Hawkings's Drove, Littleport OS Map 1901Hawkins’s Drove, Littleport
History of Hawkins's Drove
In the 1911 census there are properties with the address Hawkes Drove, Littleport. The 1901 OS map shows Hawkins’s Drove running due east from the Littleport. There are then some cottages just to the north of this track. In modern times, whilst Hawkins’s Drove is still marked, the cottages seem to have gone. So this location as marked is a little speculative.
1911: Hawkes Drove
Horace William Cox, 26, farm labourer, b Littleport
Hannah, 24, b Littleport
Cecil Edward, 4, b Littleport
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George Fredrick Woods, 47, labourer on farm, b Norfolk
Mary Ann, 40, b Littleport
George Fredrick, 18, labourer on farm, b Littleport
Walter, 17, labourer on farm, b Denver Norfolk
Frederick, 13, labourer on farm, b Upwell Norfolk
Florence Victoria, 10, b Downham
Victor, 8, b Downham
Violet, 6, b Littleport
Hilda Annie, 5, b Littleport
Frederick Woods, Littleport
Frederick was born about 1898. He joined the Cambridge Volunteer Battalion in 1914 when he was 16. He died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
Woods Frederick, Lance Corpl 16738, 11th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Killed In Action 1st July 1916. From Littleport.
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Henry Jones, 31, farmer, b Little Downham
Ada, 26, b Littleport
George Henry, 4, b Littleport
Cicely Ada, 2, b Littleport