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A brick building with green-framed windows, a balcony, and a ground-floor restaurant storefront, seen from the sidewalk.

38 Hills Road Cambridge

38 Hills Road, Osborne House (20)(18), Cambridge

History of 38 Hills Road

1841

(18)

Robert Hurlock, 72, clerk

Ann, 73

Ann Clack, 33

Sarah Clack, 3

Mary Cope, 46, servant,

Mary Craig, 15

1851

(18)

Joseph Peck, 31, builder employing 30 men, b Norwich

Ann, 30, b Cambridge

William, 4, b Cambridge

Ann, 2, b Cambridge

Joseph, 6mos, b Cambridge

Eliza Gray, 19, servant

1861

(20)

John Smith, 54, master cabinet maker employing 6 men, b Herts

Susanna, 50, b Cambridge

Susanna, 18, b Cambridge

Annie, 17, b Cambridge

George, 16, apprentice cabinet maker, b Cambridge

Frederick, 14, b Cambridge

Harriet, 11, b Cambridge

Alice, 9, b Cambridge

Martha Peacock, 15, servant, b Histon

1871

(20)

Annie Weekly

Harry George, son, 17, solicitor’s copying clerk

Ernest R, 3,

Henry Sparrow, boarder, 54, b Chesterton

Emma Leech, servant, 18, b Norfolk

1881

(20)

Annie Weekly, 46, lodging house keeper, b Norfolk

Ernest R, 13, b Cambridge

Maud M, 8, b Cambridge

Percival R, 2, grandson, b Chesterton

1891

(occupied as photographic studio only)

1901

Charles G Steward, 23, b Norfolk, auctioneer’s clerk

John W, 19, b Norfolk, ?? salesman

1901

Esther Hunter, 66, living on own means

1911

(38 Hills Road)

Frederick William Moore, 35, tobacconist, b Cambridge

Ada, 37, b Balsham

Lilian, 13, b Cambridge

Ivy, 12, b Cambridge

Winnie, 10, b Cambridge

Cyril, 5, b Cambridge

Phyliss, 3, b Cambridge

Leslie, 1, b Cambridge

Elsie, 2ms, b Cambridge

1911

(38 Hills Road)

William Purchas, 60, accountant, b Cambridge

Ellen, 56, b Norfolk

1913

Mrs Powell

1939

Henry B Naylor, b 1894, master builder and undertaker

1940

1940 10 04

Killed in Air Fight. Pilot Officer Frederick Harrold, only son of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Harrold, of 38, Hills Road, Cambridge, is reported killed in action during air fighting on Saturday. Educated at the County School, he was employed at the University Library until a year before war broke out, when he joined the R.A.F. on a short service com-mission. He was a well-known member of the Cambridge Town Rowing Club. 40 10 04

Credit: Mike Petty, Cambridge Hills Road Scrapbook 1897 to 1990.

Sources

  • Mike Petty Archive

Projects

  • Hills Road

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