Residents of Wesley End
| 1852 | Chas s.o.Wm Bunton = Mary Ann Mickley |
| 1860 | Mary Ann Bunton d.o. John, a labourer |
| 1863 | Sarah Ann Bunton aet 20 d.o. Chas |
| 1867 | Hannah Bunton, 20, s.o. John, m Wm Metson [Geo B X as witness] |
| 1868 | Thos Bunton 27, s.o. John [Chas B X as witness] |
| 1871 | Hephzibah Bunton, 17, d.o. John [Peter B as witness] |
| 1881 | Peter Bunton, 29, Blacksmith, s.o. John m Fanny M Rawlinson (n.b our horseshoes) |
| 1888 | he was a witness |
| 1893 | William Thomas = Elizabeth Ann Clark 20 January [Congregational records = C.R.] |
| 1898 | Henry John Charles was here February 1 |
| 1901 | Arthur Charles; February 2 |
| 1901 | Peter Bunton, now a labourer & Fanny; a son Albert Edward |
| 1903 | Gladys Kate Charles; June 13 |
| 1903 | Wm Martin, Labourer & Emma Jane; a daughter Gladys Alice [I have a later note that the Martins lived here alone; presumably this means when all cottages but theirs were deserted] |
| 1903 | George Ruffle, Decorator & Sarah Caroline; a daughter Phoebe Elizabeth |
| 1903 | Clara Bunton, 25, d.o. Geo, m W J Smith of E Bergholt |
| 1908 | Rose Bunton d.o. Geo, a son Andrew |
| 1925 | Dick Ruggles told me that he was born in Tinkers though he lived with his uncle in Ye Cott. |
| 1933 | John Peter Bunton died 16 July, aet 82 (probably s.o. Chas & Mary; bz 1852) |
| 1933 | Hilda Flo Metson died October 4 Ben Hezekiah Metson |
| 1944 | Charlotte (Corder) Wiffen; baby Charles died 14 December (A grave stone I think) |
| 1949 | Stanley Mark Hayes, Labourer, & Ivy Lily; a son Douglas John |
| 1953 | Wilfred Robert Birch = Beatrice Mary Adrian Corder b 18 January Christine Susan born 11 March 1956 |
| 1958 | Mrs Lambert had Tinkers |
| 1959 | The Birch family left Essex Hall Cottage Tarbins & Coxes in Essex Hall Cottages |
| 1960 | Liddell Armitage bought Tinkers Revel as it then was |
| 1963 | Peter Raymond Beale & Nellie were in the Cottage This must be the year the Garratts bought it In October we bought Tinkers |
| 1988 | Hayes, Joe & Ivy and son Basil [who was 70-80 y.o. when he told me] went to Malden. I suppose this means at the time when the hamlet was nearly deserted. |
| 1995 | We sold Tinkers to Ian & Susan Ward |
| 1996 | Garratts left for Norfolk |
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