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The stone facade of a multi-story building sits above a modern storefront with large windows and interior dining patrons.

23 Petty Cury, Coach and Horses Inn, Cambridge

History of 23 Petty Cury

Low-angle view of a stone corner building featuring a central oriel window and multiple gables against an overcast sky.

1841

John Bilton, 40,  publican
Rebecca, 40
John, 9
Elizabeth, 7
James, 4
Edmond, 2
John, 40
George Chune, 15, servant
Thomas Rogers, 20
Emma Sean, 15, servant
Samuel Cave, 30, ??
Edward Pink, 40, cork cutter


1845 (20th Feb)

Josiah Chater records in his diary: At half past seven exactly we met at the Coach and Horses in the Cury and had a good supper of sausages, hot potatoes, and bread and beer … we could not finish them all so I pocketed 2 sausages and 2 large pieces of bread for lunch tomorrow, Mr Blumson took 4, Hayes 3 and the rest some each….


1851

John Bilton, 51, publican, b Cambridge
Rebecca, 52, b Cambridge
Elizabeth, 17, governess, b Cambridge
James, 13, b Cambridge
Edmund, 11, b Cambridge
Charlotte Newman, 22, b Croydon Cambs
John Hayhouse, lodger, 62, brickmaker, b Norfolk


1861 Coach and Horses Dining Rooms

William Riddle, eating house keeper
Eleanor
William G, 11, b Cambridge
Mary Ann
Helen Jane
Caroline
Louisa
Lydia Sarah
William Haggis, lodger, 74, bricklayer, b Cambs


1871

William Riddle, 50, eating house proprietor, b Cambs
Eleanor, 30, b Cherry Hinton
Mary A, 27, b Cherry Hinton
Helen Jane, 22, b Cambs
Caroline, 19, b Cambridge
Louisa, 17, b Cambridge
Lydia Sarah, 16, b Cambridge
Isabel A, 8, b Cambridge
David Rignall, lodger, 40, postman, b Longstanton
John Rignall, lodger, 22, postman, b Longstanton


1881 Eating house

George B Murfitt, 35, eating house keeper, b Cambs
Mary S, 29, b Yorks
George William, 6, b Yorks
James, 4, b Yorks
Mary I, 3, b Yorks
Sarah A, 1, b Cambridge
Elizabeth Newman, 13, servant, b Fulbourn

A sepia photograph shows a narrow street lined with multi-storey buildings, featuring shopfronts with awnings and silhouetted pedestrians.

View west along Petty Cury. No. 23 Eating House right foreground. c.1880

 

A sepia photograph shows a narrow street lined with multi-storey buildings, featuring shopfronts with awnings and silhouetted pedestrians.Pedestrian street with blue scaffolding on the left and shop fronts on the right, under strings of hanging spherical lights.

 

Cobbled street lined with narrow multi-story buildings, cloth awnings, and several pedestrians walking along the pavements.

Petty Cury c.1880 (MoC)


1891

(23a)

Edward Moss, manager of seed business
Thirza
Ellen Y
Mabel A
Edward J, 8, b Cambridge
Thomas W, 3, b Cambridge
Emily Shaw, wife’s sister, 17, b Cambridge

(23)

Elizabeth Clear, 46, lodging house keeper, b Meldreth
Mary E, 24, b Shepreth
Arthur R, 18, ironmonger assistant, b Shepreth
Kathleen O’Brien Clear, 14, b Shepreth
Alice D, 12, b Shepreth
Evangeline E, 9, b Shepreth
John D, 8, b Shepreth
Martha, 4, b Shepreth


1901

(23a)

Edward Moss, 46, manager of seed stores, Gloucs
Thirza, 40, b Cambridge
Ellen, 21, b Cambridge
Mabel, 20, assistant school mistress, b Cambridge
Thomas 13, b Cambridge

(23)

Horace Howell, widower, 40, tobacconist, b Essex
Rebecca Creek, 25, servant, b Little Shelford


1913

Thomas Hamilton, tobacconist
Mrs Alice Howell

(23a) James Sanders, seedsman and florist
Edward Moss, manager
Thomas William Moss


1962

True Form, shoe dealers

Street view of Petty Cury with shopfronts, including Tree-Form on the corner, and pedestrians walking along the sidewalk.

23 Petty Cury, (MoC283/72)

 

Three-story stone building with a True-Form shopfront at street level, featuring a window display packed with many shoes.

23 Petty Cury (MoC243/72)

2018

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