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St Andrew’s Road / Lover’s Walk

History of Lover's Walk

A street scene showing a rubble-filled plot between houses, with mature trees on the right and a parked van in the foreground.

St Andrew’s Road – houses demolished in June 1969 (MoC10aH36)

These houses are presumed to be at the Elizabeth Way end.

The three maps show the evolution of St Andrew’s Road from a track in 1885, to Lover’s Way in 1901 and St Andrew’s Road in 1926.

1885 Ordnance Survey map fragment showing a river, a boat house, a saw pit, fields, and survey markers in Chesterton.

1885 OS map, Chesterton north of Cutter Ferry.

Black and white Ordnance Survey map segment showing streets, boat houses, and land plots near the River Cam in Cambridge.

1901 OS map Lover’s Walk

A 1926 Ordnance Survey map showing streets, housing plots, and riverside boat houses near the River Cam in Cambridge.

1926 OS map St Andrew’s Road

1913

SOUTH SIDE

Frederick Lincoln, Rosemont

Ernest Smith, Plemont

NORTH SIDE

17. Hawthorn Cottage: George Edwards

16. Jasmine Cottage: Frank Hewish

15. River View: Sidney Ernest Warwick

14. Roseneath: Ernest Dickerson

13. Grasmere: A Capitaine

12. Holm Dale: Leonard Gray

11. Meadow View: William Hale

10. Walter John Saunders

9. Ernest James Ellwood

8. Harry Hewish, tailor

7. Arthur Cornwell

6. Walter Mole

Ivanhoe: Charles Henry Davidson

5. Hatfield Cottage: Robert Salisbury

4. Curacoa Cottage: M Gawthorp, chimney sweep

3. Herbert Hodder, bootmakers manager

2. Hildersham: Frederick William Godfrey

  1. Belle View: Daniel Gentle

1937

2. Frederick John Lincoln

18 / 20 Walter Riddy, motor car garage

15. Robert Ephraim Salisbury

45. Frank Hewish, ladies and gents tailor

Pye Radio Ltd

James Brignell and Sons, builders

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Pye Radio Ltd, Radio House, St Andrew’s Road