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John Finch, 22, bootmaker, b Kent
Sophie, 37, b Kent
Eliza Jane, 9, b Kent
Alfred John, 8, b Kent
Jabz Henry, 6, b Kent
Mary Anne, 3, b Kent
Luther James, 1, b Cambridge
William Dalby, apprentice, 15, boot maker, b Cambridge
Maria Gotobed, 13, servant, b Histon
Mary Chapman, widow, 73, needlewoman, b Huntingdon
Elizabeth Othirer, lodger, 68, needlewoman, b Hunts
Richard W Lambert, lodger, 21, undergraduate Trinity College, b Middlesex
James Swan Carter, head, widower, 73, retired coal merchant, b Cambridge, blind
Jane, 40, b Cambridge, deaf
Susanna Swan, 33, dressmaker, b Cambridge
Hannah, 31, b Cambridge
John Gifford, lodger, widower, 70, retired music seller, b Middlesex
Emma Barnard, servant, 17, b Haslingfield
Jane Harriet Dearls, widow, 80, baker, b Middlesex
Tom T Barnes, 46, cabinet maker, b Dorset
Eliza, 44, lodging house keeper, b Newmarket
Harriett Howlett, 18, servant, b Cambs
Syed Nehal Hussain, 21, historical student, b Bengal India
Kumar S Rangitsinhji, 18, law student, b Jamnagar State India
Ranjitsinhji , 22 Sidney Street
Ranjitsinhji is considered one of the greatest cricket batsmen of all time. He became Maharaja of Nawanagar in 1907.
Lambert’s bakery shop
G P Hawkins’ Dorothy Cafe opened at 20-21 Sidney Street 1901-1904. It expanded into no. 22 in 1919 and then nos. 23 and 24 in 1930.
G P Hawkins Ltd,
(22-23) The Dorothy Cafe & Restaurant
Waterstones, bookshop
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