5 Green Street, Stittle’s Chapel, Cambridge

History of 5 Green Street

Listed building

On the site of the houses numbered 5,4, and 3 stood an old Independent Chapel, dating back to 1688, generally known as the Old Green Street Meeting House, but later referred to Stittle’s Chapel, after the Rev John Stittle, who served his congregation here from 1781 until his death.

John Stittle, the Peasant Preacher: from Leaflets of Local Lore by Urbs Camboritum (Cambs Collection)

1850

The congregation migrated to a newly built chapel in Hobson Street on which the County Hall later stood. The University Union Society took over the building and stayed until 1866.

1851

Robert Ind, 55, b Chesterton

1861

Thomas Metcalfe, 55, upholsterer, b Cambridge

Ann, 35, b Hunts

Ann Elizabeth, 14, b Cambridge

Charlotte, 7, b Cambridge

Lucetta, 6, b Cambridge

Walter, 2, b Cambridge

Margret Rocket, 14, b Cambridge

Thomas M Brown, lodger, 26, b Southampton

Francis H Atkinson, lodger, 21, b Northumb

1866

The unexpired lease of the chapel building was taken over by Ernest Boys, Rustat Scholar of Jesus College, who had formed the Albert Institute the previous year. This was a social club promoting religious instruction and healthy recreation among young town mean.

1913

Miss Harriet Osbourn, lodging house keeper

1962

T E Twinn, hairdresser

2018

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