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Stone facade of 25 Petty Cury featuring three first-floor balconies with iron railings above a black Perfume Shop storefront.

25 Petty Cury, Cambridge

History of 25 Petty Cury

A black-and-white stone facade of a three-story Hepworths shop featuring iron balconies, decorative carvings, and a sign.

25 Petty Cury (MoC245/72)

 

A black-and-white stone facade of a three-story Hepworths shop featuring iron balconies, decorative carvings, and a sign.The ornate stone facade of 25 Petty Cury features three balconies above a modern ground-floor storefront for Phone Boss.

 

1841

Thomas Powter, 25, draper

Richard Blunsan, 25, servant

William Day, 20, servant

John Gardener, 25, servant

Ann Legge, 20, assistant

Harriet Lee, 20, servant

James Robinson, 13, apprentice

Samuel Sharpe, 20, servant


1851

Thomas Powter, 34, linen draper, b Herts

Emily, 30, b Cambridge

Nathaniel B, 8, b Cambridge

Thomas H, 7, b Cambridge

Emily M, 5, b Cambridge

Sarah H E, 3, b Cambridge

Robert H, 9 mos, b Cambridge

Anne Marie Holden, 19, servant governess, b Somerset

Emma E McFarlane, 23, servant draper’s assistant, b London

Edward Ladd, servant draper’s assistant, 28, b Kent

William R Hagren, servant draper’s assistant, 21, b Suffolk

John Bridgefoot,  servant draper’s apprentice, 19, b Hunts

Alfred Harrison, servant draper’s apprentice, 16, b Cambridge

Eliza McGuire, servant, 28, b Cambridge

Sarah Kidman, servant, 19, b Cherry Hinton

George Titchmarsh, servant draper’s apprentice, 17, b Wimpole

Harriet Halwood, servant, 19, b Harston


1861

Sidney Ballard, 23, draper, b Warwicks

Alfred G Rumbelow, 22, draper’s assistant, b Suffolk

George Smith, 25, draper’s assistant, b Hants

Harris H Herring, 15, draper’s assistant, b Wilbraham

Francis Balls, 15, draper’s assistant, b Newmarket

Emily E Balls, 21, draper’s assistant, b Suffolk

Therese Davis, 19, draper’s assistant, b London

Sarah Mutton, 22, draper’s assistant, b Cambridge

Martha A Upton, 16, draper’s assistant, b Bedford

Elizabeth Stallay, 20, house servant, b Wales


1871

G W Hugh Fountain, 30, clothier, b March

Sarah, 30, b March

Edmund, assistant, 22, b March

Thomas Woollard, 60, mason, b Cambridge


1881 Ready made clothes outfitters shop locked at night


1891 uninhabited


1901 uninhabited


1913

Gamlen and Son, tailors and outfitters


1962

J Hepworth Ltd, tailors

The Eros Cafe Ltd

A three-story stone facade with Hepworths signage above the shop front, ornamental window surrounds, and small iron balconies.

25 Petty Cury c1960s

Black and white street scene with pedestrians, cyclists, and cars passing storefronts along Petty Cury in the 1960s.

24 – 26 Petty Cury, 1960s

Pedestrians walk along a narrow street in Cambridge past a large building site, with an Eros Restaurant sign visible above.

Petty Cury, Eros Cafe (MoC154/72)


2018

The Perfume Shop

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  • Building of Local Interest
  • Farrington Diary
  • Then and Now

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