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Littonslack
Littonslack
is a small hamlet lying roughly halfway between the villages
of
Litton and Cressbrook and just North of Litton Mill.
Originally it
comprised just 10 terraced cottages. The postcard above, date unknown,
shows the front (south facing view) of the 10 cottages. In the early 1900s a
further house was built at the easterly end of the row and in the 1980s
a farm was built nearby. "Littonslack" can also be written as two words
"Litton Slack" and is locally known as "The Slack"."
'The Slack' not far from Cressbrook ... is a
small row of cottages, standing on a bleak and wild looking moor-like
prominence, as
if the buildings had been lifted out of the adjoining valley to look
about them".
Thomas Brushfield, 1865
Over the last few years I have been researching the history of Littonslack ... when were the cottages built? ... who were they built for? ... who built them? And whereas there are no absolute answers to those questions the research has moved slowly closer to some conclusions ... and at the same time thrown up many secondary, but remarkable, facts.
If anyone can add anything to this research please contact me via ...
