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Railway Coal Wharf (private railway siding)
William Flack, 46, commercial clerk coal, born Surrey
Harriett, 40, born Hunts
Harriett Jane, 14, born Middlesex
Arthur, 10, born Essex
John, 8, born Middlesex
Herbert, 6, born Middlesex
Dorothy Ellis, servant, 16, born Cherry Hinton
Benjamin Thomas, 41, railway clerk, born Staffs
Clara, 40, born Cambridge
Humphrey, 10, born Cambridge
William Alfred, 7, born Cambridge
Jessie Willimott, step daughter, 21, milliner, born Cambridge
Gertrude Willimott, 18, pupil teacher, born Cambridge
Agnes Belton, niece, 9
Vinter’s Coal Office
Henry F Matthews, 49, foreman, born Cambridge
Rosetta, 44, born Herts
William J Overstall, boarder, 26, journalist, born Lincs
Charles Wright, 39,
Clara, 39,
Mary Froment, boarder, widow, 76, living on own means, born Girton
1903 OS map of Hills Road, Cambridge
Then and now (David Gent) – Hills Road, Cambridge, Brooklands Avenue junction on the left. This area of the City has been subject to ongoing development for a number of years. Behind the buildings to the right of Hills Road there used to be lot of railway sidings, coal yards and the like. First picture is from an undated postcard. Second was taken last week. Third picture is from the 1903 25” Ordnance Survey map. It shows the triangle of land Station Road/Hills Road/Brooklands Avenue junction. Note all the railway sidings in this triangle, also the huge Mill buildings, Foster’s/Spiller’s Mill, next to the Station.
Junction of Hills Road and Brooklands Avenue, date unknown
Charles Wright, 49, coal merchant foreman, born Bury St Edmunds
Clara Wright, 49, born Suffolk
Mary Ann Davenport, 67, widow, porteress on Dr Bradbury’s byday, born Essex
Charles Wright, foreman
Junction of Hills Road and Brooklands Avenue (photo DG 2022)
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