View of cars parked along a street in 1975, with a row of brick houses and a cloud of smoke visible in the background.

Manor Street, 1975 (MoC 1-4/342/75) backs of houses seen from King Street.

Manor Street

History of Manor Street

1853

(11) Robert Dent is report to living at no.11. Previously at the Black Swan, Bridge Street; later at Jordan’s Yard.

1861

(1) Joseph Stead, 52, gardener, b Yorks

(2) Lydia Diver, 5, fundholder, b Ely

(3) Richard Papworth, 39, printer compositor, b Histon

(4) Robert Church, 42, methodist minister, b Norfolk

(5) Athaliah Payne, 60, proprietress of houses, b Barrington

An 1885 black and white map showing the layout of Manor Street, including building footprints, garden plots, and boundaries.

Manor Street 1885 Street Plan

(12)

David Rutherford, 48, tailor, b Cambridge

(13)

‘Meeting friends’

(14)

William Todd, 32, upholsterer’s clerk, b Cambridge

(6)

George Conway, 22, college buttery clerk, b Cambridge

(7)

James Kidd, 34, builder employing 1 man and 1 boy,

(8)

Emma Morrell, 40, b Devon

(9)

Hannah Jarvis, 37, sempstree, b Cambridge

(10)

Elizabeth Relham, 58, nurse, b Suffolk

(11)

Lornz Hermann, 42, watch and clock maker, b Germany

1913

WEST SIDE

1 Mrs Mary Goatcher, lodging house keeper

2 Herbert Wilsher

3 Miss Emily Carlton

4 Mrs Tootal

5 John Parkinson

6 Mrs Armstead

7 George Newman, cabinet maker

MANOR PLACE

8 William Brown, painter

9 Miss Starling

10 Mrs Mary Ann Dellar

11 Mrs M A Burbage

EAST SIDE

11a George Gathercole, French polisher

12 Miss Fromont

13 Henry Charles Baldry, carver

14 Arthur M Hoppett, organist at All Saints church and yteacher of piano

1918

(7) Herbert Walter Gathercole aged 21 was reported to have died 20.11.1918. probably from influenza.

A narrow street lined with terraced brick houses and a high wall, with a solitary figure walking along the pavement.

Manor Street, 1970 (MoC 288AOB/70)

A row of Victorian brick terraced houses with iron railings lines a narrow street, with a car visible in the distance.

Manor Street, 1970 (MoC 288AOB/70)

1970

WEST SIDE

1 Clifford Milner

2. Herbert Wilsher

3 Mrs E Prime

4 John Miller

5 Donald McRae

7 Norman Freeman

EAST SIDE

11a Dorothy Tarasewicz

Manor Street, 1975 (MoC 1-4/342/75) backs of houses seen from King Street.

The 1970 shows the backs of the Manor Street houses. All Saints Vicarage is off to the left. View is from King Street. Demolition of sheds and WCs in the garden is in progress.

A cleared dirt lot sits between a brick building on the left and a darker vicarage building on the right, under a grey sky.

All Saints vicarage (r) and backs of Manor Street houses (l) seen from Jesus Lane. The newly created gap will become the new Manor Street.

A row of brick terraced houses behind a wooden fence with two cars and a bicycle parked in the foreground.

Manor Street, 21.3.1975, photographed from King Street end. Houses are shortly to be demolished and the street moved to the left. (MoC 3/342/75)

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