Trinity Place, King Street

Trinity Place, White Hart Yard, King Street, Cambridge

History of Trinity Place, King Street

1828 White Hart Yard

Holy Trinity built a work house. Dr Stokes wrote in Cambridge Parish Workhouses that there were stringent rules in place here:

The paupers were not allowed to be visited without written orders, but they were allowed for health’s sake, although only by medical written consent, to go for exercise on Christ’s College Pieces for an hour before noon, and from 5 til 6 pm. For some offence, one of the paupers was confined to the house and kept upon bread allowance.

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1851 (White Hart Yard)

William Wyer, 30, chimney sweep

Elizabeth, 28, laundress, b Cambridge

Joseph, 26, brother, chimney sweep, b Ely

George, brother, 10, b Cambridge

In 1841 William, Elizabeth and daughter Maria, 2, had been living in Laxton Passage, Castle Street [location unknown].

 

Mary Ann Albion, 60, shoe binder, b Cambridge

Eliza, 24, dress maker, b Cambridge

In 1850 Eliza was arrested for talking to a gownsman but released on promise.

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1861 Trinity Place

(1)

Thomas Armstead, 61, gunsmith, b Cambridge

(2)

John Worseldine, 69, cabinet maker, b Lincs

(3)

William Wyer, 40, chimney sweep, b Lynn, Norfolk

Elizabeth, 38

Charles William, 9

Mary Ann, 7

(5)

Philip Butler, 31, chimney sweep, b Cambridge

(6)

Mary Golding, 60, formerly broker, b Suffolk

(7)

Sarah Clipsham, needlewoman,

(8)

Richard Sanderson, 68, carpenter, b Cambridge

(9) vacant

(10)

William Lewis, 47, general mechanic, b Cambridge

(11) vacant

(12)

John Austin Catchpole, 20, ornamental leather worker, b Cambridge

(13)

Peter Dunwell, 45, shoemaker, b Cambridge

(14)

John Marsh, 35, painter and glazier,

(15) vacant

(16) vacant

(17)

Jane Allen, 83, nurse,

(18)

Mary Odams, 47, needlewoman, b Godmanchester

(19)

William Page, 24, carpenter, b Cambridge

(20)

Mary Ann Albion, 68, shoebinder, b Cambridge

(21)

Sarah Spencer, 33, dressmaker, b Cambridge

(22)

Harriet Barker, 50, needlewoman, b Cambridge

(23)

Frederic Greenwood, 30, cordwainer, b Cambridge

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1871

(3)

William Wyer, 51, chimney sweep, b Lynn [not Spain]

Elizabeth, 48, b Cambridge

Charles, 19, chimney sweep, b Cambridge

Mary A, 17, servant, b Cambridge

John German, sweep, b Cambridge

See Fulbourn Lunatic Asylum for death of George Brewster, William ‘boy’, in 1875. William sentenced to 6 months hard labour for manslaughter.

In 1881 William is living at 3 Causeway Court. He seems to have remarried.

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1874

After rebuilding property used as the Trinity Infant School.

Thomas Freeman, porter and pew opener at Holy Trinity

George Dent, blacksmith

George german Dent appears in directories from 1874 as blacksmith. He had taken over Juler’s original foundry. In the 1880s he tendered successfully to make seats along Parkside on Parkers Piece and to erect iorn railings on Butts Green on Midsummer Common.

Driver, cabinet maker

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1913

1. Arthur William Saunder, GER labourer
2. Mrs E C Mann
3. Mrs Smoothy
4. Mrs Brand
5. HOLY TRINITY PARISH ROOMS
6. Charles Bennett, clerk & sexton Holy Trinity Parish
7. Benjamin Cornwell, labourer
8. John Mitchley, ostler
9. S Loader, labourer
10. Stephen Williams, labourer
11. Rober Ludman, ostler
12. William Taylor, labourer
13. Robert Crane, labourer
14. Benjamin Cornwell, junior
15. C Waldick, corporation labourer
16. –
17. Mrs Powell
18. Harry Knights, milk carrier
19. James Thurlow, hotel porter
20. Benjamin Lander, labourer
21. Ellis Johnson, bricklayer
22. John Amiss, carpenter
23. Mrs Knights

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1930s – 1950s:

HQ of 29th / 42nd Cambridge (Holy Trinity) Scout troop. Cambridge Scout archives refer to Trinity House, King Street.

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27 July 1955 – Warehouses declared unfit for habitation
Cambridge’s Medical Officer reported that houses in Trinity Place together with warehouses to the rear of King Street were unfit for human habitation. They were described as dangerous and injurious to health, and it was proposed that the occupants should leave within two months while the City Council provided alternative accommodation. The report formed part of the post-war programme to remove unhealthy housing from the city centre.

Source: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge King Street Scrapbook 1897–1990, Item: 55 07 27.

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1962

HOLY TRINITY PARISH ROOMS

12. Miss M Foulger

14. Mrs M Cooper

15. Mrs N Sparks

16. Joseph H Knights

17. Mrs E Carter

18. Mrs E Carter

19. Mrs Ludman

22. Arthur Amiss

23. Miss E E Knights