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Wildcroft, The Front, Holywell
History of Wildcroft
Dorothy ‘Dolly’ Arnold née Metcalfe
Wildcroft was the home of the Metcalfe-Arnold family. The property had been mortgaged in 1750 for £10.
In 1841 the Metcalfes lived at Wildcroft, but also at the Ferry Boat Inn and at the Pike and Eel, Overcote Ferry.
The family were professional punt gunners. The gun weighed 17lbs and fired a pound of shot. Later generations of the family have taught Cambridge undergraduates the art of fowling with gun and dog.
The family were also expert at fishing and had their own design of eel trap.
1881 Front Street
Thomas Metcalfe, 42, fisherman, b Holywell
Emma, 42, b Upware
Walter W, 19, fisherman, b Holywell
Thomas A, 16, fisherman, b Holywell
Marian, 13, b Holywell
Ada A, 12, b Holywell
Ellen, 10, b Holywell
George, 7, b Holywell
Frederick, 4, b Holywell
Laura J, 2, b Holywell
1891
Thomas Metcalfe, 52, rod and rush merchant, b Holywell
Emma, 50, b Upwell
Walter W, 29, in the business, b Holywell
Thomas, 26, in the business, b Holywell
George, 17, in the business, b Holywell
Fred, 14, b Holywell
Laura, 12, b Holywell
1901
Thomas A Metcalfe, 36, fisherman
Mary A, 33,
Dorothy M, 4
1911
Thomas Arthur Metcalfe, 46, fisherman
Mary Anne, 42, b Impington
Dorothy Mary, 14, b Holywell
George William Pearse, boarder, 45, retired, b Wales
1921 Wildcroft
Thomas Arthur Metcalfe, 57, fisherman, b Holywell
Mary Anne, 52, b Histon
John Henry Cecil, son in law, 25, b Farcet
Dorothy Mary, daughter, 24, b Holywell
1939
Thomas A Metcalfe, b 1864, fisherman
Cecil Arnold, b 1922, farm labourer
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