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Gloucester Place / Severn Place

History of

1832 -1833

Robert Berry, shoemaker

Mary Ann

Robert (1806-1887?) and Mary Ann Wilkin (1809-1875) married in Barnwell in 1830.

The Berry family were living in 1851 at Occupation Road


1851 numerous unnumbered households

Ann Langford, 47, dress maker, b Liverpool
Harriet, 24, b Cambridge
Esther, 17, b Cambridge
Alfred, 8, b Cambridge

In 1851 Esther was arrested by the proctors. She is no.63 in the Spinning House Committal books.


2026

The area between Severn Place and Compass House (on the right) is being redeveloped by Anglia Ruskin University.

Severn Place, Jan 2026

View of Compass House from Severn Place.

Rear of Compass House, 80 Newmarket Road, Jan 2026

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