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Note: 'Edmund, born 1732, died 1798, married Elizabeth Reading in 1752. She
was the daughter of the famous silk printers. Edmund obtained the
secret from them and started the Littler works at Waltham Abbey. The
business was the site occupied by the Government Powder Mills; the
old 11th century church at Waltham. In fact, the restoration of the
Abbey chapel contains the family registers with upwards of 200
entries in connection with the family. Most of the family have left,
but Edmund Littler (1790-1860) had an eldest child (Helen) who
married T. Chapman. A son of theirs (Arthur) is tenant of the Abbey
farm. This Abbey Farm has been in the occupancy of the Chapman
family for generations. Arthur Chapman and his family have quite a
lot of knowledge of the Littler family and know the whereabouts of
most of the Waltham remnants. There is part of a bridge on their
farm in good repair, known as Harold's Bridge, and erected before the
advent of William the Conqueror. Harold was killed on October 14th
1066 at the Battle of Hastings, and was buried at the Abbey.'
Source: Notes of C.A. Littler (1910)
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