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Crown Inn
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Pevsner notes, nos 3-4 (altered, formerly part of the Hoop Inn, are of 1729. Heads in the keystones of the upper floor.
1798 Map of Cambridge showing Hoop Inn
When the railway was built in Cambridge, John Starkey, owner of the Hoop Inn, licensed refreshment rooms at the station. (Barraclough 2018)
1959 Royal Commission on Historical Monuments Survey of Cambridge: built in 1729 and towards the middle of the 19th cent. the first floor rooms were panelled.
No. 3 bridge Street built.
Josiah Chater notes that his 8th Cambridgeshire Rifle Corps met at the Hoop Inn on 14th January:
We sat down to supper at half past 8; had hot and cold meats, pies and pastry and everything proper, with ale and waiters included for 2/6d each. It was a very jolly affair, uncommonly well served. After the captain was gone, I took the chair for about half an hour, then left. I only saw one man a little the worse for the punch, 19 bowls of which the officers put upon the table.
Hoop Hotel, Bridge Street c.1870 (MoC162.69)
(3)
John Charles, 41, printer compositor, b Cambridge
Mary Ann, 40, b Melbourn
Julia Augusta, 16, shop assistant, b Cambridge
Mary Gertrude, 14, milliner, b Cambridge
Florence Alice, 8, b Cambridge
Henry John [John Henry Victor], 3, b Cambridge
Lilly Ann Dellar, 19, servant, b London
The Charles family had previously lived at 14 Green Street.
(3a) vacant
Hoop Hotel:
Clara Potter, 48, manager, b Suffolk
Ellen Tofts, 23, barmaid, b Cambridge
William East, 20, boots, b Lincs
Frederic Siggers, 17, page, b London
In July John Charles wrote a letter to St John’s College requesting a decision on the matter of a pension for his mother Elizabeth. £10 was paid.
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John Charles, printer compositor
Mary Ann Charles
Florence A, 18
John H V, 13, b Cambridge
(3a)
Hoop Hotel:
Ada Rixon, 25, barmaid, b Northants
Harriet Crook, 25, chambermaid, b Norfolk
William McLennan, 26, boots, b Scotland
Paul Gahn, 20, hotel waiter, b Germany
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John Charles, compositor University press
Mary Ann
Mary Gertrude, 34, housework,
Alice Florence, 28, housework,
John Henry Victor, 23, university laboratory assistant,
Helen Farrow, 22, servant, b Cambridge
Edward J Bles, 46, boarder, private means, b Lancs
(3)
A Colin Lunn, tobacconist and cigar maker
John Charles, compositor
3a: Banham & Benton, tailors & robe and breeches makers
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The Charles family moved to 51 Owlstone Road, Newnham
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1935 Cambridge Daily News
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(3a) Fatstock Marketing Corporation Ltd
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3 & 3a Bridge Street
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