St Matthew’s Street / Herbert Street

History of St Matthew's Street

Up until the the 1880s  part of St Matthew’s Street at least was known as Herbert Street.

The 1881 census lists: Smarts Row, Custom Street (Vicarage Terrace),  Herbert Street nos 1-14, St Matthew Buildings 1-16, The Norfolk PH, Norfolk Street.

1881 Herbert Street

(1) William Lawrence, 32, bricklayer b Swaffham

(2) James Spaxman, 27, brick labourer, b Cambridge

(3) Thomas Thurbon, 37, tram conductor, b Cambridge

(4) Jesse Forsdyke, 43, joiner, b Suffolk

(5) Jane Langford, widow, 48, dressmaker, b St Ives

(6) Henry Lingwood, 33, coal porter, b Suffolk

(7) Susannah White, widow, 62, housewife, b St Ives

(8) William Laxton, 31, cricketer,  b Cambridge

(9) Phillip Stocker, 31, cab driver, b Swavesey

(10) William Atkin, 37, iron moulder, b Cambridge

(11) William H Clark, 31, harness maker, b Suffolk

(12) William Porter, 24, tailor, b Middlesex

(13) Edward A Hardy, 29, printer unemployed, b Cambridge

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Edward G Gates, 34, cordwainer, b Cambridge

Joyce, 31, b Kincs

Albert E, 8, b London

Arthur W, 4, b Lincs

Edward G, 2, b Lincs

Horace F, 6m, b Cambridge

The 1891 census goes from Geldart Street 1-12, to St Matthew’s Street 1-28, to Vicarage Terrace.

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Edward Gates, 44, bootmaker, b Cambridge

Joyce, 42, b Lincs

Albert E, 18, bootmaker apprentice, b London

Arthur W, 14, bootmaker apprentice, b Lincs

Horace F, 10, b Cambridge

Ada E, 7, b Cambridge

Frank, 5, b Cambridge

Ethel, 1, b Cambridge

Edward G, 12, b Cambridge

By 1901 the family have moved to 18 Sleaford Street.

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