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Yellow brick Victorian terraced houses with slate roofs and tall chimneys stand behind a grey tiled roof and leafy tree.

Railway Cottages, Mill Road

132 Mill Road, (28 Railway Cottages)

History of 132 Mill Road Road (28 Railway Cottages)

UK Census:

In the 1881 census the railway Cottages are numbered from the end closest to the railway lines nos. 29 – 25. In 1913 there are railways workers living in 134 – 122, again starting at the railway bridge.

1881

Thomas Linsey, 46, railway platelayer, b Cambridge

 

William Butler, 62, general labourer, b Trumpington

Elizabeth, 61, laundress, b Foxton

Emma, 22, laundress, b Cambridge

Alice Mary, 20, laundress, b Cambridge

Ellen E, 16, granddaughter, dressmaker, b Cambridge


1891


1901

John Ince, head, 43, platelaying labourer, b Essex

Sarah, 40, b Cambridge

Frederick J, 16, railway clerk, b Cambridge

Albert, 13, b Cambridge

Edith, 8, b Cambridge

Charles Lindseny, head, 36, platelaying labourer, b Cherry Hinton

Fanny, 33, b Balsham

William, 13, b Cambridge

Frederick C, 9, b Cambridge

Ernest, 6, b Cambridge

Arthur, 3, b Cambridge


1911


1913

Charles Lindsay, platelayer

John Ince, platelayer


1937


1962

(132a) Wright Clayton

(132) Willis Dunham


1970

Willis Dunham

M Jarrold

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