A stone pillar lamp stands in the foreground before a brick building with a colonnaded storefront and large display windows.

5 Sussex Street Cambridge

5 – 7 Sussex Street

History of 5 - 7 Sussex Street

1861

(5) Charles Fuller, hair dresser in Grantchester at time of census

(6) James Sebley, 60, green grocer, b Dorset

(7) George Apthorpe, 38, grocer, b Cambridge

However, F Munns, a bookbinder, stamped this book, dated 1861 with his address at 5 Sussex Street.

A circular, embossed stamp on light material reading F. MUNNS, BOOKBINDER, 5, SUSSEX STREET, CAMBRIDGE.

5 Sussex Street, F Munns bookbinder 1861

The brown leather spine of an 1861 volume titled The Leisure Hour stands upright on a wooden desk with computer equipment.

5 Sussex Street, 1861, F Munns bookbinder

Photos kindly supplied by A Moss of Moss Graphics.

1901 (7)

Mary Freeman’s lodging house. Harold William Bausor demonstrator in the University Chemistry Lab was living here and married Emma Haase in 1905. They moved to 19 Tenison Avenue

See Mill Road Cemetery entry

1962

Rose’s Fashion Centre

1938

View down Sussex Street showing pedestrians, parked vintage cars, and bicycles in front of a curved red brick arcade building.

Sussex Street, 1938, year that north side was completed (Cambridgeshire Collection)

2018

The Tailor’s Cat, bridal costumes

Projects

Sussex Street

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