The Cross, High Street, Burton Latimer

Picture used by permission of Burton Latimer Heritage Society 

In 1841, Robert Howcutt (1778-1846) and his Martha (1774-1850) were living at Burton Latimer, apparently on the west side of the High Street, possibly in the thatched cottage at "The Cross", which is shown above.

Robert and Martha were children of Robert & Mary (Cowdell) Howcutt of Bitteswell and had been baptised at Lutterworth Independent chapel.

Robert was a farmer and died of typhus fever at Burton Latimer on 4 August 1846. Martha evidently returned to Bitteswell, where she was buried on 17 May 1850.