2 – 3 Emmanuel Street, 1954 (MoC 118/76)

2 Emmanuel Lane / Street, Cambridge

History of 2 Emmanuel Street

1841

John Gray, carpenter

John, 17, bookbinder

Henry, 15,

Elizabeth, 14,

Emma, 10

Thomas, 9

Ann, 7

Charles, 5

Stroud Jervis, 68, shop keeper

Ann Jervis, 68

John Read Gray was born 24/12/1788 at Barkway in Hertfordshire. He married Ann Harriett Phillips on 30/3/1815 at St Benedicts Cambridge. Ann was the daughter of John Phillips b. abt. 1750 and Sarah Bell who married at St Benedicts 27/11/1778.

John and Ann had 8 children in all: Agnes b 1817, Arthur John 1817-1895, Amelia Caroline b 21/2/1819, Lydia Ann Elena b 10/12/1820,  William Alfred b 2/5/1822, Henry Samuel b 20/7/1825, Elizabeth Jane (1827-1899) and Frederick Charles b 27/9/1828.

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1851

Emmanuel Lane

John Gray, 63, carpenter and builder, b Cambridge

Ann, b Cambridge

Thomas, 19, bookbinder and finisher, b Cambridge

Charles, 15, baker, b Cambridge

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1861

William Overhill, 34, bootmaker, b Cambs

Hannah, 34, b Cambridge

Richard, visitor, 59, labourer, b Cambs

Rose Curson, lodger, widow, 57, formerly shop keeper, b Teversham

Rose Anne Curson, daughter, 21, needlewoman, b Cambridge

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1871

Henry Fairweather, 45, upholsterer, b Norwich

Maria S, 43, b Norwich

Emma J, 21, ladysmaid, b Norwich

Ellen M, 13, b Norwich

William, 9, b Norwich

Alice, 7, b Norwich

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1881

Charles H Payne, 28, stationer

Jane

John H

Martha

Annie

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1891

Henry Charles Payne, picture framemaker

Jane

John Henry, 19, picture frame maker, b Cambridge

Martha Elizabeth, 18, picture shop assistant

Ada Elizabeth, 16, milliner, b Cambridge

Arthur Sidney, 13, b Cambridge

Katharine Maud, 12, b Cambridge

Annie Louisa, 10, b Cambridge

Jessica Laura, 8,

Ethel Clara, 6,

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1901

Henry C Payne, 55, retired framemaker,

Jane, 50,

Martha, 28,

Jessica, 18, b Cambridge

Ethel, 16, b Cambridge

Montague, 9, b Cambridge

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1911

H C Payner, 65, stationer shopkeeper, married, b London

Jane, 60, b Bury St Edmunds

Martha, 30, daughter, b Cambridge

A Pirie, 25, daughter, b Cambridge

1913

Henry C Payne, newsagent stationer and picture frame maker

1955

2 July 1955
Miss Kathleen Payne, aged 76, retired when her Emmanuel Street newsagents was demolished as part of the redevelopment. The business had been established by her father, who remembered selling his first Cambridge Daily Newsin 1888. Kathleen Payne had lived at the premises throughout her life and recalled chickens wandering along St Andrew’s Street before the arrival of motor buses, cinemas and large shops. Comment: A valuable personal recollection of late nineteenth-century Cambridge.
Occupancy/location evidence: Occupier: Miss Kathleen Payne.
Family newsagents established by her father by 1888.
Kathleen Payne lived above or at the shop throughout her life.
Premises demolished for redevelopment.
Source: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge Emmanuel Street Scrapbook, 2 July 1955.