Came Farm House
Came Farm House
Located to the south of Came House, Came Farm House is one of the few dwellings to a) be specifically identified in census returns and church registers or b) have residents who are readily identifiable by their occupation (in this case, farmers). This makes it fairly easy to compile a list of who lived there during the 19th century. Those people are as follows:
- 1841
- Address: Came Farm House
- Who: John & Phoebe Tuck, plus grown-up son and wife (relationships inferred)
- Birthplaces: Outside of Dorset, with exception of daughter-in-law
- Servants in house? 2 female, one male servant
- Workforce: Not stated
- Farm Size: Not stated
- 1851
- Address: Came Farm House
- Who: Edward and Emily Futter and one child
- Birthplaces: Norfolk
- Servants in house? 3
- Workforce: Employing 50 labourers
- Farm Size: 1220 acres
- 1861
- Address: Came Farm House
- Who: Josiah & Sarah A Hill and three children
- Birthplaces: Norfolk
- Servants in house? 1 house servant
- Workforce: Employing 15 men, 16 boys and 6 women
- Farm Size: 1238 acres
- 1871
- Address: Winterborne Came
- Who: James and Isaac Symes, brothers
- Birthplaces: Portesham, Dorset
- Servants in house? 3: housekeeper, general servant and groom
- Workforce: Employing 17 men and 8 boys
- Farm Size: 1200 acres
- 1872-1879
- Who: Isaac & Bessie Symes, farmer, Came
- 1881
- Address: Farm House
- Who: James Tucker, widower, and seven children
- Birthplace: All children in Stoke Abbott and father in South Perrott, Dorset
- Servants in house? None shown
- Workforce: None stated
- Farm Size: None stated
- 1889
- Who: Henry & Elizabeth Quint Smith, farmer, Came
- 1891
- Address: Came Farm House
- Who: John Stevens Passmore & wife Alicia Kemp Passmore, four children and John's mother
- Birthplace: All from Devon
- Servants in house? Housemaid and groom
- Workforce: None stated
- Farm Size: None stated
- 1896
- Benjamin Taylor
- 1901
- Address: Came
- Who: Benjamin Elston Taylor & wife Louisa Taylor and one son; and in a neighbouring dwelling:
- Who: John Stevens Passmore, his wife and three children
- Both described as farmers
- Birthplace: Taylors from Dorset, Passmores from Devon
- Servants in house? None for Taylors, Groom and General Servant for Passmores
- Workforce: None stated
- Farm Size: None stated
- 1906
- George Oliver
The house was Grade II listed in 1956 for its architectural and historic importance and, according to the information compiled for its listing, it dates from the mid 18th century [English Heritage 2004].