The Thursday Cottage Story
Thursday Cottage was started in 1963 in a cottage of the same name outside Spaxton, Somerset. For many years, the business was owned and run by Hugh and Pam Corbin from Lyme Regis, until they sold it to us in 2002.
The production unit is now based at Trewlands Farm in Tiptree in the Essex countryside where we still make a variety of handmade jams, marmalades and curds. The ingredients, the open pan cooking and the distinctive taste and character of Thursday Cottage products has changed little from the time when the company was based in the West Country, over fifty years ago.
We take great care in choosing the best ingredients and use a variety of traditional and unusual fruits such as greengages (Greengage Jam), pink grapefruit (Pink Grapefruit Marmalade) and rhubarb (Rhubarb with Stem Ginger Jam). All of our products are made in small batches and we fill the jars by hand when we can because you get more whole fruit in the product this way, which means a more hearty and fruity taste. The hard work and effort consistently put in by our small team here has been reflected in recent years by the gold awards that Thursday Cottage products have received at the Great Taste Awards.
The small team at Trewlands Farm have been involved in making fine preserves and working with quality fruit for many years. Chris Newenham has an extensive knowledge of fruit, Donna Smith is well known to many stockists and customers as she has been responsible for sales since the business arrived in Essex in 2002, Mark Smith brings over thirty years of jam making experience to the company. Everyone at Thursday Cotttage has a key part to play in the success of products and the business whether in new development, production, quality control, sales or support.
We hope you enjoy our products as much as we enjoy making them.
Latest News...
World’s Original Marmalade Award winner visits Thursday Cottage July 2022
Mike Ranson the winner of The World’s Original Marmalade Awards 2022, held at Dalemain Cumbria, visited Thursday Cottage in Tiptree recently to watch the next batch of his award winning: Seville Orange and Cider Marmalade with Calvados being reproduced...
World’s Original Marmalade Award winner visits Thursday Cottage July 2022
Mike Ranson the winner of The World’s Original Marmalade Awards 2022, held at Dalemain Cumbria, visited Thursday Cottage in Tiptree recently to watch the next batch of his award winning: Seville Orange and Cider Marmalade with Calvados being reproduced...
Tastings at Open Farm Sunday
The jars were open and visitors were tasting many of Thursday Cottage’s products at the Open Farm Sunday event at Tiptree. The new White Chocolate Spread was a hit with the youngsters while many other visitors loved Lemon Curd and Cherry Curd. The event was a great...
On Line Shop
We are sorry to any customers that have had trouble ordering Thursday Cottage products via our online shop, we are currently working on a solution to this problem. We will keep you informed of any changes in the status of the online shop. Until this has been sorted...
March – The month of the woman
This month we celebrate 2 important days in the years calendar dedicated to women, firstly International Women's Day & later in the month Mothers Day a day of appreciation of all the mum's out there. so we are offering you the chance to pamper yours. Starting...
Online shop temporarily down for maintenance –
We are sorry to any customers that have had trouble ordering Thursday Cottage products via our online shop, it is currently down for maintenance and should be back up and running as normal very soon. Until this maintenance is finished, please feel free to call 01621...
English Borage Honey listed as a top British honey
February is here! We were delighted to see Dan Fauzi’s report on “The Best English and British Honeys” in Countryfile magazine as he included Thursday Cottage’s English Borage Honey in his final selection. He commented that we had been careful not to over-filter the...
Marmalade Season for marmalade makers at home and abroad
The new year at Thursday Cottage starts with the sweet tang of citrus as cooks prepare some of our ten marmalades including: traditional Seville Bitter Orange, Pink Grapefruit medium cut, the intriguing Blood Orange Marmalade made with oranges from the slopes of Mount...
Congratulations
Congratulations A double congratulations to Donna Smith as she received her long service certificate marking twenty years’ service with the company from Chris Newenham joint managing director of Wilkin & Sons; this coincided with her appointment as Managing...
Young winner’s marmalade replicated by Thursday Cottage
At just nine years old, Flora Rider has triumphed over thousands of entries in the 2021 Homemade Marmalade Awards, receiving the Best-in-Show Award for her Seville Orange and Orange Blossom Marmalade. She beat entries from over 30 countries around the world, including...
Marmalade Awards 2021
The key winners of the World’s Original Marmalade Awards 2021 were announced at Dalemain, Cumbria on Sunday 20th June: the Double Gold Best in Show winner, as well as all category winners and Artisan winners. The announcement took place in conjunction with Dalemain’s...
