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Constable William BondSouth Street is a road that disappeared with the development of the Anglia Ruskin University site. It originally ran in between and parallel with Bradmore and Broad Streets.
Rear of houses in South Street, east end (photo by Mervyn Edwards, taken in 1960 from art department of Technical College)
1950 OS map of South Street and Bradmore Street: the photo above was taken from black college building next to the capital S of ‘Schools” looking west down back alley between South and Bradmore Streets.
In 1913 on the north side were nos. 1-55 and on the south side nos. 2 – 64.
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George Tredgett, 39, gardener, b Castle Camps
Mary, 39, b Bottisham
Harvey, 18, assistant gardener, b Bottisham
Betsy, 16, b Bottisham
Ebenezer, 14, b Bottisham [in 1881 Ebenezer was living with his family on the Histon Road at the Ainger Nursery]
Mary A, 12, b Cambridge
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Charles Chiddenton, 40, police constable, b Cambridge
Phoebe, 41, b Sussex
Frederick C, 12, b Cambridge
[Phoebe died in 1876 and in 1877 Charles married Martina Stapleton. In 1881 they were living at 30 Kingston Street.]
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William Bond, 33, police constable, b Comberton
Elizabeth, 32, b Toft
Louisa, 12, b Toft
Elizabeth A, 9, b Cambridge
Emily, 6, b Cambridge
William, 3, b Cambridge
Frederick F, 1, b Cambridge
[The Bond family were previously at 7 Princes Street. In 1891 they were at 8 Great Eastern Street.]
North Side
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Arthur Jackson, 42, printing compositor, b Kent
Emma, 40, b Cambridge
William, 20, printing compositor, b Cambridge
Frank, 19, tailoring, b Cambridge
Venie, 17, dressmaking, b Cambridge
In 1917 the Jackson family were living at 48 Richmond Road.
South Side
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William Norden, 65, blacksmith, b Cambs
Betsy, 60, b Cambridge
Charles, 27, b Cambridge
Charles John Norden: Private 3097, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died of wounds 23rd September 1916. Enlisted Cambridge. Buried in DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION No. 1, Somme, France. Plot IV. Row F. Grave 12. See also Cambridge Guildhall. (St Paul’s Roll of Honour)
NORTH SIDE
BROAD LANE
3. James Saggers, hawker
5. Thomas Caldecote, bootmaker
7. Ernest Haylock, groundsman
9. Peter Fuller, greengrocer,
11. George Pitstow, plumber
13. Arthur John Hardy, hotel porter
15. Herbert Freeman, carman
17. Mrs M A Carter
19. J H Stephens, cowkeeper; Stevens Yards and Cowsheds
21. Walter James Webb, gardener
23. A Moule, compositor
25. Alfred Hunt, college gardener
27. Mrs Maltby, laundress
29. Alfred Farrington, painter
31. William Peck, gardener
33. John Moule
35. Harry Stock, tailor
37. Thomas Johnson, stonemason
39. Walter Robert Morley, tram driver
41. Alfred Hinson, tailor
43. William Seymour, labourer
45. Augustus Pierson, compositor
47. William O’Hara, labourer
49. Harry Hill, sewing machine agent
51. Charles Palmer, compositor
53. Alexander January, baker
55. Thomas Stephen Morley, dairyman
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64. John Henry Sargent, cab driver
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