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High Street, Earith
History of High Street
1891
Neville Feary, 50, farmer, b Sutton
Lucy A N, daughter, housekeeper, 21, b Sutton
Mary N, 19, governess, 19, b Sutton
Neville A T N, 6, b Earith
Ida J Nix, visitor, 21, b Somersham
Mary M Shuttleworth, visitor, 11, b London
Mary A Woods, 18, cook, b Somersham
Lydia Misseldine, 17, housemaid, b St Ives
In 1911 Neville A T Nix Feary was living in Middlesex. He had married Lucy Louise Dawe in 1908 in Lancashire. Together with A M Grose, Neville Faery was behind the design of a monoplane which they assembled at Oakington. They built it at manor barn tenanted by Mr Cooke in order to compete in a competition run by the Daily Mail. £1,000 for the first British plane to fly a circular course of 1 mile. It never flew and another plane took the prize. Quinsee of East Road, Cambridge built the chassis and Robinson of Regent Street built the stabilising apparatus.
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