75 & 77 Chesterton High Street with Arthur’s Buildings

127, 129, 131, 133, 135, 137 (79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, Arthur’s Buildings) Chesterton High Street

History of Arthur's Buildings

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1913 Arthur’s Buildings

89 Robert Beard, labourer

87 Mrs Gauge, sweet shop

85 Robert Stanford, printer

83 George Masters

81 Mrs Wilson

79 Samuel Fordham, labourer

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At no.81 lived Stephen Wilson. He kept a greengrocer’s shop there, for which he grew much of his produce on a nearby allotment and a smallholding in Arbury Road. Until 1948 he used a horse and cart. (Images of England, Chesterton, Chesterton Local History Group)

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In the 1950s the houses were replaced by flats.