Malting Lane, Litlington

History of Malting Lane, Litlington

Litlington OS 1901

Malting Lane ran west and south east from Malting Farm, unnamed in 1901.

1861

James Covington, 24, ag lab, b Litlington

Jeremiah Willmott, 23, bricklayer, b Litlington

Augusta Monis, 32, dressmaker, b Litlington

John Ball, 34, ag lab, b Litlington

Abraham Pack, 34, blacksmith, b Ashwell

Elizabeth, 34, b Herts

Abraham, 12, b Beds

Elizabeth, 10, b Beds

George, 8, b Herts

Thomas, 2, b Litlington

James, 5ms, b Litlington

In 1881 the Pack family are living in the Blacksmith’s Shop on Royston Road, Litlington. According to the Ancestry genealogy on this family, Abraham Burr Pack (1827-1901) married Elizabeth Phillips (1826-1902). Ten children are recorded (in the Johnson Family Tree). One of these is Elizabeth (1850-1927) who was born in Stotfold Beds and died in Bassingbourn. She married Walter C Wedd. The family history of their granddaughter, Doris Roisseter, paints a vivid account of family life at the end of the 19th century.

Mary Dickerson, 60, formerly farmers wife, b Litlington

Susan Cockerill, 65, b Bassingbourn

John Sharp, 29, ag lab., b Litlington

Joseph Pateman, 26, bootmaker, b Bassingbourn

1871

James Gardner

Henry Jarman

Simon Willmott

John Ball

Abraham Pack, 44, blacksmith

Elizabeth,

George, 17, bricklayers apprentice

Thomas, 12, labourer

Fanny, 7, b Litlington

William, 5, b Litlington

Alfred, 3, b Litlington

Frederick, 9ms, b Litlington

Alfred Pack birth certificate 1868