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South View, (Beatrix House) Arbury Road

History of South View

The location of South View is uncertain. In 1913there were very few buildings on the east side of Arbury Road. The most likely candidate is the house next to the ‘o’ of Arbury Road on the 1925 OS map. There no buildings in this vicinity in 1901. However, in the 1911 census S Gawthroup’s household is described as living at Beatrix House, Arbury Road. this may have been the same house which had been renamed.

1925 OS map Cambridge

1911 Beatrix House

Sidney Gawthrop, 34, cook, b Histon

Alice Beatrice, wife, 35, b Cherry Hinton

Thomas Spalding, father in law, 74, stockman, b Cherry Hinton

Alice Spalding, mother in law, 66, b Horningsea

John Spalding Rich, nephew, 14, b Cambridge

In 1939 John Spalding Rich was living at 26 Springfield Road.

In 1901 the Spaldings are living at the Leys laundry across the road.

1913 South View

Sidney Gawthrop

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