2 - 3 Benet Place2 – 3 Benet Place, Lensfield Road
History of 2 - 3 Benet Place
Royal Commission Survey of Cambridge 1959: early 19th century development.
In 1921 A B Gray noted that the railing of no.2 was embedded in an ash tree.
1861:
(2?) Eliza Hayward, 61, widow, landed proprietor, b Cambridge
Brooks Woodcock, 25, fund holder
Francesca M Hough, daughter, 30, b Cambridge
Lewis Hough, son in law, 32, MA Capt militia, b Middlesex
James Nelson, 48, MA Incumbent Halifax
Jane Nelson, 51, b Essex
Maria Speed, 40, cook, b Abington
Rebecca Dyer, servant, 31, housemaid, b Essex
(3?)
Joseph Romilly, head, 69, clergyman without cure of souls, b London
George Thomas Romilly, 38, clerk war office, b Montreal Canada
Harriett Sandfield, 34, servant, b Cambridge
Caroline Howe, 31, servant, b Cambridge
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1871:
(2)
Eliza Hayward, 71, landowner, b Cambridge
Brook W, 35, fund owner, b Cambridge
Maria Speach, 50, cook, b Abington
Rebecca Dyer, 41, housemaid, b Essex
Alice Scarr, 23, housemaid, b London
Sarah Pentecost, visitor, 53, servant out of place [looking for a position], b Cambridge
(3)
Ann Wado, 36, servant, b Cambs
Elizabeth Reeve, 46, servant, b Teversham
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1881:
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1891:
(2) James I Lang, 47, vicar of St Benedict’s, b East Indies
Edith M, 33, b Australia
Mary V H, 5, b Cambridge
Ruth V H, 2, b Cambridge
Edith G V Hemet, sister, 21, b Australia
Anne E Weeks, servant, 38, nurse, b Dorset
Annie M Spalding, 25, housemaid, b Burwell
Elizabeth Laston, 26, cook, b Middlesex
Thomasine Mattinson, 15, nursemaid, b Westmoreland
(3) Algernon W Outram, 37, secretary to the Leys School, b London
Jessie E, 23, b Islington
Harold W S, 3, b Cambridge
Beatrice E, 3 mos, b Cambridge
Emily Fenton, cousin, 59, living on her own means, b Middlesex
Frances E Edwards, visitor, 46, b London
Millicent Halsey, servant, 15, b Hunts
Mary E Cornwell, servant, 19, b Yorks
Kate Perry, 18, servant, b Cambridge
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1901:
1911:
(2) Fanny Henrietta Hort, 74, widow, private means, b Yorks
Ellen Margaret, 48, b Gloucs
Mary Blee, cook housekeeper, 66, widow, b Herts
Martha Emmings, 29, temporary parlour maid, b Cambridge
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1913:
(2) Mrs Hort
(3) Clifton Wilbraham Collins [1844-1918: writer on Classical topics]
1962:
(2) Addenbrookes Hospital Psychiatric Dept
(3) Addenbrookes Hospital Nurses Hostel