27 Market Place, Ely

History of 27 Market Place

Donald Monk was born at 27 Market Place 26th June 1939, son of Fred Monk and Winifred née Nash. The Nash family had been in the area for some years; Donald’s great grandfather had been the minister at Prickwillow Baptist Church.

Donald Monk’s reminiscences of Ely can be found in Ely Memories, 1998: I don’t remember much about the war – I think I can remember seeing Army vehicles (Brengun carriers) parking on Market Place and seeing military parades. My bedroom looked out over the market and so I had an ideal opportunity to see what was going on and certainly later on I remember the late Colonel Beckett drilling the Army Cadets and/or Territorial Army on the Market Square. … I stayed at Soham Grammar School until 18 after which I left and joined Pye Telecommunications at Newmarket Road, Cambridge where I became a radio engineer.

1911 Market Place, Ely

Frederick Nash, 56, store salesman, b Bucks

Mary Matilda, 54, assisting in business, b Prickwillow

Florence, 28, b Ely

Lilian, 26, b Prickwillow

Frederick W, 24, general store sales, b Northants

Winifred C, 15, b Prickwillow

Arthur V, 7, b Essex

In 1881 Frederick Nash was a baker in Market Street.

1939 (27)

Fred Monk, b 1900, general grocer and hardware salesman,

Winifred Monk née Nash, b 1896,

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Elizabeth R Berry, b 1883, grocery shop assistant