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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

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1861: census damaged

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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

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1881:

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

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1891: (21)

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

Walter Holbrook Gaskell

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1901: (21)

Alfred C Mansfield, 41, draper, b Cambridge

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1911:

Alfred Charles Mansfield, 51, draper, b Cambridge

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1913: (21)

Alfred C Mansfield

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1962: (43) Cambs Fire Brigade

9/11 Memorial at Cambridge Fire Station

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