Meadow Farm covered land on the southeast side of Water Lane including where Meadow Farm Close is now built and what is now the recreation area. Together with Poplar Farm it formed the Adeanes’ farm estate in Oakington in the 1820s and 1830s, which in turn can be traced back to the estate of the Hatton family in the 17th century and before that to John du Lay’s manor of the 13th century.
More recently, Meadow Farm was run by the Bloom family and incorporated a nursery at what is now the recreation ground. Alan Bloom moved from Oakington to start Bloom’s of Bressingham.
Meadow Farm had been demolished by the 1970s, but its name lives on as Meadow Farm Close.
See also | Lays Manor | Meadow Farm Close |
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