Name of house

[Beavances]

Hello
I'm not sure if this should be on the Photo board, the Essex Board or the handwriting board. I would like to  be able to find this house, I know where it is situated ( Lindsell in Essex) but do not know its address.
 I can see there is a name written on a plaque, which is in between the windows, I feel this would be a  good start. I can make out it says  '....  Cottage' but not he word that comes before it. Can anyone decipher what it says?
Thankyou

[Viktoria]

Well appears to be four letters and the first may
be a capital R ,the other three are short letters ,no tall l or b d f h k t so how about Rose Cottage ,just as a starting point?
Viktoria.

[Lady Di]

Looks like Bevan or similar to me

Do you know any early resident's surname?

You might find them on a census with name of cottage recorded.

[Wiggy]

A really good image of just the name plaque might help - do you have the photo to be able to do that?

Like this only clearer from original.  Could possibly be 'Brown  Cottage (and a date) - but very hard to tell without clearer image.

[carol8353]

I am trying to find the cottage on the 1939 register.

Put in Dunmow and ED letter code DDGK (for Lindsell) then "Cottage" under optional keywords.

You get 57 suggestions.....good luck!

[Beavances]

Thank you all for looking at my post and your efforts and suggestions. I've tried to zoom in on the house name and darken the image but think the image posted by Wiggy is better than my attempt. I do agree with Victoria that after the capital letter all the other's look like they are lower case - also LadyDi suggestion would be relevant with the surname it wouldn't fit with this family.

Also have searched  through the 1939 as suggested by carol but nothing I can see fits.
I should add that I have visited Lindsell and found it to be a very wandery place, I drifted down roads and was never really sure if I was still in the parish so the 1939 must have been a nightmare to compile.

The families name was Laurie and I do know that they moved to Essex and to that house in the late 1940's. They may have named the house so possible not featured on the 1939.

Is it possible to get the electoral registers on line for that time?  ( the family lived there for roughly 10 years). I've searched for the electoral registers without luck.

[carol8353]

There is a 1957 probate of an Alexander Machray LAURIE whose address was The Cottage Holders Green Lindsell Essex. And a 1953 probate of an Ellen Pullen Harrison LAURIE of the same address.

[Beavances]

Hi Thankyou for finding those documents which confirm that it really was named 'The Cottage', or at least it was by this family in the late 40's and 50's.  I've also just located Ellen P H Laurie on Deceased on line also showing The Cottage, Holder's Green. Lindsell .

I've always thought that it was just how the family distinguished it ... 'we're going to see Granny at her cottage' So when I found the photo and saw the plaque I thought  - and hoped - that it had a more official name and would help me locate it. I When I visited the village I did travel down various roads and into what must be Holder's Green but did not see a house that looked anything like that so am now thinking it may have been demolished.

[Wiggy]

I am pretty sure it doesn't say 'The" cottage on that plaque.    It is a longer word than that.