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Scudamore's Boatyard Mill Lane (date unknown)(Cambridgeshire Collection)1841:
Elizabeth Scarr, 38
Eliza, 16
Phoebe, 14, dress maker
Charles, 7
Elizabeth, 1
Robert Dinson, 20, tailor
George Tilowlers, 48, labourer
William Johnson, 30, labourer
Samuel Lambeth, 25, labourer
John Garner, 24, labourer
John Winton, 50, labourer
John Murphy, 26, labourer
Michael Sulervan, 26, labourer
Robert Hemer, 20, labourer
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1851: (15)
Joseph Scarr, 58, publican, b Gt Shelford
Elizabeth
Charles, 17, stone mason, b Cambridge
Elizabeth, 11,
Amelia, 8,
Harriet, 6,
John Pratt, lodger, 52, labourer, b Norfolk
Thomas Barker, lodger, 38, labourer, b Cambs
Susan Creek, 14, servant, b Norfolk
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1861: no number
Elizabeth Scarr, widow, 57, publican, b Cambridge
Emilia, 18, dressmaker, b Cambridge
Harriet, 16, b Cambridge
Alfred Woods, boarder, ostler, 17, b Chesterton
Sarah Pearson, 14, servant of all work, b Horseheath
Williams Woods, lodger, 70, labourer, b Cambridge
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1871:
David Minns, 68, formerly gardener, b Suffolk
Augustus, 15, grandson, labourer, b Chesterton
Lucy, 67, b Suffolk
Charles Stanbridge, lodger, 23, labourer, b Hertford
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1881:
Hannah Mott, widow, 60, publican and cowkeeper, b Barrington
Ann, 26, b Cambridge
James, 24, cowkeeper, b Cambridge
Emily, 21, b Colchester
Tom, 17, cowkeeper, b Cambridge
Alice, 20, dressmaker, b Cambridge
William Henry, 14, errand boy, b Cambridge
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1891: Waggon and Horses
Hannah Mott, widow, 70, publican
Caroline Mead, widow, 66, housekeeper, b Cambridge
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1913:
(15) Mrs Webb, dressmaker
Mrs F M Holliday, nurse C.M.B.
(15a) J Scudamore, boat builder and punt proprietor
Scudamore’s were one of the early punt hirer. Punting became especially popular in 1907: Last year there was hardly a punt available, and before that such a thing was not known in Cambridge. Yet this summer every boatyard possess quite a flotilla of these comfortable craft, which were in great demand. (CDN 19.10.1907)
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