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Bell Road appears to be unusual in that there was a street numbering scheme in the mid 19th century i.e. 1861 which is absent in the censuses of 1901 and 1911. Looking at the street in Google Streetview there seems little evidence that any of the 19th century buildings have survived into the 21st.
1861:
(1) uninhabited
(2) Susan Webb, 75, pauper, b Bottisham
(3) William Allen, 70, road labourer, b Bottisham
(4) Sarah Hockley, 87, pauper, b Derby
(5) Phoebe Allen, 31, nurse, b Bottisham
(6) Johanna Gibson, 60, charwoman, b Ireland
(7)
William Frances, 60, ag lab, b Saffron Waldon
Elizabeth, 61, b Swaffham Prior
George, son, 22, ag lab, b Bottisham
John Aves, grandson, 5, b Bottisham
[In 1881 John Aves was living in Mill Road, Lode]
(8) John Aves, 79, ag lab, b Swaffham Bulbeck
Robert Marsh, grandson, 13, ag lab, b Bottisham
(9) Susan Sammons, 72, b Swaffham Prior
(10) Robert Shipp, 49, ag lab, b Swaffham Bulbeck
(11) William Shipp, 46, ag lab, b Bottisham
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1871:
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1881:
Bell Road, Bottisham OS 1886
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1891:
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Bell Road, Bottisham OS 1901
1901:
[Vicarage]
2 uninhabited
George Hiner
1 uninhabited
Eli Johnson
Naomi Poulter
Nathan Day
[Swaffham Road]
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1911:
[Bell Inn]
Mrs Hiner
Mr Dockerill
Johnson
uninhabited
Mr Day
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