The Mill, Milton Road / Ely Road OS 1885

26 Hurst Park Avenue, Mill Cottage and Mill House, Cambridge

History of Mill Cottage

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

https://hpehistory.wordpress.com

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

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1800 (mill in Chesterton field)

Ann Hyson, ‘poor woman of Cambridge,’ complained to the vice-chancellor of having been cheated by a miller. The vice-chancellor apprehended the miller, found for the woman and gave the her a guinea. (A Grim Almanac of Cambridge, p137)

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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/

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1851 Mill House, Ely Road, Chesterton

Henry Mann, miller, b 1826 Rampton

Sarah née  Ablett

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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.

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1908

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1913

William Blackwell

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1901

(Mill House)

Edmund Burton, land agent

Sarah Burton

(French’s Mill House)

Baker family

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1913

(Mill House)

Baker family

(Mill Cottage)

William Blackwell, butcher’s horse-keeper and gromm

Emma Blackwell, three children and mother Elizabeth

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1925

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

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1930

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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

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4 April 1957 — Windmill demolished for housing
Bulldozers are clearing the ground for house building in Hurst Park Avenue where the hundred foot windmill and Mill Cottage are to be pulled down. There has been a mill on the site since the 16th century although the present building is about 120 years old. It has been a landmark for aircraft from local aerodromes and for many years has been a home for pigeons.

Credit: Mike Petty, 57 04 04a.