The following photographs taken by Elijah Yeoman could well date from 1880, when Yeoman married Honor Varder in Harberton. Simmons Farm was probably the Varder family home. The first picture of Leigh Bridge predates the present pair of houses "Lauraleigh" and "Leighbridge Cottage" which were built in 1893.
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| Simmons Farm | West Lodge, Tristford | West Lodge, Tristford |
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| East Lodge, Tristford | Leigh Bridge | Leigh Bridge |
My thanks to Parkin Raine and staff at the Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle in County Durham for their invaluable assistance in providing these pictures and allowing their publication on this website. Click this link to visit the Bowes Museum website.