Maria and Henry Martin were living here in 1851. Twenty years later, a widowed Mary was still living in the cottage with a young relative, James, a relative called Betsy Down and two further household members, James and Henry Cruze. Quite a houseful for a two-up, two down cottage.

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By 1881, number 24 was home to the Rodda family, followed by the Elstons and then the Cross family, followed by the Knights for a spell, ad by 1921, the Rookes.

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