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Sarah Tredgett297 – 301 Histon Road
History of 297 Histon Road
Details of the history of this site can be found here:
http://www.cambridge2000.com/cambridge2000/html/0003/P3260335.html
Sarah Tredgett moved here around 1886 from 312 Histon Road, after her husband had left her and their family and gone to New Zealand. The family business remained at 31 Market Hill.
297 Histon Road
1891 Ainger Nursery
Sarah Tredgett, head, fruiterer and florist, b Cambridge
Kate E, 24, assistant, b Chesterton
Harry, 22, assistant, b Chesterton
Frederick E, 21, nurseryman, b Chesterton
Jessie, 17, assistant to florist, b Chesterton
Sidney, 16, brazier, b Chesterton
Ebenezer, 14, assistant to fruiterer, b Chesterton
Rosa, 12, b Chesterton
Ada C, 11, b Chesterton
Violet Lillian, 10, b Chesterton
Claude V D, 9, b Chesterton
1901
Sarah Tredgett, florist and fruiterer
Harry, florist and fruiterer
Frederick E, florist and fruiterer
Ebenezer, florist and fruiterer
Ada C, 21
Violet L, florist shop assistant
1911
S Tredgett and Sons, florists
1913
S Tredgett, florists, Ainger Nurseries
1935
Scotsdale Laundry: Miss Kate Wade proprietress
The Scotsdale Nursery (301) had been run by three spinsters who used Tredgett’s glasshouses as washhouses.
1946
Scotsdale Laundry bought by Dudley Turvill for his younger brother Ronald to manage when he was demobilised from the Commandos in 1946.
1951
Scotsdale Laundry amalgamated with Swiss Laundry in Cherry Hinton Road.
1958
Scotsdale Laundry bought for £2,000 by Swiss Laundry.
1962
(297) Scotsdale Laundry Ltd
(299) Scotsdale Nurseries
(301) Ronald D Turvill
1981
Scotsdale Laundry operation moved to Cherry Hinton Road. Laundry building became a furniture showroom for John’s, a firm in Bridge Street.
2020
Ainger Cottage demolished.
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