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43 Sidney Street

History of 43 Sidney Street

1861

Charlotte Baddaeux, 35, shoe shop keeper, b Cambridge
Susanna C Hatley, 15, servant,  b Cambridge

1881

William P Spalding, 33, stationer, publisher & bookseller, b Ipswich
Martha Spalding, 37, b Cambridge
Alice M Spalding, 6, Scholar, b Cambridge
Alexander A Spalding. 5, b Cambridge
Percy J Spalding, 3, b Cambridge
Alfred Spalding, 23, Stationer’s Assistant, b Ipswich
Fred Cooper, 17, Bookseller (Apprentice), b Huntingdon
Mary J Cannon, 19, Servant, b Huntingdonshire
Susan Chapman, 17, Servant, b Dry Drayton

WP Spalding was the creator of Spalding’s guides from which a lot of information on this website is derived.

His son, Percy, became Town Clerk of the City of York – you can read more about Percy and the Spalding family and about the Goodliffe family (Martha Spalding née Goodliffe).

An unusual publication by Spalding was a book of cartoons titled Scrawls by an author who took the name Xit.

‘Scrawls’ by Xit published by W Spalding

‘Scrawls’ by Xit published by W Spalding

1962

W P Spalding, stationers

2018

J Sainsbury

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