James Bass Mullinger1 Benet Place, Lensfield Road
History of 1 Benet Place
In 1821 on the subject of postal charges, there is this letter from Mr E S Pearce: “I have just entered on a house near the new College, Downing, called Benet Place, which is clearly within the town; I find that the limit of free delivery on the London side of Cambridge is Addenbrooke’s Hospital, which was never before considered as a limit of the town.”
1861:
In the 1861 the properties at Benet Place are unnumbered.Martha Edlestone is listed; one can assume that she is in the same house as (1) in the 1871 census. But Charlotte Asby is listed as well at Benet Place, if not at no. 1 then at a property preceding that which was not in the 1871 census.
Charlotte Asby, head, 64, proprietor of hosues, b Cambridge
Elizabeth Asby, sister, 59, proprietor of houses, b Cambridge
Jane Spooner, sister, 57, b Cambridge
Priscilla Bell, servant, 20, b Cambridge
Martha Edlestone,head, 69, fundholder, b Cambridge
Elizabeth Beaumont, sister, 77, fundholder, b Cambridge
Sarah Carpenter, 69, cook, b Suffolk
Mary Poole, housemaid, 30, b Ickleton
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1871:
Martha Edlestone, 80, land owner, b Cambridge
Mary Parson, 35, servant, b Cambridge
Ann Goodjohn, servant, 29, b Cambridge
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1881:
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1891:
William J Sell, 43, demonstrator of Chemistry, b Cambridge
Marian, 43, b Cambridge
Alice M, 20, b Cambridge
Edith M, 16, b Cambridge
Helen, 13, b Cambridge
Ethel M Scott, 16, servant, b Cambridge
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1901:
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1911:
Hannah Elizabeth Morley, 49, housekeeper to Mr Mullinger, b Haslingfield
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1913:
James Bass Mullinger, lecturer in history
1962:
Addenbrookes Nurses Hostel