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‘Rebuilt behind in 1969-70 for Heffers bookshop by Austin-Smith: Lord as part of the Wolfson Building of Trinity. The huge open plan volume with its galleries and descending levels was something quite new for a British bookshop.’ (Pevsner)
Three storey houses built in the early 18th century.
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John Matthew, 49, grocer china & glass dealer employing 6 men & 3 boys, b Surrey
Mary A, 44, b Cambridge
Henry J, 15, Royal Navy midshipman, b Cambridge
Frances, 14, b Cambridge
Charles J, 13, b Cambridge
Herbert, 11, b Cambridge
Arthur, 10, b Cambridge
George Alfred, 5, b Cambridge
Sidney, 3, b Cambridge
Kathrine, 1, b Cambridge
Susanna Bartlett, visitor, proprietor of houses, 56, b Surrey
Susanna E Bartlett, visitor, 15, b Devon
Sarah Asplin, servant, nursemaid, 35, b Girton
Hannah M Edwards, 22, servant, cook, b Norfolk
Ann E Harradine, 16, housemaid, b Trumpington
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Henry M Ransom, 38, tailor & robemaker, b Cambridge
Emily M, 27, b Cambridge
Emily S, 1, b Cambridge
Harriet Elizabeth, 2 mos, b Cambridge
Sophia Randall, servant, housemaid, 21, b Quy
Elizabeth Rayner, servant, housemaid, 17, b Chesterton
Isabella Hancock, nurse, 15, b Quy
Julia J Watts, sister, 22, b Cambridge
Rebecca Norton, visitor, 60, b Norfolk
William E Brymer, lodger, 20, student at Trinity College & Inns Temple, b Hants
Samuel T Richardson, lodger, 33, haircutter, b Cambridge
Rebecca A Richardson, wife, 34, b Norfolk
Ada Mary Richardson, 1, b Cambridge
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Henry John Matthew had bought the Lensfield Estate from the Wentworth family. But Henry died unexpectedly on 12th September 1879 at the age of 39. The property was bought by the Catholic church and became the site of the new church, Our Lady and the English Martyrs.
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Arthur Matthew, 30, grocer and china dealer, b Cambridge
Benjamin Birt, 26, grocer’s clerk, b Oxford
William Cole, 21, grocer’s clerk, b Cambridge
John C Heffer, 17, grocer’s clerk, b Cambridge
James Dawson, 23, china saleman, b York
Goodman B Campbell, 16, grocer’s shopman, b Sheffield
Julia Holloway, widow, servant, 37, b Norfolk
Susannah Burgess, servant, 25, b Cambridge
Frederick George Morgan, 28, grocer’s cashier, b Cambridge
Alfred H Clarke, boarder, 22, ironmonger, b Derby
Arthur W French, boarder, 22, provisions merchant’s assistant, b Pampisford
Ernest G Driver, 20, grocer, b Cambridge
Julia Holloway, widow, 55, housekeeper, b Norfolk
Ethel Norman, housemaid, 16, b Over
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Robert Bradley, 35, university lodging house keeper, b Market Drayton
Margaret, 30, b Herts
Musgrave, 8, b Cambridge
Beatrice Hall, sister in law, 23, working in house, b Herts
Lavina Hall, niece, 15, working in house, b Herts
Lawrence Harvey, servant, 16, b Cambridge
Rose Pearson, 20, b Hadstock
Charles Albert Brantsen, 27, law student, b London
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Matthew and Sons Ltd, grocers, provision merchants, fruiterers, china and glass dealers
Heffer & Sons (unknown date)(MoC)
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