John Line's timber yard was situated on the Knoll next door to George Hine's wheelwrights. The saws were driven by a steam engine. This photo shows John Line and his two sons Bill and Ben.

The Line's are a well-established Sherington family, with a long tradition of being sawyers or carpenters:
        1841 census - 2 family members listed - 1 Sawyer
        1851 census - 15 family members - 3 Sawyers
        1861 census - 22 family members - 6 Sawyers
        1871 census - 22 family members - 5 Sawyers
        1881 census - 34 family members - 8 Sawyers
        1891 census - 33 family members - 6 Sawyers or carpenters
        1901 census - 24 family members - 7 Sawyers or carpenters
        St Laud's Monument Inscriptions - 18 family members - John Line died in 1937.

The business is listed in the 1931 and 1935 Kelly directories as 'John Line' and in the 1939 directory as 'John Line & Sons'.

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