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A narrow, shadowed courtyard framed by old timber-framed buildings with gabled roofs, brick chimneys, and small-paned windows.

True Blue Yard c1930 (MoC296/71)

16, 17, 18, True Blue Yard, Hobson Street

History of 16 Hobson Street

1861

(16)

John Bailey, 49, iron moulder, b Norfolk

Mary Ann, 39, b Cambridge

(17)

Edward Minister, 15, carpenter, b Norfolk


1871

(16)

Oliver Barrett, 25, labourer, b Cambridge

Louisa, 18, b Cambridge

Alfred, 11ms, b Cambridge

(17)

Shrieves, workshop

(18)

Charles Wheetly, 44, broker, b London

Fanny, 44, assistant, b London


1881

(16)

Oliver Barrett, 40, market salesman, b Cambridge

Louisa, 29, b Cambridge

Alfred, 12, b Cambridge

Albert, 10, b Cambridge

Jessie, 7, b Cambridge

Walter, 3, b Cambridge

Harry, 5mos, b Cambridge

(17) vacant

(18) Charles Wheatley, widower, 56, curiosity dealer in works of art, b London


1891

(16) Elizabeth Coe, 67, parish relief, b Cambridge

(17) used as workshop

(18) used as workshop


Pen and ink drawing of True Blue Yard, showing cluster of old buildings, a cart on the left, and rubble in the foreground.

True Blue Yard, ‘Disappearing Cambridge from Hobson Street’ (MoC)

1901

(16) uninhabited in occupation

(17) uninhabited in occupation

(18) uninhabited not in occupation

True Blue Yard: uninhabited not in occupation

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