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Cottages, Little End, Eaton Socon
History of cottages at Little End
Cottages that lay south of The Bell and north of Bell Farm. Between 1861 and 1901 all the houses between the Crown and the Bell were demolished.
These are the cottages that were the subject of archaeological investigation 2015-2015.
The conclusion of the report notes that these cottages are examples of low-status often poorly built, 19th century housing. The dig was a rare example to match archaeological work with detailed local history research throwing light on an often neglected sector of society.
1829
Nos 27 & 29
According to the 1829 Church Rates Book the first owner of these properties was P Hodgin.
J. Murfin
E Smith
G Bailey
E Wadsworth
1841 census
Nos 27 & 29
Ann Yerrell, 40, pauper
Betsy, 14
George, 12
Sarah, 9
Mary, 7
Fanny, 4
John, 2
William Horks, 65, independent means
Elizabeth Beard, 35,
Elizabeth, 6ms
Eden Wadsworth, 30, agricultural labourer & family
Ann, 30
Elizabeth, 6
Sarah, 4
Mary, 6 mos
William Pratt, 40, ag.lab. and family
Elizabeth, 20
Sarah, 4
1851
Nos 20-22
Charlotte Silk, 49, widow, lacemaker & family, b Offord Darcy
James, 23, labourer, b St Neots
William, 13, labourer, b St Neots
Charlotte, 9, lacemaker, b Eaton Socon
Anne Prudence, 67, widow, non, b Eaton Socon
Sarah Ann, grand daughter, 10, b Eaton Socon
Mary Holyoak, 26, dressmaker, b Eaton Socon
Hannah, sister, 23, plainworker [basic non-ornamental stiching], b Eaton Socon
Nos 27 & 29
family 1
family 2
No.31
Saran Newcomb, widow, 63, shopkeeper
Susannah Cook, 51, widow, shopkeeper
1861
Nos 27 & 29
Thomas Freeman, 50, ag. lab, b Eaton Socon
Maria, 51, b Huntingdon
Henry Smith, 40, ag.lab., b Eaton Socon
Jane, 37, b Eaton Socon
Thomas Thody, 77, formerly ag.lab., b Eaton Socon
Sarah, 75, b Eaton Socon
Charlotte Silk, 59, midwife, b Offord Cluny
Fanny Abraham, niece, 13, b Buckden
No.31:
John Beard, ag.lab., 52, b Beds
Elizabeth, 56, b Beds
Thomas, 21, labourer, b Beds
Mary Ann, 14, b Eaton Socon
Elizabeth Hawkes, 20, step daughter, labourer, b Eaton Socon
1871
Nos 27 & 29
Henry Smith, 50, ag.lab & grocer employing assistant, b Eaton Socon
Jane, 46, grocers assistant, b Eaton Socon
Samuel Giblett, brother in law, widower, 39, ag.lab., b Eaton Socon
Uninhabited cottage may have been grocer’s shop.
Thomas Freeman, 69, ag.lab., b Eaton Socon
Maria, 67, b Huntingdon
James Townsend, 28, sawyer of wood, b Eaton Socon
Susan, 30, b St Neots
Mary Ann, 4, b Middlesex
Elizabeth Harriet, 3, b Middlesex
Kate, 1, b Eaton Socon
No.31
Elizabeth Beard, 66, cattle drover’s wife, b Beds
John is a cattle drover and at the Dolphin, Hemingford Grey, at the time of the census.
1881
Nos 20, 21, and 22: empty
Nos 27 & 29:
Ann Wadsworth, head, 70, washerwoman, b Stonely
Thomas Anderson, 45, ag.lab., b Eaton Socon
Jane, 46, lace maker, b Great Barford
James W, 23, ag.lab., b Eaton Socon
Eleanor, 12, b Eaton Socon
Frank Yerrill, nephew, 2, b Wyboston
1 uninhabited
John Marshall, 71, retired farmer and methodist preacher, b Beds
Eliza, 66, b Beds
Joseph Foot, 53, ag. labourer, b Eaton Socon
Elizabeth, 50, lacemaker, b Eaton Socon
Mary A, 27, lacemaker, b Eaton Socon
Martha, 23, lacemaker, b Eaton Socon
Thomas, 21, labourer, b Eaton Socon
Susan, 10, b Eaton Socon
William Barker, 68, ag.lab., b Blunham
Elizabeth, 41, lacemaker, b Eaton Socon
No. 31. empty
1891
No.21
Charles Luff, 55, ag.lab, b St Neots
Elizabeth, 50, b Eaton Socon
Lizzie Luff, 19, servant, b Eaton Socon
Thomas Brownhill, step son, 15, ag.lab., b London
Emma Brownhill, step daughter, 12, servant, b London
Mary Ann Luff, daughter, 7, b Eaton Socon
Bertha Luff, daughter, 2 mos, b Eaton Socon
Nos 27 & 29
Elizabeth Foot, 60, widow, b Eaton Socon
Mary A, 36, field worker, b Eaton Socon
Martha, 32, needlewoman, b Eaton Socon
Thomas, 29, ag.lab., b Eaton Socon
Sophia Gardener, 74, widow, Great Staughton
Charles Boddington, brother, ag.lab., b Tempsford
No.31
Elizabeth Baker, widow, 60, kept by her son, b Hail Weston
Alfred Baker, 19, ag.lab., b Eaton Socon
1901
No. 21
Charles Luff, 65, cattleman on farm, b St Neots
Elizabeth, 60, b Eaton Socon
Bertha, grand daughter, 10, b Eaton Socon
Charles, 7, b Eaton Socon
Nos 27 & 29
Empty cottage
Thomas Watts, 34, market gardener, b Beds
Ana, 32, b Lincs
Violeta B, 10, b Eaton Socon
Gertrude A, 7 mos, b Eaton Socon
John Surshaw, assistant postal telegraph carpenter, 16, Beccles
No.31
Alfred Baker, 28, market gardener, b Eaton Socon
Mary [Annie], 27, laundress, b Caxton
[Sarah] Jennie Waterfall, sister in law, 25, laundress, b Lincs
1910
No. 20
George Flawn
1920s:
Residents of no. 20 include the Foot family, Emma Pestell and William Lovitt.
1933
The Pearson family moved into no.20 and then, three years later, to no.27
1937
Christine Pearson and family move into no.27.
Alfred, father, cobbler; Ethel, mother; children: David, Arthur, Edwin, Christine and Patrick.
The archaeological report contains plans of no.27 (and of no.31) as recalled by resident.
Nos. 20, 21 and 22 Little End were demolished in the 1930s
1939 National Register
Bell Cottages:
Alfred Pearson, b 1905, chimney sweep
Ethel S, b 1914
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?
Nos 27 & 29 were condemned in 1939
1955
Nos 27 & 29 last occupied. Pearson family moved out of no.27 shortly before demolition.
The last residents of no.29 were Michael and and Lottie Clarke and son Michael.
They were demolished to make way for the widening of the Great North Road. Land became part of 25 Great North Road.
No.31 was demolished by 1960.
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