Bottisham · Cambridgeshire
Farmed by the Paul family for seven generations, just off the A14 between Cambridge and Newmarket.
Since the 1820s
Our story
The Paul family took on the farm in the 1820s, as heirs to the Dennis family, and has farmed the land at Bottisham ever since. Seven generations later, the family is still here, working the same fields on the edge of the village and handing them on to the next generation.
Today the farm is run by the J, J and A Paul partnership. Like many family farms, Bottisham Place has adapted with the times, and part of the farm now provides business units and secure self-storage for people and businesses across Cambridgeshire.
A long history
The farmhouse and barn at Bottisham Place are both listed buildings, and the farm's own records go back to the 18th century.
The oldest part of the farmhouse at Bottisham Place probably dates from the 15th century. It was extended in the 16th century and again in the 17th.
The Hasells, a Bottisham family, farmed their land from Bottisham Place until after 1700. A carved panel inside the house is dated 1654, and the seven-bay aisled timber barn also dates from the 17th century.
By 1757 the farm belonged to the Dennis family, successors to the Hasells. When Bottisham’s open fields were enclosed in 1808, the Dennises’ farm kept its land.
Farm accounts, diaries, notebooks and plans for Bottisham Place survive from 1770 to 1864. They are now kept at the Museum of English Rural Life in Reading.
After 1820 the farm passed to the Pauls, heirs to the Dennis family. The Pauls were among the Bottisham families who farmed their own land and came through the agricultural depression of the late 19th century.
Two centuries on, the Paul family still farms at Bottisham Place, now as the J, J and A Paul partnership.
Sources: Victoria County History of Cambridgeshire, vol. 10 · Historic England list entries · Museum of English Rural Life
Bottisham Place today
Alongside the farm, Bottisham Place is home to business units and secure self-storage, a few minutes from the A14 at Junction 35.
Business units in Bottisham for workshops, trades, light industrial work and businesses that need space to work as well as store.
All units are currently let. Join the waiting list to hear when one becomes available.
CamStorage provides drive-up self-storage in Bottisham for households and businesses across Cambridge, Newmarket and the surrounding villages.
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