15 Petty Cury

History of 15 Petty Cury

1841 ? unnumbered

Isaac Young, 35, tea dealer

1851

Thomas Groom, 32, bootmaker, b Herts
Sarah, 30, b Herts
Philip, 30, bootmaker, b Herts

1861

Thomas Scott, 45, grocer, b Cambridge
Caroline, 42, b Cambridge
Mary Ann, 21, b Cambridge
Thomas, 19, grocer, b Cambridge
Henry, 14, b Cambridge
Caroline, 12, b Cambridge
Sophia, 10, b Cambridge
Walter, 8, b Cambridge
Kate, 6, b Cambridge
Mary Ann Baker, wife’s sister, 38, b Cambridge

1863

William Lusher took over the grocery business in 1863. he went bankrupt in 1864 and died of TB in 1865.

In 1861 William had been living at the Pickerel Inn. he had married Amelia Constable, daughter of hatter John F Constable who had a shop at 8 Petty Cury.

See Mill Road Cemetery entry

1871

Frederick T Jackson, 30, grocer, b Cambridge
Catherine, 30, b Wimpole
Catherine E, 8, b Cambridge
Sarah A, 4, b Cambridge
Frederick T, 18 mos, b Cambridge
Caroline Briggs, 14, servant, b Dullingham

According to Enid Porter in ‘Victorian Cambridge’, Lyles and Speed of 15 Petty Cury bought the Gonville Nursery after the death of Jabez Chater. Their shop and the nursery was acquired later by James Sanders.

1881

1891

George Stace, 39, draper, b Sussex
Amelia, 42, b Cambridge
Winifred Mary, 12, b Cambridge
Mary Elizabeth Kelsey, assistant, 32, mantle shopwoman, b Norfolk
Clara Camwell Kelsey, assistant, 27, millinery shopwoman, b Norfolk
Margaret A Wallman, 23, housemaid, b Swavesey
Ellen Elizabeth Wilson, 16, kitchenmaid, b Chesterton

George Stace

1901

Edward Malcolm Bennett, servant, 28, clerk, b Cambridge
Elizabeth Ward, 18, servant, b Toft
Louisa Sargent, 48, servant, b Gt Shelford
Francis E Butterfield, 32, servant, dressmaker, b Yorks
Harriett R Fennick, 30, servant, milliner, b London
Sarah E Pinches, servant, 29, drapers assistant, b Herefordshire
Annie G Rice, servant, 29, drapers assistant, b Devon
Anne E Thorpe, 28, draper’s assistant, b Lincs

1913

George Stace, milliner, ladies outfitter, undertaker

1962

Alexandre Ltd, tailors

13-16 Petty Cury 1960s (MoC204A/70)

13-15 Petty Cury circa 1960s (MoC194/72)

16 Petty Cury

14 – 18 Petty Cury c.1960

15 Petty Cury (MoC138/71)