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24 Bridge Street, the Quant Post, Windmill, Black Swan
History of 24 Bridge Street
The early history of this site is from T E Faber, An Intimate History of St Clement’s Parish, 2006
c. 1314: Robert Tuylet as a tenant of Barnwell Priory in succession to Walter de Horseheath
c.1355: held on lease by Guy de Repham
1382 known as ‘Roundhalle’. May have been used as lodging hall for students.
1443 tenement of Thomas Camp, owned by Barnwell Priory
1478 let to William Dak at rent of 2s 6d
1565 lease issued for 21 years at rent of 20s
1607-25 John Stinnit later Margaret
1635-41 Edward Annable
mid 17th cent: tenant for Alderman John Lukin. Lukin was probably a brewer. House was probably Black Swan alehouse and let to Mr Purchas.
1644-54 John Reeve for Quant Post in 1646; later Thomasin Reeve
1666-1700 John Robinson in no. 24 by 1666 and still there in 1690; for Windmill in 1672 and 1674; William Robinson in 1700.
1701 Peter Lightfoot bequeathes Clare lease of no. 24 to his wife Joyce; Thomas Riches in occupation.
1713 Widow Riches, unlicensed, takes dubious delivery from Mr Thompson
1718-42 Joyce Lightfoot bequeathes lease of Windmill in 1718; John Lamkin in occupation.
1752 not listed
1754-70 James Chiswick for Black Swan in 1755 and later years
1771-1855 Black Swan listed continuously
1846 Robert Dent licensed at Black Swan
1851
Robert Dent, 39, victualler and blacksmith, b Norfolk
Mary A., 40, b Benwick
Robert W., 13, blacksmith apprentice, b Cambridge
George German Dent, 11, b Cambridge
Daniel, 9, b Cambridge
Harry, 5, b Cambridge
Jane, 3, b Cambridge
Mary Anne, 3m, b Cambridge
Mary A Longstaff, 17, servant, b Chesterton
Vincent Orlowski, lodger, 50, exhibition interpreter, b Poland
In 1853 the Cambridge Independent Press carried an announcement of a petition by Robert Dent. He is described as living at 11 Manor Street, and previously for seven years at the Black Swan, Bridge Street, as a blacksmith and licensed victualler, and for all that time having a workshop at Jordan’s (Haggis’s) Yard. Robert Dent had gone bankrupt.
In 1861 the Dent family was in Jordan’s Yard.
In 1841 the Dent family were at 10 Clements Lane
1856 not listed
1861
John S Moore, 29, furniture dealer, b Cambridge
1913
J S Moore & Son, cab proprietors
Mrs Yorke
1962
Samuel Lee, ladies hairdresser
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