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29 Portugal Place

29 (20) Portugal Place

History of 29 Portugal Place

1861

This house may have been numbered 21 and the house of Leach

Edward Leach, 37, cellarman, b Cambridge


1871

Cotton


1881 (20)

Henry Charles, 58, college servant, b Cambridge

Elizabeth, 57, formerly college servant, b Over

Alice, 23, b Cambridge

Walter F R Weldon, boarder, 21, university student, b London

In 1891 their son was living at 3 Bridge Street. Henry Charles was a groom at St John’s College. This was a post held by his father. Both their wives were ‘bedders’ at the college. In 1871 Henry Charles lived at 4 Drummer Street.


1891 (29)

Henry Charles c.1893 (from One Man’s Cambridge by J A Charles)

Henry Charles, 67, college servant, b  Cambridge

Elizabeth, 67, b Over

Alice Augusta, 33, housekeeper, b Cambridge


1901

John P Bates, 49, manager billiard saloon, b Godmanchester


1913

Frank Jerram, college servant

1962

Rd Bagley

1981

Glen Cavaliero, writer and critic

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