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54 & 56 King Street

56 (32) King Street

History of 56 King Street

1841 unnumbered

John Juler, 39, iron founder

Eliza, 37

John Barton Juler, 13

1851 unnumbered

John Juler, 49, iron founder, b Cambridge

Eliza, 47

Matthew Juler had moved to St Peter’s Parish, Cambridge, in the early 1790s. He was married at St Peter’s in July 1789 to Sarah Margaret Leathley. Matthew was then 32 years old. Their children were baptised at Holy Trinity between 1791 and 1801. Matthew established an iron foundry in White Hart Lane, later known as Trinity Place. On Matthew’s death in 1837 his son, John, took over the iron foundry. Between 1861 and 1864 the business was taken over by William C Shippey. Cambridge Iron Founders, 1996, noted that not cast iron work has been found that can be attributed to the Julers, a fact that seems impossible given that the Julers were at work in Cambridge for over 40 years.  A relation of William Shippey, George, had a business in the 1840s at 59 Sidney Street.

1861 (32)

John Juler, 59, retired iron founder, b Cambridge

Eliza, 57, b Kent

John, grandson, 12, b Cambridge

Mary Ann Asplen, 19, servant, b Horningsea

William Shippey tok over the iron foundry but lived at 36 Regent Street.  Very little work survives of the foundry however. There are nine bollards on parkers Piece next to the University Arms Hotel inscribed ‘Shippey Maker’.

1874

Tom Galpin, coffee house keeper and carpenter

1881

James Watson

1901 (32)

William Spring Kircup, 26, chimney sweep, b Birmingham

1913 (56)

W Kirkup & Sons, sweeps

1962

William Crysell

(56a) Roland Woodman

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