual documentary evidence that he ever lived in the house and there is only very slight evidence that he ever lived in the town at all.