22 Magdalene Street Cambridge

22 & 22a Magdalene Street

History of 22 Magdalene Street

1959 Royal Commission on Historical Monuments Survey of Cambridge: nos. 21 & 22, of two storeys with attics, has plastered timber-framed walls and tiled roofs. The range to the street was built in the 16th cent and a small cottage some yards to the west in the first half of the 17th cent; the two were then linked by an 18th cent. block, and a kitchen was added on the W in the following century. the cottage, the kitchen and other minor 18th and 19th cent. additions were demolished in 1956.

1861

Richard Moore, 37, master grocer, b Isle of Man

William Thame, journeyman assistant grocer, 31, b Bucks

George Wilkinson, apprentice grocer , 18, b Suffolk

Maria Chambers, housekeeper, 51, b Northampton

1868 – 1881

Alfred James Hall, grocer and tea dealer

1871

Alfred J Hall, 31, grocer, b Cambridge

Maria, 30, b Somerset

Annie, 8, b Wilts

Ada H, 6, b Somerset

Louisa Frost, 18, servant, b Suffolk

1881 – 1899

Herbert Carley, grocer

1891

Herbert Carley, 31, grocer, b Suffolk

Elizabeth, 37, b Suffolk

William Price, 17, clerk, b Yorks

Sarah Gautrey, 40, servant, b Cottenham

In 1901 the Carleys were at 25 Regent Street

1899 – 1901

Thomas Edward Martin

1901

Thomas Edward Martin, 35, grocer and provision merchant, b Herts

Maude, 31, b Herts

Edward E, 6, b Herts

Reginald T, 4, b Herts

Marjorie M, 3, b Herts

1901-1911

1911

Frank Laurie, 36, grocer on own account, born Cambridge

Emma Amelia Laurie, 31, born Cambridge

Grace Emily Moore Laurie, 26, unmarried, wife’s sister, furrier, born Cambridge

Herbert William Frank Laurie, 2, born Cambridge

1913

Frank Laurie, grocer and provision merchant

In 1918 Frank Laurie aged 43 was given temporary exemption [from war service] until called up, by the Cambridge Borough Tribunal.

1937-1938

Frank Laurie, grocer

In 1939 the Laurie family were living in High Street Trumpington

1962

Coulson & Co, printers

1970

Coulson’s of Cambridge, printers

2024

Victoria Rothe, Tea Apothecary