Our sincere thanks go to Wes Moore who published this fascinating and detailed account of life in Old Catton during the Victorian era. We are grateful to Wes for allowing us to reproduce this work on the Old Catton website.

"This essay is dedicated to my great-great-great-great-grandparents, Robert Moore (1776-1864) and his wife, Amy (nee Large) (1779-1866) who moved to Catton in 1818 and their five sons, George, Daniel, Robert, William and James who lived, worked and raised their families in the village."

W.K. Moore, October 2000.