Sidney Street corner with Green Street. No 47 right foreground.

49 Sidney Street

History of 49 Sidney Street

1851

Thomas Shallow, ironmonger, 52, b Cambridge

Eleanor, 42, b Suffolk

Eliza, 20, b Cambridge

Harriet, 18, b Cambridge

Ann Smith, 26, cook, b Knapwell

Sarah Calton, 22, servant, b Cambs

Shallow and Colemen were listed 1839 – 1875 as ironmongers and iron merchants. They produced some unusual bollards of very low quality which can be see along the backs in Queens Road.

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1861

Thomas Shallow,  whitesmith and ironmonger employing 7 men and 5 boys, b Cambridge

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1881

Walter Stockbridge is at his home in Melbourn at the time of the census.

The business previously been at 14 Green Street

The Sidney Street premises was a shop with a carriage entrance at the side, leading to a Georgina house at the rear. Their business was largely selling secondhand furniture to undergraduates when they arrived in Cambridge and buying it back when they graduated.

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1891

Walter Stockbridge, 44, furniture dealer, b Melbourn

Alice M, 38, b Cambridge

Alice M, 9, b Cambridge

Blanche, 8, b Cambridge

Margaret, 6, b Cambridge

Madeline, 5, b Cambridge

Gladys, 3, b Cambridge

Cyril, 1, b Cambridge

Walter, 4 mos, b Cambridge

Sarah Thoday, 16, servant, b London

Kate Benstead, 17, nursemaid, b Waterbeach

Martha Hancock, 16, servant, b Fulbourn

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1913

Walter Stockbridge, furniture dealer

Cyril Hedley Stockbridge

After WWI the business was taken over by Walter’s two sons. Walter and Cyril.

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1920

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1962

Co-operative Ins Society

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2018

Santander bank