6 Portugal Place (11 Clement Lane)

History of 6 Portugal Place

Lots 41 and 42 in the 1825 sale of the Salutation pub and related buildings were acquired by a single bidder. He built two small houses, nos. 10 and 11 Clement Lane which became nos. 5 and 6 Portugal Place.

Three Views of Clement Hostel

1851 census

James Jones, 39, tailor, b Montgomeryshire

Susan, wife, 27, b Cambridge

Harriet, 6, b Cambridge

James, 2, b Cambridge

The family history ‘Our Family in Cambridge’ refers to a wedding between James and Susan Palmer in May 1852.

1861

James Jones, 50, tailor, b Wales

Susan, 36, b Hertford

Harriet, 16, b Cambridge

James, 12, b Cambridge

John, 7, b Cambridge

Eleanor, 5, b Cambridge

William, 3, b Cambridge

Jane, 1, b Cambridge

In 1871 the family were at 4 Clement Passage

By 1906, the sites of 6,7, and 7a Portugal Place, as well as the old stable to the south, were occupied by ‘St Clement’s Parish School’.

In an 1887 directory there were two listings:

St Clement’s House School at no. 6 Blackmoor Head Yard

St Clement’s Church School between nos. 6 and 7 Portugal Place

However, by 1891 there was a ‘St Clement Sunday School’ at 6 Blackmoor Head Yard but no mention of a school at Portugal Place. T E Faber’s opinion (An Intimate History of St Clement’s) was that this school was a successor of a school run by nuns in a so-called ‘Church House’ which seemed to have been closing down at the time.

1913

Mrs S A Bond

St Clement’s Parish Schoolroom, Harriet Armitage resident caretaker

1933

5 -7a Portugal Place were auctioned. The seller was Samuel Bostock of Sparsholt Manor, Hampshire. 5 & 6 were a pair of cottages, occupants G A Cockerton and Mrs N Caldecoat. They paid £28 13s 4d per annum rent. The properties were sold to publisher Gordon Fraser and in 1935-6 he demolished 5,6 & 7, and by 1939 established a bookshop. Fraser moved into 9 Clement Place in 1939, no. 10 having been demolished in 1937.

1962 5-7

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