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42 Abbey Road

History of 42 Abbey Road

1891 unnumbered

Ellis John Rolls, 38, boot closer, b Fenstanton

Harriet, 36, b Hemmingford Abbots

Harriet Helen, 11, b Fenstanton

Harriet Helen Rolls married a dairyman. They lived at Fen Ditton Hall and then moved to Hardwick, but in the 1930s sold the farm and moved to Abbey Road.

1939

Harriet H Morgan, b 1880

Kathleen N, b 1911, (nursing member B Res Cambs 2)

Richard E, b 1918, garage assistant,

1962

Mrs H H Morgan

In Down Your StreetVol II, Miss Kathleen Morgan talked about her family home, 42 Abbey Road. “My grandfather built this house, it was one of the first to go up. Grandfather was a University shoemaker called Ellis John Rolls… the shoemaking business was on the first floor – we always called it the shop – and customers went up to the room via a ladder at the back of the home.” Among his customers was the cricketer Ranjee.

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