Flatford, Willy Lott's Cottage 1907
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Beside the quiet mill-pond at Flatford Mill stands Willy Lott's Cottage, instantly recognisable as the setting for Constable's famous painting 'The Hay Wain'. Willy Lott, the mill-hand, is reputed to have lived in this cottage for eighty-eight years. It was Flatford and nearby East Bergholt which provided the young John Constable with the inspiration for many of his fine paintings.

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Memories of Flatford, Willy Lott's Cottage 1907

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Flatford, Willy Lott's Cottage 1907

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I owned a large picture of 'The Haywain' which for many years hung on my living room wall. During the 1980s I was lucky enough to visit the cottage and it was like walking into the painting; it was magical!