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Black and white portrait of a balding, older man wearing spectacles, a collared shirt, dark tie, and academic robes.

John Harold Clapham

55 Bateman Street, Sidney Villa

History of 55 Bateman Street

Three-story brown brick building with the name Sidney Villa carved into stone, featuring white-framed windows and a porch.

55 Bateman Street

1871

Trinity Hall lease to Francis George Gifford


1901 vacant


1911

John Harold Clapham, 37, Fellow and Dean King’s College Cambridge, b Manchester [former pupil at The Leys, he was an economic historian. He became Vice-Provost of King’s and was knighted in 1943.]

Mary Margaret, 35, b Wales

Margaret Alison, 3, b Yorks

Elizabeth Edwards, 30, cook, b Chesterton

Hilda Annie Plumb, 20, house parlourmaid, b Little Shelford

Emma Bowers, 24, nurse, b Linton

For a short biography of John H Clapham see: http://www.hetwebsite.net/het/profiles/clapham.htm

The words SIDNEY VILLA are incised into a pale stone lintel set against a dark brick wall.

54 Bateman Street detail


1913

Charles William Previte-Orton, fellow of St John’s College

First Professor of Medieval History at University of Cambridge


1958

Leased to G L Keynes


1962

Bernard S Ellis

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