Hello, Does anyone know the history of "Cottage Croix" in Brassington? See www.wirksworth.org.uk/X647.htm This large old Cottage may have been two attached smaller cottages run by Thomas BRINDLEY (1855-1935) and his wife Fanny WEBSTER (1861-1942) who ran a grocers and drapers and raised 9 children from this address. Fanny herself was one of 13 children, her father was postmaster of Hognaston and he came from Philadelphia, USA Does anyone know the origin of the name "Cottage Croix"? Regards, John Palmer, Dorset, England Author of Wirksworth website www.wirksworth.org.uk