17 Orchard Street / 22 Clarendon Street, The Two Swans

History of The Two Swans

22 Clarendon Street

1861

(Entry 197) – Previous entry is #41 Orchard Street

Daniel Fletcher Dyball, 33, Baker, b. Cambridge
Louisa Dyball, 34, b. Boro Green, Cambs
Edwin Fletcher Dyball, 6m, b. Cambridge
Elizabeth Smith, 12, b. Boro Green, Cambs
Louisa Smith, 9, b. Salisbury, Wilts

1871

Thomas Janeway, 44, Baker & Confectioner, b. Shingay, Cambs
Eliza Janeway, 42, b. Cambridge
Eliza Smyth, 44, Teacher & Agent to Fallen Women, b. Cambridge

1878

John Clarke (1878)

1881

John Clark, 53, Labourer & General Shopkeeper, b. Cambridge
Eliza Clark, 51, Lodging Hoiusekeeper
Eliza Smyth, 48, Teacher of Music, b. Cambridge
James L Ball, 37, Telegraph Supt, b. Peterborough
Kate M Harradine, 13, Servant

1891

(Entry 168/District 2) – previous entry 167 is Elm Cottage, Elm Street

John Clark, 63, Bricklayer Labourer, b. Cambridge
Eliza Clark, 62,b. Cambridge
Henry Curson, 66, Lodger, Tailor b. Cambridge
Sam Layton Ball, 47, Telegraphist, b. Peterboro
Elizabeth Betts, 13, Servant, b. Gt Besford, Beds

MRC – Sam Ball

http://millroadcemetery.org.uk/ball-sam-layton/

1895

Spalding notes that Samuel L Ball is chief telegraph clerk

1901 no entry

1911

Percy Wing, 28, Grocer, b. Cambridge
Mary Wing, 29, b. Willingham
Vera Wing, 1, b. Cambridge
Esther Todd, 65, Boarder, Seamstress, b. Cambridge

1913 The Two Swans

Percy Wing, grocer, off-licensed beer house

1962 Percy Wing, grocer

(17 Orchard Street):

1962 Henry W Wheeler

See:

https://www.closedpubs.co.uk/cambridgeshire/cambridge_twoswans.html

Down Your Street, 1986, describes how Prince Richard, later the Duke of Gloucester, lived in Victoria Street while a student at Magdalene College. He used to patronise the local shop, Percy Wong’s, at the corner of Clarendon Street. His preference was Ribena lollies. Wong’s developed a reputation for looking after its more elderly clients.

2026

Window display in 17 Orchard Street referencing it’s past as a shop (SJM 2026)