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Chesterton Lane looking west towards Northampton Street pre 1913
Chesterton Lane looking west towards Northampton Street pre 1913
The photo looks west towards the junction with Castle Hill and Northampton Street. In the far ground can be seen William Collin, coal and coke merchant, builder’s merchant who occupied 1 Northampton Street in 1913. The buildings in the foreground, the south side of Chesterton Lane, had all vanished by 1913, as part of the development of the Magdalene College site.
1a:
Albert Painter, 71, cab proprietor, b Norfolk
Eliza, 68, b Norfolk
Percy, 27, single, butler, b Cambridge
Alfred, grandson, 18, hairdresser assistant, b London
2:
James Crook, 41, cabdriver, b Cambridge
Emma Jane, 36, b Cambridge
Emily Mary, 14, b Cambridge
Charles, 6 wks, b Cambridge
3:
Steavin Mayes, 47, labourer, b Suffolk
Emilly, 45, b Suffolk
Ethel, 16, day girl, b Suffolk
Alfred, 14, errand boy, b Suffolk
William, 12, b Suffolk
Charley, 11, b Suffolk
4:
George Cornell, 67, widower, gardener, b Cherry Hinton
Alice Ann, 34, b Cambridge
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