I'm a long time away from the Liverpool waterfront scene but I well recall there being a Langton Dock. I'm hard pressed to remember the master porterage companies then operating (I left in 1966). I was however at school (Liverpool Institute) with a chap called Willie Langton who was an avid supporter of South Liverpool FC. Despite the passing years (60 of 'em) I can still recall his face! Bill in Nanaimo ----- Original Message ----- From: "william roberts" <william.roberts7@btinternet.com> To: <eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 8:36 AM Subject: [ENG-LIV] 18th Century LANGTONS > Hello listers, > For the last 4 to 5 weeks I have been trying to gather > info on the Langton families who worked as Master Porters and Porters on > the 3 Liverpool Docks in the late 18th century,to date I have found out > very little new about them but a lot about the other Langtons that is well > documented.The other Langtons are the Langtons of Kirkham many of whom > married into the Earle family,the Langtons of Blythe Hall who ended up in > Canada and George Langton of Skelton Lancaster who moved to Liverpool and > became a Tobacco Merchant.This George Langton was also a Partner in a > Pottery at Lancaster Docks that was set up with the help of Potters who > moved from Liverpool.The Langton families I am interested in include > Edmund Langton,Ralph Langton and his son John who is my direct Ancestor on > my mothers side.I would be gratefull for any info even if you may think it > of no great importance it might just give me the breakthrough I am > seeking.I am also interested in any studies tha! > t have been done on the 18th century Docks and how they operated or > sources that exsist such as Tax records,Porterage Rates,business > agreements etc.The Langtons appear to have operated as a cartel. > > > Margaret[Wigan] > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Admin Message - List guidelines: > http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > > The list admin can be contacted at > Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message