Osha Smith's cottage alongside Robins Brook near the ford at Robinsbridge - and near the osier beds that gave him his nickname.
(See next photo for a close-up)
There was another basket weaver called Smith in Coggeshall but they seem not to have been related - at any event, the other basket maker, William Smith, was taught the craft as part of his rehabilitation in hospital at Roehampton after losing his right foot in WW1. For his story and photos of him and his work; William Smith
Date: c 1900?
Ref: 26/05