31 Market Hill c. 1931

31 Market Hill

History of 31 Market Hill

1871

Richard S Graves, 47, linen draper, b Lincs

Marianne C, 39, b Northants

Fanny S, 7, b Cambridge

Mary W, 5, b Cambridge

John J, 4, b Cambridge

Sarah, 3, b Cambridge

Edith, 1, b Cambridge

Richard W, 3 mos, b Cambridge

Francis E Hubbard, 24, draper assistant, b Leics

Arthur G Pattison, 17, draper apprentice, b Yorks

James B Frost, 15, draper apprentice, b Suffolk

Lizzie Mills, milliner, 22, b Waterbeach

Emma A Cruckshed, milliner, 26, b London

Sarah Ellen Fitzjohn, 24, draper’s assistant, b Rutland

Betsy Abbott, 21, servant, b Hunts

Ann Munson, 18, servant, b Cambs

Harriett Shaw, 16, servant, b Cambridge

Harriett Glascock, 13, servant, b Cambridge

1881

Eliza Blunson, 50, dressmaker, b Cambridge

Elizabeth Heady, sister,  65, annuitant, b Cambridge

Adolfo Giordano, lodger, 30, clerk, b Italy

Romolo G Giordano, lodger, 22, clerk, b Italy

1881

Ebenezer Tredgett opened a fruiterers shop. He also ran and lived at the  Ainger Nurseries in Histon Road. Newspaper adverts show the connection of the two businesses. The Tredgett’s had a stall on Market Hill in 1875 (notice published in 1875).

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1885

Sarah Tredgett ran the fruiterers and florists with the help of her family.

Maude Constable, with whom Ebenezer ran away to New Zealand, was a shop assistant at this time.

1891

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1901

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1906

Sarah Tredgett died

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1911

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1913

Sarah Tredgett and Sons, fruiterers and florists

According to Enid Porter in ‘Victorian Cambridge’ George Tredgett had had a florist’s shop on Market Hill from the mid 19th centruy; they had bought a nursery garden business in Mill Road fro Jabez Chater in 1871. This was later sold when Mill Road was developed and they moved to the Ainger Nurseries in Histon Road.

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1914

Last year that notices referring to Harry Tredgett can be found. Ebenezer Tredgett Junior seems to have opened a business nearby in 1913 but he then served in WWI. (email from KT 2022)

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late 20th century: Midland Bank

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2018 occupied by Cath Kidston.