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A white, two-storey building with a tiled roof, dormer windows, and a shop entrance next to an open carriage gateway.

40-41 Trumpington Street Cambridge

38/39 Trumpington Street

History of 38 Trumpington Street

1851

(38)

Henry Briggs, 41, b London

Emma, 17, b Cambridge

Henry, 12, b Cambridge

Ellen, 10, b Cambridge

Charles, 8, b Cambridge

Catherine Smith, 12, b Cambridge

Mary Ettings, 21, b Haddenham

Emily Langs, 23, b Cambridge

(39)

John Tunwell, 57, landed proprietor, b Cambridge

Ann, 54, b Norfolk

Mary Ashby, daughter, 28, b Cambridge

John Tunwell, 24, surveyors clerk, b Cambridge

Henry Tunwell, 24, b Cambridge

Sarah Ashby, grand daughter, 5, b Grantchester

Ann Ward, servant, 40, b Borough Green

George Woodyatt, visitor, 24, b Warwicks


1861

(38)

James Morley, 39, grocer, b Gt Abington

Hannah, 39, b Gt Abington

Stephen, 16, messenger, b Middlesex

James, 14, b Middlesex

(39)

William Curwain, 40, livery stable keeper, b Huntingdon

Sarah, 32, b Cambridge

Eliza, 13, b Cambridge

Rose, 6, b Cambridge

John, father, 85, formerly carrier, b Northants


1871

(38)

Hannah Morley, 51, confectioner, b Little Abington

Susan Hayden, aunt, 85, b Little Abington

James Morley, nephew, 25, porter, b Smithfield

Sarah Cutter, niece, 15, servant, b Little Abington

(39)

William Curwain, 50, livery stable keeper, b Huntingdon

Sarah, 41, b Cambridge

Eliza, 23, b Cambridge

David Prennan, visitor, 46, b Cambridge

Mary Green, visitor, 47, b Suffolk

Mary A Ward, servant, 23, b Shelford


1881

(38) Coffee House

William Gadsby, 37, coachman, b Fen Drayton

Eleanor, 38, shop keeper, b Upwell

John, 13, b Cambridge

Eleanor, 11, b Cambridge

George, 7, b Cambridge

Susannah, 6, b Cambridge

Mary Ann, 1, b Cambridge

William, 3, b Cambridge

(39)

Henry Sanders, 39, livery stable keeper, b St Neots

Mary Ann, 29, b Horningsea

Emily, 5, b Cambridge

Elizabeth Toombs, 15, b Cambridge


1891

(38) is the Little Rose next door

(38a) vacant

(39)

Benjamin Harris, 28, clerk, b Cambridge


1901

(38) vacant

(39)

Benjamin Harris, 38, commercial clerk

Minnie, 39, b London

Gladys, 30, b Cambridge

Stanley, 1, b Cambridge


1904 38 Trumpington Street

Joseph Hardwick jnr. fine art dealer


1905

A printed legal notice from February 1905 announcing the transfer of a stationery business at 38 Trumpington Street.

38 Trumpington Street

A printed document on beige paper with red lines and text advertising Gilbert E. Hardwick’s business at 38 Trumpington Street.

38 Trumpington Street


Printed trade label for William H. Ford, fine art dealer and stationer, with handwritten text and address in Cambridge.

William H Ford, fine art dealer, 38 Trumpington Street

The back of a rectangular framed print showing wooden backing, adhesive paper tape, a hanging wire, and a central paper label.

Print framed at 38 Trumpington Street

A framed white relief profile of a woman wearing an academic cap, set against a bright blue background.

Print framed at 38 Trumpington Street


1911

(38) not listed

(39)

Joseph Charles Stringer, 35, livery stable foreman, b Herefordshire

Edith, 40, b Kent

Muriel Edith, 9, b Yorks

Joseph Edward, 6, b Norfolk


1913

(38) J H Priest, stationer, printseller

(39) Charles Stringer, foreman ostler


1937

(38) Morgan Stanley, gents outfitter


1948

Middle-aged East Asian man with short dark hair, wearing a white shirt and black bow tie, against a blurred white background.

Lee Kuan Yew, 1975, (38 Trumpington Street)

(38) Kuan Yew Lee [Lee Kuan Yew]

He studied at Fitzwilliam College and became the first and longest serving Prime Minister of Singapore.


1949

Ernest H Belcher

Gabor Kossa

Gabor Kossa ran an antique shop opposite the Fitzwilliam Museum. He had been involved in a. ballet company in Hungary. He put on plays and musical events. Once he hired London’s Wigmore Hall and gave a silent piano recital. (Life on the Edge, Peter Varey)

Harry Harris

Luisa Harris

Harry G Harris

Hugh Esmor Huxley, molecular biologist. During WWII he served in the RAF and made a major contribution to the development of radar.

Black and white head and shoulders studio portrait of a young man with dark wavy hair looking towards the camera.

Hugh E Huxley

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.2016.0011


1962

(38) Gestetner Duplicators Ltd

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