102 (36) Regent Street, Cambridge

History of 102 Regent Street

1861

William Cutler [?] Shippey, 56, retired grocer, b Ely

Mary Anne, 56, b Devon

Jonathan Tranter, son, 19, bookseller, b Luton

Rebecca Carter, servant, 21, b Grantchester

William Shippey took over the iron foundry at King Street in 1861 from John Juler. John Juler continued to live at the address in King Street. Very little work survives of the foundry however. There are nine bollards on parkers Piece next to the University Arms Hotel inscribed ‘Shippey Maker’.

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1871

(36) Mary Ann Shippey, 61, annuitant, b Devon

Mary Daniel, 55, visitor, annuitant, b Bedford

Eliza M Rayner, 20, servant, b Cambridge

(36a) Albert D Clayton, 41, auctioneer surveyor, b Cambridge

Jane S, 52, b Norfolk

Matilda A Glover, 56, servant, b Norfolk

Mary A Glover, 23, servant, b Norfolk

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1881

(36) Lydia M Hopper, 76, annuitant, b Ireland

Samuel Banks, brother, 73, clerk rector of Cottenham, b Ireland

Jane Banks, sister in law, 56, b Haddenham

Susan Picken, servant, 45, cook, b Broughton

Eliza Foreman, 22, housemaid, b Fulbourn

(36a) Mary Ann Shippey

Maria Daniel, sister, annuitant

Emily S, sister, annuitant

Joanna Hunt, 17, servant, b Soham

The Parish Church of Cottenham is famous for its unusual tower, but before this was built there was a steeple. This fell during a severe storm in 1617 demolishing a schoolroom which stood to the north side of the church. In 1699 another schoolroom was built beside the church for teaching local boys, paid for by Mrs. Katherine Pepys, a relation of the famous Samuel Pepys. How long this stood, we are not sure. What we do know is that in 1852 the then new Rector of Cottenham, The Rev’d Samuel Banks, paid for a large schoolroom to be built next to the stables in the Rectory grounds. His wife and daughter taught local girls here. (from Cottenham News 1997)

The rectors after 1839 all lived in Cottenham and in the late 19th century had considerable success in attracting the villagers back to church, sometimes assisted by curates, as in 1845, the mid 1880s, and c. 1900.  Attendance on Census Sunday 1851 was 74 adults at the morning service and 182 in the afternoon, with c. 50 children at each. Samuel Banks, rector from 1851 instituted evensong in addition to the existing services, and claimed in 1873 that there were 700-800 churchgoers, about half of whom were baptized. A monthly communion was begun by 1873, when the average number of communicants was 27, and Banks was holding weekly communions by 1885 for c. 100 communicant church members. He opened a mission room next to the almshouses in Green End in 1855, which was still in use in 1897. (from British History Online)

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1891

(36) William R I Rownton, 71, retired iron merchant and founder, b Cambridge

Sarah R, 67,  b Essex

Catherine Smith, 27, servant,  b Histon

(36a) Mary A Shippey, widow, 80, living on her own means

Emily Anderson, 20, servant, b Fulbourn

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1901

(36)  Sarah R Rownton [Rowton], widow, 72, living on own means

Annie Wentworth, niece, 46, living on own means, b Essex

Alice Redington, servant, 38, companion, b Surrey

Jessie E Hill, servant, 28, cook, b Suffolk

Agnes Steele, servant, 19, housemaid, b Suffolk

(36a) John H Payne, 29, picture frame maker, b Cambridge

Annie, 29, b Devon

Mary Start, boarder, 35, masseuse, b Cambridge, blind from childhood

Mable Start, boarder, 28, b Cambridge

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1911

George Woods Howard, 50, hotel porter, b Cambs

Kate, 40, b Scotland

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1913

G W Howard

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1933

100 Regent Street — Byron Thomas Wait’s tailoring business, 9 February 1933
Cambridge has lost an old-established tailor by the death of Mr Byron Thomas Wait of Mill Road. His father was a tailor at St Ives but Byron came to Cambridge 52 years ago and opened the shop in Hills Road. Thirty-five years ago he extended the business to the shop at 28 Mill Road and four years later to 100 Regent Street. Two of his sons are carrying on the business. 33 02 09b
Credit: Mike Petty, Cambridge REGENT STREET Scrapbook, entry 1933 02 09.

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