54 (20) (10) Mill Road, The Wind Mill
History of 54 Mill Road
This the site of the windmill that gave Mill Road its name(CWN 5.8.1982). A wooden mill described as ‘near Parker’s Piece’ was offered on a 40-year lease in an advertisement in the ‘Cambridge Chronicle’ in 1777. It was brought by Charles Humfrey senior, a timber merchant, and rebuilt in brick at a cost of £2,000. It stood on the site for another 50 years until the sails were blown off in a gale in 1840. The only illustration known is on an engraving of a cricket match on Parker’s Piece in 1843. the site of the mill was offered for sale as arable land in 1845.
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1861: (10)
William Play, 67, landed proprietor, b Bristol
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1871: (10)
William Lofts, 70, college servant, b Babraham
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1881: (10)
William Lofts, 80, college servant, b Babraham
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1891: (20)
Sarah Lofts, 73, laundress, b Cambridge
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1901: (54)
George William Smith, 34, butcher’s manager, b Wellingborough
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1913:
Eastmans Ltd, butchers and sausage purveyors
H Thorogood, manager
(54a) Eastman Sausage factory
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1962:
(54) –
(54a) H G Stiles Ltd, bakers