Belmont Place (MoC 289/70)

Belmont Place, Cambridge

History of Belmont Place

1861

(1)

Thomas Pettit, 62, cordwainer, b Essex

(2)

John Coxall, 61, parish clerk, b Cambridge

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1874

Pettit, shoemaker

J Coxall, parish clerk

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1910

A violent storm with winds estimated at 80 miles per hour caused widespread damage across Cambridgeshire in February 1910. In King Street, advertising hoardings belonging to the Billposting Company in Belmont Place were blown down by the force of the gale, while elsewhere in Cambridge a large elm opposite Trinity Fellows’ Garden lost its crown. The storm affected communities across the region: at Ely Cathedral a stained-glass window depicting St John the Baptist was damaged, although the blown-out glass landed intact on the lawn below, and at St Ives railway signalling equipment and buildings also suffered. The report provides a vivid reminder of the disruption caused by severe weather before modern forecasting and emergency response systems.
Source: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge King Street Scrapbook 1897–1990, Item: CWN 10 02 25a & b.

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1913

Belmont Cycle and Motor Co.’s Works and Stores

S Bennett, MRCVS, veterinary surgeon