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The four-story red brick façade of 29 Trinity Street features sash windows, stone carvings, and a modern Winsor Bishop shopfront.

29 Trinity Street, Post and Telegraph Office, Cambridge

History of 29 Trinity Street

Three storey house with attic, built in the middle of the 18th cent. and nearly doubled in depth in the 19th cent.

A brick building facade with three sash windows, two dormer windows above, and three carved stone faces set into the masonry.

29 Trinity Street, Cambridge (RGL2026)

1861

Richard Hutt, 63, bookseller, b Cambridge

Harriett, 50

Harriett S, 22, b Cambridge

Catherine M, 19, governess, b Cambridge

Eliza Ann, 18, governess, b Cambridge

Helen R, 15, b Cambridge

Thomas G, 13, b Cambridge

Alfred G, 11, b Cambridge

Frances G, 10, b Cambridge

Harriet Rayner, 21, servant, b Trumpngton

Sarah Harding, 21, servant, b Burwell

Robert S Blofield, lodger, 22, batchelor of arts, b Norfolk

1871

1881

Harriett Hutt, widow, 70, bookseller, b Haddenham

John S, 37, step son, bookseller, b Cambridge

Catherine M, daughter, teacher of music, b Cambridge

Eliza A, 36, daughter, school mistress, b Cambridge

Francis G, 30, son, bookseller’s assistant, b Cambridge

Elizabeth M Waters, visitor, 21, b Haddenham

Anne Collins, servant, 18, b Shepreth

Polly Banks, servant, 17, b Fen Ditton

1891

1901

Henry Hitzman, watchmaker

Matilda

Isabella, daughter, 23, b Cambridge

Henry F Baxter, boarder, 86, retired, b Oxford

1911

Henry Hitzman, 70, watchmaker, b Fulbourn

Matilda, 65, b Cambridge

S H P Hitzman, daughter, 32, b Cambridge

D Finsey, 18, female, servant, b Toft

1913

Mrs Hitzman, sub-postmistress

Sidney Hitzman, hairdresser

Hugh T L Roberts MA, barrister at law

G N Hooker, MS

Sources

  • 1861 census
  • 1881 census
  • 1901 census
  • 1911 census
  • Kellys Directory
  • Photographs

Projects

  • Trinity Street

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