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1 Prospect Row

1 Prospect Row, Fern House & Prospect House

History of 1 Prospect Row

Listed building:

Terrace of 4 houses. c1840. Gault brick painted white; slate roof EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and basement; 9-window range. Each house has entrance door reached by steps, and with area railings.

1840

1913

(1) Fern House

Watson Rogers, butcher

Mrs Harvey, grocer and dairymaid

(1a) Prospect House

Mrs Hubbard

Miss Hubbard, dressmaker

Frank Arthur Heygate

1 Prospect Row c1960

1 Prospect Row & Eden Street

1962

(1) Mrs A E Smith

(1a) Frederick Parfitt

In the 1970s, the corner shop was run by Mr Cook and Jan, his daughter. No 1a Prospect Row was left to my mother (Angela Parfitt) by her grandfather late 60s. Her parents, my grandparents (Fred and Ivy) lived there until Fred died in 1980 and Ivy moved to London in the mid-80s until her death in 1990. Fred used to play cricket for Cambridgeshire and his bother ‘Cadder’ Parfitt also lived in Cambridge till his death in 1990 and appeared on the  Russell Harty show as an ex-Japanese prisoner of war. (Email from CL2024)

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