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63 Lensfield Road / 12 Downing Terrace

History of 63 Lensfield Road

1851 unnumbered

Thomas Reeve, 29, carpenter, b Gt Shelford

Frances, 28,  b Duxford

Elizabeth, 5, b Cambridge

Marian, 3, b Cambridge

Louisa, 1, b Cambridge

Elizabeth, mother, widow, 50, b Cambridge

1861 (12)

Thomas Reeves, 39, joiner, b Gt Shelford

1901 12 Downing Terrace

Frances E Thrower, 51, living on own means, b Wilts

Agnes Wilkerson,  18, servant, b Barrington

1911

Catherine Isabella Hills, 55, widow

Cecil Hyde Hills, step-son, 25, university student, b Cambridge

Alice Jane Williamson, sister, 60, b London

Laura Bessie Goodrum, cook, 28, cook, b Norfolk

Mahala Bawdry, 18, housemaid, b Bottisham

1913 G W Walker, FRS

1962

Thomas W Constable

In 2024 AM sent this note: I lived at 63 Lensfield  Road from approximately 1946 / 7 to 1952. My grandmother Kathleen de Gray and grandfather Albert Edward de Gray who worked for Pye’s and my aunt and uncle John H.B. De Gray all resided at that address. I recall my grandmother mentioning that the great actor from Cambridge, Peter Ustinov, used to pop in and visit but I have no proof of this family connection. I do recall though that after ballet class on a Saturday morning my nana and aunt used to take me to The Dorothy for tea. Tea with real chocolate eclairs.

 

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