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A three-storey light brick building with a central arched stone porch, stone steps, and two ornamental planters at the base.

Mostyn House, Cambridge (RGL2026)

16, Mostyn House, Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge

History of 16 Brooklands Avenue

1881 Census

Frederick Wm WhiteheadMarthaJohn E L, 28, solicitor, born CambridgeMary A F, 23, born CambridgeFrederick C M, 22, student of Downing CollegeAlice C, 19, born CambridgeMercia D, 17, born CambridgeEdith Agnes,George M Haslam, boarder, 56, ward in chancery, born Cambridge, lunaticAdelaide Russel. servant, 41, ladies maid, born KentAnn Smart, servant, widow, 57, cook, born EssexSarah Bone, servant, 21, housemaid, born ToftWilliam Arnold, servant, 16, houseboy, born Gt Shelford

1891 Census

Frederick W Whitehead, 64, clerk in Holy Orders, born ManchesterMartha, 65, born CambridgeFrederick C M, 32, solicitor, born CambridgeEdith A, 34, born CambridgeGeorge M Haslem, boarder, 68, born CambridgeSarah Althow, servant, 58, cook, born NorfolkEmma L Clarke, 18, housemaid, born CambridgeAgnes J Rule, 23, servant, semptress, born BalshamMary Ann Rule, visitor, 48, born Cambs

1901 Census

William Edmund Currey, 60, one of H M Inspectors of Schools, born Lismore Ireland[His father Francis had worked for the Duke of Devonshire at Lismore.]Emma J, 48, born HantsEmily Hoy, 24, cook, born EssexEthel Morton, 17, parlourmaid, born Essex

By the time of William’s death in 1908 the family had moved to Romsey House, Mill Road.

See Mill Road Cemetery entry

1911 Census

James Drummond Anderson, 59, Indian Civil Service (retired) University Teacher of Bengali, born India BengalFrances, 49, born Capetown S AEllen, 25, born Assam IndiaGeorge, 14, born Bengal IndiaFrank, 8, born EalingDavid, 6, born EalingKate Makepeace, 41, widow, cook, born BristolDorothy Prosser, 19, parlour maid, born CapeowonMilly Meisures, 23, housemaid, born Cambridge

1913 Street Directory

James Drummond Anderson, MA


James Anderson (1852-1920) joined the Bengal Civil Service in 1875. When he retired in 1900 he became lecturer in Bengali language and literature at Cambridge. He published several books on folk culture, language and linguistics. By the end of WWI the family had moved to Cavendish Avenue. Their son Major Martin Alan Anderson was killed in action in 1917.

Sources

  • 1881 census
  • 1891 census
  • 1901 census
  • 1911 census
  • Kellys Directory
  • Photographs

Tags

  • world war one

Projects

  • Brooklands Avenue

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