Providence (Prospect) House, Horseheath

Providence House, Horsehealth

Stuart Miller, 2011, published on-line a list of old and new names in Horseheath. He related Prospect House (1871) and providence to The White House (next tot he Post office).

This would place Providence House in the vicinity of Cornish Close in 2024, considering at the nearest house to the Post office in 1885, just to the north.

OS 1885 Horseheath

1851 Horseheath Street

David Cornell [Cornwell], 27, shopkeeper, b Keddington Suffolk

Betsey, 26, b Keddington Suffolk

Ellen, visitor, 16, assistant, b Keddington Suffolk

1855 Cambridge Chronicle 28th July: Daniel Homes, George Groves and JohnGroves charged with stealing eight pairs of cotton trousers and other property from house of David Cornwell. verdict of guilty; 18 months imprisonment with hard labour.

1861 no.9 Church Street

David Cornwell, 37, grocer storekeeper …., b Kedington Suffolk

Betsey, 35, b Kedinton Suffolk

Edward Frederick, 9, b Horseheath

Alfred Joseph, 8, b Horseheath

Jabez, 6, b Horseheath

Agnes, 5, b Horseheath

David James, 2, b Horseheath

Mary Cornwell, visitor, 63, b Suffolk

Mary Ann Myint, 16, nurse girl, b West Wickham

1871 Prospect House

David Cornwell, 47, general dealer, b Kedington Suffolk

Betsy, 45, b Kedington Suffolk

Edwin Frederick, 19, general dealer, b Horseheath

Jabez Joseph, 16, general dealer, b Horseheath

Agnes Mary, 13, b Horseheath

David James, 11, b Horseheath

1881 Providence House

David Cornwell, 57, grocer and draper, b Suffolk

Betsy, 55, b Suffolk

Agnes Mary, 25, b Horseheath

Eunice Martha, 19, b Horseheath

1882 Cambridge Independent, 1st July.

Gospel Temperance Blue Ribbon Army visited Horseheath where they were met by Mr D Cornwell and several friends from Linton.

In 1891 the Cornwells were living in an unnumbered house in Victoria Road, Cambridge

In 1901 David Cornwell was living in 34 Montague Road, Cambridge

The last date on the Cornwell memorial in Horseheath church graveyard is dated 1870. However, it says of David and Betsey that they are late of Horseheath. So it can be assumed that the memorial was put up when they moved to Cambridge, certainly by 1891.

On it are listed nine children who died in infancy:

David, b & d 1847

David Ewin, b & d 1850

Jane E, b 1851 d 1853

Alice C, b 1857 d 1858

Esther H, b 1859 d 1860

Alice E, b 1862 d 1863

Frank H, b 1864 d 1865

Kate M, b 1866 d 1866

Rosetta G, b 1870 d 1870

Of fifteen children, six survived into adulthood.

Edwin Frederick 1852-1918

Alfred Joseph 1853-1936

Jabez Joseph 1854-1934

Agnes Mary 1855-1921; married John Cowling in Linton 1882.

David James, 1858-1936

Eunice Martha, 1861-1946