The Mill, Milton Road / Ely Road OS 1885

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

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

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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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(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