48 Pakefield Street

1847 Pakefield Tithe Award – Listed as number 51 on Tithe Award. Owner listed as John Libbis, occupiers listed as Samuel Martin and Amos Lincoln. Listed as house and garden.[1]

1861 England census – Pakefield Street called High Street. Occupied by Rachel Lincoln a widow, 64 years old, a beer house keeper and retailer. Born in Kirkley. Also in the property; Emelia Brown, 17 years old, unmarried, listed as visitor, occupation beatster, born in Pakefield. And Sarah Martin, 16 years old, unmarried, listed as visitor, occupation beatster, born in Pakefield.[2]

1869 Post Office Directory – Lincoln, Rachael (sic) Mrs., Beer Retailer. [3]

1871 England Census – Pakefield Street called High Street. Listed as Beer Shop. Occupied by Rachel Lincoln, a widow, 75 years old, a beer seller, born in Kirkley. Also in the property; Charity Martin, unmarried, 19 years old, listed as lodger, no occupation, born in Pakefield.[4]

1875 Pakefield Parish Registers – 9 June Burial of Rachel Lincoln[5]

1881 England Census – Called Trowel and Hammer Inn. Occupied by George W Colby, head, married, 35 years old, Beer Retailer, born in Kirkley. Also in in the property; Imogene Colby, wife, 41 years old, born in Pakefield, Amy Colby, 10 years old, born in Kirkley, Mildred Colby, 5 years old, born in Pakefield, George W Colby, 3 years old, born in Pakefield.[6]

[1] 1847 Pakefield Tithe Award, Samuel Martin and Amos Lincoln; Suffolk Archives; Ref No. 544/34. 

[2] 1861 Census of England, Suffolk, Pakefield, Rachel Lincoln; image, Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 18 February 2025); citing The National Archives, RG 9/RG 9, folio 1186, page 8.

[3] 1869 Post Office Directory of Cambs, Norfolk and Suffolk, Rachael Lincoln; image, Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 20 February 2025); page 881.

[4] England. Pakefield, Suffolk. 1871 Census of England. RG 10/RG 10, Folio 1778, Page 16; digital image. Ancestry(www.ancestry.co.uk, accessed 20 February 2025).

[5] Burial of Rachel Lincon, buried 09 June 1875, Burial Book, All Saints and St Margaret's Pakefield, Page 80, Entry 704.

[6] England. Pakefield, Suffolk. 1881 Census of England. RG 11/RG11, Folio 1901, Page 18; digital image. Ancestry(www.Ancestry.co.uk, accessed 01 March 2025).