33 Garden Walk, Lindum, Cambridge

History of 33 Garden Walk

1911

Arthur Richard Benten, 41, lay clerk and library clerk King’s College, b Lincs

Rose, 39, b Lincs

Cyril Akester Benten, 14, b Cambridge

Violet, 12, b Cambridge

May, 10, b Cambridge

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1913 Lindum

A R Benten, lay clerk

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11 April 1941 — Death of Arthur Richard Benten
Vocalist and Sportsman.—A well-known Cambridge vocalist and sportsman, Mr. Arthur Richard Benten, of 33 Garden Walk, died on Tuesday at the age of 71. Mr. Benten, who was a native of Grimsby, had lived in Cambridge for 48 years, and had been principal alto of King’s College for 34 years. He had been assistant librarian and later music librarian at King’s. Before coming to Cambridge he was a school teacher and organist at Lincoln. As a follower of cricket, his keen knowledge of the game was well recognised, and Fenner’s has lost a real personality. There were few better judges of a potential cricketer than Arthur, and many a Varsity team has he “selected” with unerring judgment after critically watching the earlier trial matches. It was a great joy to him also to attend matches on Parker’s Piece when the younger generation were playing. The Cambridgeshire Cricket Association, of which he was a vice-president, will miss him sadly, for as a committee man he was very regular in his attendance and his comments always were worthy of consideration and in the best interests of the game.

Credit: Mike Petty, 41 04 11.

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1962

Miss P M Marshall

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