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John Venn

44 Parkside (21), Petersfield House

History of 21 Parker's Piece

Royal Commission Survey of Cambridge 1959: no. 44 Park Side, now flats, 45 yds from East Road, of two storeys, with battered walls of Gault brick and slate covered roofs of low pitch, was built late in the second quarter of the 19th century.

1851 Petersfield House

Robert Willis, 51, in orders without cure of souls, b Middlesex

1861 census damaged

1871

John Venn, 36, lecturer in mathematics, b Hull

Susanna, 27, b Wilts

Sophia Dyer, 26, cook, b Essex

Christiana M Reck, 30, ladysmaid, b Germany

Dr John Venn – more than just that diagram

1881

John Venn, 46, clergyman without cure of souls, b Hull

Cambridge Town Plan 1885

1891 (21)

Walter Holbrook Gaskell, 48, university lecturer, b Italy [physiologist]

Walter Holbrook Gaskell

1901 (21)

Alfred C Mansfield, 41, draper, b Cambridge

1911

Alfred Charles Mansfield, 51, draper, b Cambridge

1913 (21)

Alfred C Mansfield

1962 (43) Cambs Fire Brigade

9/11 Memorial at Cambridge Fire Station

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