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 grapefruits (Pink Grapefruit Marmalade) and rhubarb (Rhubarb & 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 awards that Thursday Cottage products have received in 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 Cottage 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...

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...

Star Jars – Great Taste Awards

One of Thursday’s Cottage most recent products, Gingerbread Caramel Spread received 2 stars from the Great Taste Awards while our traditional Lemon Curd received 1 star.  We are delighted and would like to share the judges’ comments: “Thursday Cottage Gingerbread...

Home deliveries – great for gifts

A thoughtful and practical gift for a friend or relation who you can’t meet at the moment would be a box of our hand-made jams, marmalades and curds delivered to their door. Just click on your chosen products and you will go through to the on line delivery service...

Supplies in stock

We recognize that these are difficult times and we want to reassure customers that we have a good range of products in our warehouse and a small team will be working in the factory to deal with any urgent orders.  The office will be manned by one of our colleagues...