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74 Searle Street in 2016
74 Searle Street in 1885 (Cambridgeshire Collection)
In the photo Frederick French is standing by the door next to Abigail holding an infant. There are two children seated in the pony and trap. There is a tall bakehouse to the side of the premises. Frederick and Abigail French ran a bakery and corn merchants here from the early 1880s until after 1911. Flour was available from nearby Chesterton Mill run by his brother in French’s Road.
1891: Searle Street
Frederick W French, 40, baker, b Chesterton
Abigail, 36, b Wales
Ernest A, 13, b Chesterton
Mary E, 10, b Chesterton
Ruby E, 7, b Chesterton
Cora R, 5, b Chesterton
Daisy H, 3, b Chesterton
The family had been living in 1881 on High Street, Chesterton
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1901: 74
Frederick W French, baker
Abigail
Ernest A, 23, baker
May E
Ruby E, 17, dressmaker
Cora R, bookbinder
Daisy, 13,
Frederick, 9, b Chesterton
Agnes M, 7, b Chesterton
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1911:
Abigail French, widow, baker
Ernest A, baker
Mary E, assisting in business
Cora R, assisting in business
Daisy H, dressmaker
Agnes M, typist
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1913:
Mrs French, baker and corn dealer
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1970:
John’s, J Peck, ladies hairdresser
(flat 2 ) M Joyce
(flat 3) Bryan Meadows
Roger Capon
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74 Searle Street in 2001
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