G W Grayston business card

163, Wilden House, Mill Road

History of 163 Mill Road

Given that 165 Mill Road is the location of what was Harwood House in 1881, it seems very probable that 163 is the location of Wilden House which in 1881, according to the census, lay between Harwood House and Sedgewick Street.

1881 Wilden House, Mill Road

George Grayston, 29, joiner,  b Linton

Mary Ann née Spurgeon, 32, b Essex

Nellie, 4, b Cambridge

Haddon J, 3, b Cambridge

Walter C, 10m, b Cambridge

Mary A Digby, nursemaid, 13, b Essex

In 1891 George Grayston is back in High Street, Linton.

In 1861 George was in the High Street, Linton.

According to family history, George developed a range of skills after leaving home – builder, carpenter, cooper, brewer, undertaker, registrar as well as learning to play the cello. He specialised in Gothic carpentry and probably worked on the designs of Pugin and the design and repair of university buildings.

Before Mary Ann was married she lived in Bocking, Essex and probably worked at the Courtaulds Silk Mill there.

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1911

Walter Grayston, 30, joiner, b Cambridge

Rose, 30, b Sleaford

Charles, 2, b Cambridge

In WWI Walter was in the Inland Water Division of the Royal Garrison Artillery. After WWI the family moved to Sleaford, Lincs.

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1962 –