Dewhurst’s 11-12 Petty Cury and John Collier 13-14 Petty Cury c.1960

14 (11-14), Alexandra House, Petty Cury, Cambridge

History of 14 Petty Cury

1841 ? unnumbered

Charles Banton, 35, painter
Rebecca, 67
Fanny, 35
Emma Hach, 12

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1851

Edward Feaks, 46, butcher, b Great Swaffham
Elizabeth, 28, b Norfolk
Martha Clark, 14, servant, b Norfolk
James Crack, 15, butcher’s lad, b Great Swaffham

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1861 (14)

Henry Peters, widower, 74, cutter [of what?], b Cambridge
James, 45, son, b Cambridge
Ann, 34, wife, b Wales
Mary Ann, 1, daughter, b Cambridge

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1871 (11-14)

Jane Wells, 42, housekeeper, b Warwick
Frederick Crisp, 22, draper, b Willingham
William J H Huckabee, 24, draper, b Devon
William Bullock, 16, draper, b Suffolk
Annie M Bone, 22, draper, b Hunts
Maria Bass, 29, draper, b Beds
Martha A Upton, 23, draper, b Beds
Elizabeth Beales, 26, draper, b Leics
Clara Lee, 23, draper, b London
Margaret Hosley, 19, draper, b Monmouth
Threni P Cunningham, 18, draper, b Surrey
George F Allerton, 29, draper, b Cheshire
Elizabeth A Richards, 27, draper, b Hants
Emma H Savill, 20, draper, b London
Julia Aggin, 22, draper, b Cambridge
Sarah Sear, 28, cook, b Gt Shelford
Caroline Rolph, 25, housemaid, b Suffolk
Eliza Shrower, 25, housemaid, b Suffolk
Eliza Hurrell, 17, housemaid, b Suffolk

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1881 (11-14)

Francis Rogers, 21, draper’s assistant, b Kew
Edward Bedford, 21, draper’s assistant, b London
William Stevens, 26, draper’s assistant, b Cornwell
Maria Bass, 38, draper’s assistant, b Beds
Mary Randall, 21, draper’s assistant, b Hants
Louisa Ambrose, 34, draper’s assistant, b Norfolk
Layce Halley, 48, dressmaker, b France
Emma Allen, cook, 32, b Barrington
Elizabeth Westwood, servant, 20, b Pampisford
Sarah Sawyer, housekeeper, 29, b Suffolk

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1891

Thomas Wolfe, 42, tailor, b Cambridge
Emma, 41, b Cambridge
Florence, 18, b Cambridge
Charles, 1, b Cambridge

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1901 uninhabited

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1913

George Stace, milliner, ladies outfitter, undertaker

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1962

John Collier, tailor

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John Collier’s shop and Chinese restaurant: falling masonry — 9 February 1963

Afternoon shoppers in one of Cambridge’s busiest streets scattered when a large piece of masonry fell from the top of a three storey building on to the pavement. Petty Cury was sealed off for an hour after an ornamental stone flower pot fell from the top of the building containing John Collier’s outfitters shop and a Chinese restaurant. Fireman with a turntable escape ladder inspected another stone pot; it had hairline cracks but was left in position.

Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge Petty Cury Scrapbook, ref. 63 02 09b; photo 63 02 13.

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