LYLE MORGANS – MASTER THATCHER

Thatched roofs have been a feature of many village houses and cottages for many centuries, and until recently there has been a resident thatcher - George Samways was the last.

Sadly, thatch fires have been the cause of many houses being damaged or destroyed - one image is of Brook Cotttages being thatched early in the 19th century; early in the 20th, Brook Cottages were twice devastated by such fires.

In recent times, much thatching work in East Meon has been conducted by Master Thatcher Lyle Morgan; a profile was written for Meon Matters and is attached as a PDF.

Creator

Stan Smith took several of these photographs

Place

East Meon

Contributor

Denys Ryder (some)

Copyright

Stan Smith (deceased)

License

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC-BY-NC-ND)

Caption

Meon Matters article on Lyle Morgan, Master Thatcher.

Format

Document (516)