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A white three-story building with green-trimmed windows and awnings labeled Don Pasquale, featuring a brick storefront entrance.

12 Market Hill

History of 12 Market Hill

1851

Henry Eaden, 48, wine merchant, b Cambridge

Caroline, 54, b London

Louisa Pettit, 23, b Cambridge

Jane Amell, 24, cook, b Cambridge

A two-tone brown stoneware jug stamped H. Eaden, Wine and Spirit Merchant, Market Hill, Cambridge, on a wooden floor.

H Eaden, Market Hill (photo sent by JH)


1861

Henry Eaden, 58, wine merchant


1892

National Telephone Company set up an exchange in Cambridge. Within 4 years it had 128 subscribers. In 1908 the company offices moved to 2 Alexandra Street.

Cobbled street leading to Market Hill with a tall telephone wire frame on a building and market stalls under canvas covers.

12 Market Hill, National Telephone Company c.1900 (Cambridgeshire Collection)

The poles and wires of the telephone company are clearly visible.

 

Cobbled street leading to Market Hill with a tall telephone wire frame on a building and market stalls under canvas covers.A street view in Cambridge featuring a prominent red building labeled Market House, with a white building and market stall.

 


1901

(Grapes Tavern, Nat. Tel Co,)

George B Vaughan, 27, telephone night operator and ??, b London


1913

Fribourg & Treyer, tobacconists and cigar merchants

12a: Edward Fordham


1982

Newspaper clipping featuring an article about a pianist, with four men posing around a piano, one sitting and three standing.

Les Gurner, Don Pasquale and Cockerell Road


In 2018 occupied by restaurant Don Pasquale.

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