Pound Yard, High Street, Great Shelford

History of Pound Yard

Pound Yard was opposite the Pound which was an enclosure where stray animals were impounded in the days when High Green was open grazing and the fields had not been enclosed.

1891

William Loker, 24, miller, b Sawston

Susanne Trudgett, 72, b Hauxton

Mary Dean, 65, b Great Shelford

Thomas Arnold, 77, ag.lab., b Great Shelford

John Jordain, 37, agric. lab., b Great Shelford

No. 13, Pound Yard House

This was known as the Nurse’s House and was where the District Nurse lived. It was built c.1955 on ground taken from the garden of The Elms.