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Three storeys with attic. Built with no. 31 in middle of 18th century to the same design. No. 30 extended to the west to link with a cottage probably of the early 18th cent. Between 30 and 31 there is an original lead rainwater downpipes with moulded head. No. 30 has several original fittings, mouldings and fireplace surrounds.
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Elijah Johnson, 52, bookseller, b Cambridge
Elizabeth, 44, b Cambs
John E, 20, b Cambridge
Emma, 19, b Cambridge
Frederick, 16, b Cambridge
Octavius, 10, b Cambridge
Alfred, 9, b Cambridge
Franks, 7, b Cambridge
Ralph, 5, b Cambridge
Cyrus, 3, b Cambridge
Harriet Midson, 28, servant, b Essex
Naomi Day, 23, servant, b Melbourn
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Octavius Johnson, brother, 50, librarian, b Cambridge
Louisa Wisby, servant, 61, b Shelford
Charles Macan Rice, 41, clerk in orders chaplain of Kings, b Surrey
Elijah Johnson, new and secondhand bookseller
Sidney Johnson
Rev C M Rice, MA, Chaplain King’s College
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The business was sold in 1923 to Deighton & Bell who continued to run it under the name of Elijah Johnson until 1931.
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28/2/1925: We regret to announce the death of Mr Cyrus Johnson, the well-known portrait painter. He was the youngest son of the late Mr Elijah Johnson who founded the Cambridge bookselling firm in Trinity Street. Born at Cambridge he was educated at the Perse school and afterwards studied in Paris. He exhibited at the Royal Academy as a portrait painter in 1877 in which branch of art he achieved much distinction. He resided in Cambridge from 1916 until last year. (Cam. Press)
1936, Blue Book
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