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A narrow paved alleyway in Cambridge framed by tall brick and rendered buildings, with a person walking in the distance.

Blackmoor Head Yard (RGL 2022)

Blackmoor Head Yard

History of Blackmoor Head Yard

This was an alleyway perpendicular to Bridge Street between the Mitre Hotel (17) and The Baron of Beef (19). In 1913 there were 12 addresses there.

In 1825 there was a livery occupying part of the garden behind the Blackmoor Head Yard run by Henry Browning. St John’s College granted him a lease in that year. The livery was next to ‘the Dunghill’, a source of local nuisance.


For data on recipients of Cambridge Charity Organisation Society support see Mapping Relief.


1861

(1) William Chamberlain, 54, groom, b Gravely

(2) Charlotte Piper, 63, lodging house keeper, b Suffolk

(3) Mary Bell, 60, bedmaker, b Cambridge

(4) Thomas Bridges, 44, college servant, b Cambridge

(5) George Robinson, 47, tailor, b Beds

(6) Samuel Lovejoy, 43, labourer, b Berks

(7) Frederick Lewis, 47, labourer, b Cambridge

(8) Robert Holliday, 36, potato merchant, b Lincs

(9) William Horner, 39, groom, b Fen Drayton


1881

6. St Clement’s School House

A detailed 1888 city map section showing the layout of Bridge Street, including St. Clement’s Church and several yards.

Cambridge City Plan, 1888

1891

6. St Clement Sunday School

1913

1. Harry G Pilcher

2. Mrs E Golding

3. John Graves, plasterer’s labourer

4. Mrs Ward

5. William Farnfield

6. Cox Motor Cab Company

7. R Darkins, relief stamper

8-9. Mrs Priest

10. Arthur Willis

11. Mrs Seymour

12. Mrs Ellen Clerk, Henry Buck jobmaster

Black-and-white print showing a narrow cobbled alleyway between a stone wall and a house with multiple windows and a sign.

Blackmoor Head Yard, print by Rita Genlloud c.1926

1962

Blackmoor Head Press

Allen & Philips, sign and van writers

2022

A narrow alleyway with red wheelie bins grouped in the centre, flanked by brick buildings and an external metal staircase.

Blackmoor Head Yard (RGL 2022)

A narrow lane flanked by a white building with green shutters, a modern brick building, and various waste bins in the foreground.

Blackmoor Head Yard (RGL 2022)

 

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2 Bridge Street

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60 Bridge Street

5 Bridge Street

34 Bridge Street

19 Bridge Street, Baron of Beef

42 Bridge Street / The (Black) White Bull & White Bull Yard

Warren’s Yard, Bridge Street

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