Joint list entry for 1 & 2 Larkin's Lane: 1106261

No. 1 Larkin’s Lane is on the left of this pair of cottages, and No. 2 on the right. They were built in the early eighteenth century, and was described thus by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, published in 1939:

(277) Cottage, Nos. 1 and 2 on the W. side of Larkins Lane 135 yards N.E. of the church, is of two storeys with cellars and attics; the walls are of stone and the roofs are slate-covered. It was built in the 17th century but No. 2 has been largely reconstructed. Condition—Good.

This lane is not named in the nineteenth-century censuses, and was sometimes known as Grange Lane in the 1920s. The first time it appears in the census is in 1921, and it is not mentioned in directories until 1930.

These two houses became part of the estate that belonged to the Grange on the other side of Larkin’s Lane.

1 Larkin's Lane

The 1921 census shows this house occupied by the widower Richard Morris (83), an old age pensioner who had been a labourer, with another widower Thomas Morris (69) who is described as a boarder and a labourer, and Richard's granddaughter Mabel Morris (12).

In 1930 this house was occupied by Robert John Sugar, who was still there in 1966.

2 Larkin's Lane

The 1921 census lists the general labourer Ernest Phillips (65) here at 2 Larkin's Lane with his wife Harriet and their boarder William Bye (59), who was a cowman. He remained here until his death in January 1935, and his widow Harriet Elizabeth Phillips continued to live here until her own death in November 1941.

Edward George Jones (who had previously lived at No. 3 next door) is listed here from 1943 to 1967.

William Berry is listed here from 1968 to 1976.