The Wood brothers horses and carriage
Horses and carriage - but who were the Wood Bros?
Courtesy April Wood-Ashton
Who were they?
By Chris Rogers
The Wood family were very large in Hothfield in the 1800s and owned or rented land in neighbouring parishes too.
This image is a postcard published by 'AW Boughton Hothfield' who also published a postcard of the village policeman. This postcard was bought by April Wood-Ashton, a living descendant of the Wood family, who kindly allowed us to scan it for the collection. The carriage looks new with windows, a roof rack, steps and bench seating. It looks like a carrier (bus service) but we cannot trace a local carrier of that name. Who were these Wood Brothers and were they related to the Hothfield family?