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162 (71) Newmarket Road, Shamrock Passage

History of 162 Newmarket Road

At the rear of this property was Shamrock Passage. It is not listed on the 1841 census but is named on an 1840 map.  In 1850 an advert describes six freehold houses behind the Shamrock public house near Barnwell Old Church. The Shamrock PH is not mentioned in a census by name. Varying numbers of properties are listed in Shamrock Passage from 1851-1891.

1861

Henry Branch, 28, labourer

1871 ?

1881 (71)

Robert James, 63, general labourer

1891 (71)

Henry Plumb, labourer

1901 (71)

John Chappel, general dealer

1913

John Smith

1962 not listed

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