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Abbey Street, Sep 1974 (MoC 50/75)Abbey Street (West Side)
History of Abbey Street
1861
Abbey Street:
(1)
Mary Ann Johnson, 46, b Cambridge
(2)
Esau Mortimer, 69, labourer gravel pit, b Suffolk
Passage Abbey Street:
(1)
Caroline Osborne, 30, dressmaker, b Cambridge
(2)
Mary Ann Aves, 32, laundress, b Cambridge
(3)
Thomas Blunt, 36, rag gatherer, b Biggleswade
Abbey Street:
(3) Edward Dockerell, 33, labourer, b London
(4) James Farrance, 41, wheelwright, b Babraham
(5) William Ward, 38, baker, b Broughton
(6) Elizabeth West, 68, laundress, b Lincs
(7) Robert Deeks, 40, labourer, b Cambridge
(8) Robert Halyer, 27, labourer excavator, b Cambridge
Abbey Place:
(1) travelling
(2) Martin McLaughton, 68, Chelsea out pensioner, b Ireland
(3) John May, 60, tailor, b Upwell
(4) Hannah Chapman, 61, formerly nurse, b Ely
(5) George Harradine, 61, labourer, b Trumpington
Abbey Street:
(17) James Preston, 63, carter, b Cambridge
(18) Rebecca Loates, 64, formerly laundress, b Cambridge
(19) Elizabeth Robinson, 50, charwoman, b Lancs
(20) Edward Adcock, 45, blacksmith, b Norfolk
(21) Robert Dicker, 56, tailor, b Sussex
(22) vacant
(23) Frederick Rowlington, 29, house painter, b Great Shelford
1870
Thomas Snow died in 1870:
Thomas Snow, Abbey Street, 1870 (Papers held by Museum of Cambridge)
Thomas Snow, Abbey Street, 1870
Thomas Snow, Abbey Street, 1870
Thomas Snow, Abbey Street, 1870
Thomas Snow, Abbey Street, 1870
Thomas Snow, Abbey Street, 1870
1871
(1) Court in Abbey Street
Thomas Butcher
(2) Court in Abbey Street
John Pipper
(3) Court in Abbey Street
Robert Greengrass
(3)
Edward Dockrell
(4)
Elizabeth Farrance
(5)
William Ward
(6)
William Preston
(7)
Frances Deeks
(8)
Robert Hulyer
(1) Snows Cottages
Jane Snow, 63, widow, from house property, b Histon
Elizabeth S Abbott, niece, 23, servant, b Histon
(2) Snows Cottages
James Gunn
(3) Snows Cottages
Richard Homerl
(4) Snows Cottages
Martin Coudens
(5) Snows Cottages
George William Buntin
(17)
James Preston
(18)
John Stearn
(19)
Henry Adams
(20)
Catherine Adcock
(21 & 22)
Robert Dicker
(23)
Charles Shoot
(24)
Henry Loker
1913
- Mrs Eusden
- Daniel Watson, bricklayer’s labourer
- James Kent
Mutimer’s Yard
- William Hempstead, labourer
- William Chapman, labourer
4. Harry Ship, labourer
5. Edward Bailey, custodian of cabmen’s shelter
6. Mrs Shoot
7. Henry A Biggs, tailor
8. James Whittaker, labourer
9. Mrs Brown
8a. vacant
9a. Arthur Tyler, labourer
10. Aaron Vaughan, milkman
11. Frederick Morley, railway porter
12. Harry Williams, labourer
13. Harvey Cornwell, wood cutter
1962
West side
- John E B Gyton
4. Mrs W James
6. Bertram Gurner
7. Sitton and Mothersole Ltd, specialists in cellulose spraying, coach painitng, sign writing etc
9a. vacant
10. Miss M E Lander
11. Mis G A Utting
12. Henry Runham
13. Alfred Peachey
The 1974 shows virtually all buildings in Abbey Street demolished as part of major development of that area south of newmarket Road
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