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The houses were nearly all built during the early 19th century. The post office is on the site of an old bake house, where a sunday roast could be cooked for a penny. The joint could be delivered on the way into church and collected on the way home. The baker also baked penny loaves, which were left On a special shelf in the church to be collected by the poor and elderly of the village. The Shoulder of Mutton was built partly in the 17th and partly the 18th century. Surrounding houses mainly date from the 1 9th century, and this area used to be known as Stocks Green, site of the village stocks. Nos 32 to 33 were formerly a single house, built of ironstone with a thatched roof No 30 was occupied by Thomas Knight, grazier of land in Back Lane, now called Knights End Road.