26 Hurst Park Avenue, Mill Cottage and Mill House

History of Mill Cottage

A website devoted to the history of the Hurst Park Estate can he found here:

https://hpehistory.wordpress.com

Cambridge seen from Hurst mill, painting attributed to R B Harraden

for information about Richard B Harraden, artist see 52 Regent Street

In the 19th century the mill at this location was owned by William French; it was served by a track from Milton Road.

There is a detailed history of the mill here:

https://hpehistory.wordpress.com/the-mill/

1851 Mill House, Ely Road, Chesterton

Henry Mann, miller, b 1826 Rampton

Sarah née  Ablett

1861 Milton Road

Henry Mann, 35, miller, b Rampton

Sarah, b Cottenham

Emily, 8, b Chesterton

Martha, 6, b Chesterton

Henry John, 4, b Chesterton

Amelia, 2, b Chesterton

In July 1861 Henry Mann was declared bankrupt. In 1871 the family are living at Roebuck Lane, Chesterton.

1908

View (1908) from Mill Road of windmill in later Hurst Park Estate

1913

William Blackwell

1901

(Mill House)

Edmund Burton, land agent

Sarah Burton

(French’s Mill House)

Baker family

(Mill House)

Baker family

(Mill Cottage)

William Blackwell, butcher’s horse-keeper and gromm

Emma Blackwell, three children and mother Elizabeth

1925

In this year the mill is disused and was used as a store for a slaughterhouse next door.

1930

Disused Windmill in Hurst Park c.1930

1939 (Mill Cottage)

Doris E Rawlinson, b 1907

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Amy A Ruse, b 1899, bed maker at college

Thomas Course, b 1885, painter and house decorator