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Although the fabric of the village remained essentially intact, the village saw change during the Soame dynasty. Religion and education made their mark. A Congregational Chapel was built in the village street in 1835, and was enlarged in 1853. In the intervening years it has been a bakery, and is now a private house, but the small graveyard can still be seen near the main road. The National School for 80 children which was built to replace The Olde School had an average attendance in 1900 of 53. This again was replaced in 1967 by the new school which has a current roll of 65 children. In addition the original almshouses were sold, and two flint cottages in the middle of the village were given as replacement almshouses. There were five separate farms in the village at one time: Street Farm, Temple End Farm, Church Farm, Green Farm and Manor Farm, all of which are now subsumed into the Vestey estate. Lavender Cottage saw service as a rectory, Larkspur Cottage was home to the shoe mender, Hallside was home to the watch mender, The Limes became three cottages, one of which housed the district nurse, Trudgetts (two houses) was a bakery and post office and had a wheelwright's shop next door. Mungo Lodge had a dance hall and the blacksmith shop on Pound Green has completely disappeared. The two windmills in Little Thurlow can no longer be seen and the only hints left are the names of the houses, Mill House and Mill View. The base of the windmill has survived, but there is no evidence left of the mill that once stood at the top of Almshouse Hill. The threshing machine at Manor Farm and many of the farm buildings have vanished, and those left are rapidly being transformed into luxury barn conversions.

Little Thurlow National School, 1873