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Short StreetShort Street
History of Short Street, Cambridge
Designated Buildings of Local Interest: nos. 5 & 6.
Dolls’s Close
See Maids’ Causeway for history of buildings.
Short Street, Jan 1974 (MoC619/74)
Short Street
1851
(6) William Crowson, barber, b 1814 Rutland
1861
(1) Richard Ashman, 53, grainer, b London
(2) James Freeman, 61, builder, b Cambridge
(3) George Hyde, 57, fly proprietor, b Buckden
(4) Edward Felton, 66, proprietor of houses, b Essex
(5) Green Lion
William W Smith, 37, innkeeper, b Chatteris
(6) Charlotte Loakley, 60, dressmaker, b Cambridge
(7) Sarah Jane Cussing, 30, milliner and dressmaker, b Norfolk
(8) John Barker,
1871
(1)
Richard Ashman, 66, painter and grainer, b Middlesex
(2)
Edward Clark, 42, tailor, b Cambridge
(3)
William Briggs, 71, gardener, b Cambridge
(4)
Judith Pont, 53, laundress of Trinity College, b Quy
Mary Ann Pont, 2,7 servant, b Cambridge
Benjamin S Pont, 21, printer/compositor, b Cambridge
Samuel G Pont, 10, b Cambridge
Samuel Mason, 21, boarder upholsterer, b London
Anne Howard, 18, servant, b Bottisham
In 1861 the Pont family were at 14 John Street
(5)
James Fordham, 32, cricketer and publican, b Cambridge
(5a)
Richard Freeman, 33, basketmaker, b Cambridge
(6)
Ann Arber, widow, 69, no profession, b Cambridge
(7)
Frederick Flowers, 27, college servant, b Cambridge
(8)
Mary Barker, 49, lodging house keeper, b Isle of Wight
Short Street Service Station (MoC)
1962
- C F Silk
- David I G Davies
- Frank Woodley
4.
5 & 6. Duke of Cambridge P H
5 and 6 Short Street, Duke of Cambridge (MoC22.55.70)
Barker and Thompson Ltd, french polishers
7.
8. Short Street Garage, motor car hire
1970
1 C F Silk
3 Derek Buxton
4 –
5/6 –
Barker and Thompson, french polishers
7
8 Short Street Station
8 Patrick Harris
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