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Thompson’s Lane, East End, East Side

Thompson's Lane

1885 Ordnance Survey map segment detailing Thompson's Lane, showing property outlines, The Paddock, and the Anchor Brewery.

Thompson’s lane, east end, OS 1885

At some point post 1885 the east side of Tnompson’s Lane saw the development of Richmond Terrace and the houses were newly numbered.

Prior to that development there were properties numbered from 10 Thompson’s Lane to 21 Thompson’s Lane.


1871

(10) Martha Nicols

(11) John Bowers

(12)

(14) John Colwell

(15) Charles Crack

(16) Eliza Humm

(17) Charles Bull

(18) Mary Greaves

(19) James Tuck

(20)

Sykes J Carpenter, 39, shoemaker, b Cambridge

Maria, 42, laundress, b Cambridge

Charles W, 19, college servant, b Cambridge

Louisa M, 16, b Cambridge

William, 9, b Cambridge

Annie, 7, b Cambridge

James, 4,  b Cambridge

In 1861 the carpenter family were at Granby’s Yard

(21) George Wilson


1881

(10) Martha Nicols

(11) Alfred Thrings

(12)

(14) John Colwell

(15) John Philips

(16) Eliza Humm

(17) Frederick Silk

(18) Mary Greaves

(19) James Tuck

(20)

Sykes J Carpenter, 50, dairyman, b Cambridge

Maria, 52, laundress, b Cambridge

Annie, 17, b Cambridge

Henry, 9, b Cambridge

Elizabeth Ellis, servant, 16, b Cambridge

In 1891 the carpenter family were in West Ham.

(21) Mary Wilson

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