Queen Street is a lost road that originally ran between Prince’s Street (also lost) and George IV Street. It was parallel to both Union Road and Coronation Street. The housing was dense so the individual households are all listed here:
Hannah W Chanter, widow, 58, laundress, b Cambridge
James, 24, printer, b Cambridge
Sarah J, 26, mantlemaker, b Cambridge
Harry H Barton, grandson, 13, b Cambridge
Alice Chanter, granddaughter, 6, b Cambridge
In 1871 the Chanter family are living at 3 Covent Garden.
In 1891 the Chanters are at 7 Argyle Street
1 Queen Street:
Henry Cole, 56, plasterer
Charlotte, 54, b Ely
Mary, 21, dressmaker, b Cambridge
Leonard, 19, plasterer, b Cambridge
Louis, 15, van boy, b Cambridge
Bernard, grandson, 8, b Cambridge
2 Queen Street:
Annie Headland, widow, 67, householder, b Newmarket
Helen, 41, parlourmaid, b Cambridge
Martha N, 33, mantle maker, b Cambridge
Samuel Newbold, boarder, 34, self[?] maker stone, b Leics
3 Queen Street:
Caroline Sykes, 39, dressmaker, b Lincs
4 Queen Street:
David Benton, 36, plasterer, b Cambridge
Elizabeth, 32, b Wimpole
Mable, 14, b Cambridge
Bertram, 12, b Cambridge
Ernest, 8, b Cambridge
Sidney, 4, b Cambridge
5 Queen Street:
Wallace William Winkworth, 20, bricklayer, b Cambridge
Emily, 21, b Cambridge
Grace, 8 mos, b Cambridge
6 Queen Street:
George Lockwood, 60, painter, b Cambridge
Rebecca, 58, b Norfolk
Phebe, 26, day worker, b Cambridge
Edith, 23, day worker, b Cambridge
Charlotte, 21, dressmaker, b Cambridge
7 Queen Street:
Harry Huckle, 35, brewers drayman, b Stapleford
Sarah, 35, b Herts
Chris Thomas, 14, errand boy, b Cambridge
Lily Jane, 11, b Cambridge
Elizabeth, 9, b Cambridge
Jesse, 7, b Cambridge
Violet, 5, b Cambridge
Alice, 3, b Cambridge
Rose, 1, b Cambridge
8 Queen Street:
Peter Brown, 80, carpenter, b Norfolk
Ruth, 44, laundress, b Cambridge
Eliza, 42, cook, b Cambridge
Alice, 25, day maid, b Cambridge
Horace, 16, carman, b Cambridge
Florence, 9, b Cambridge
10 Queen Street:
Rebecca Coleman, widower, 54, b Shelford
Thomas R, 30, club college servant, b Cambridge
Arthur Ernest, 20, groom coachman, b Cambridge
Charles L, 14, errand boy, b Cambridge
John Woods, boarder, widower, 54, labourer, b East Harling
11 Queen Street:
Harry R Cole, 24, plasterer, b Cambridge
Rose Ann, 27, b Cambridge
12 Queen Street:
Ernest Peters, 28, bricklayer, b Cambridge
Nellie, 28, b Cambridge
Arthur, 10, b Cambridge
Ernest, 5, b Cambridge
Lilian, 1, b Cambridge
13 Queen Street:
Sarah Prime, widow, 65, charwoman, b Cambs
Florrie, 22, b Cambridge
Maud, 20, b Cambridge
14 Queen Street:
Josiah Jeckell, 48, fitters assistant railway, b Norfolk
Mary Ann, 37, b Cambridge
Henrietta, 9, b Cambridge
Robert Joseph, 6, b Cambridge
Henry Reeves, boarder, 49, labourer, b Essex
15 Queen Street:
William D Woods, 38, mail cart driver, b Herts
Daisy, 36, b Herts
Edith May, 8, b Herts
William James, 6, b Herts
Herbert Henry, 4, b Herts
Florence Mary, 16, b Herts
Florence Carter, visitor, 23, b Herts
16 Queen Street:
Amelia Emily Mole, widow, 64, laundress, b Herts
Bertha, 17, laundress, b Cambridge
Maud M, 22, laundress, b Cambridge
17 Queen Street:
Sarah Jane Spicer, 50, housekeeper, b Cambridge
Charles R Spicer, brother, 47, b Cambridge
18 Queen Street:
Frederick J Foster, 38, house decorator, b Cambridge
Ellen Clara, 39, b Leics
Florence R, 13, b Cambridge
Thirza Ann, 11, b Cambridge
19 Queen Street:
James William Shaw, 33, confectioner, b Cambridge
Thomas Basil, grand son, 19, van porter, b London
20 Queen Street:
Samuel Day, 62, waiter, b Essex
Mary E, 49, b London
Samuel, 27, postman, b Yorks
Annie, 24, dressmaker, b Cambridge
Charles, 19, coal porter, b Cambridge
William, 17, railway drayman, b Cambridge
Harry, 16, gardeners lad, b Cambridge
Frederick, 12, b Cambridge
Edith, 7, b Cambridge
1 Queens Court:
Albert Noakes, 31, painter and labourer, b Cambridge
Rebecca, 33, needle woman, b Foxton
Albert Edward, 7, b Cambridge
Harold, 1, b Cambridge
Janet Grace, 6 mos, b Cambridge
2 Queens Court:
William Dean, 51, painter, b Cambridge
Elizabeth, 44, b Lincs
Albert, 11, b Lincs
21 Queen Street:
Mary Ann Davy, 70, dressmaker, b Sawston
Sarah Elizabeth Hatchman, niece, 28, b London
George Hatchman, nephew, 28, sawyer, b Cambridge
George Hatchman, 7, b Cambridge
Mary Hatchman, 5, b Cambridge
Jessie Hatchman, 2, b Cambridge
1 Queen Street:
Thomas Barrett, 70, bicycle repairer, b Sussex
Harriet, 49, laundry, b Sussex
3 Queen Street:
Caroline Sykes, 48, dressmaker, b Lincoln
5 Queen Street:
William John Chambers, 30, carman, b Hunts
Rose May, 26, b Trumpington
Philip Charles, 4, b Cambridge
7 Queen Street:
Harry Huckle, 45, stationery engine driver The Leys, b Stapleford
Sarah Jane, 45, laundry, b Herts
Jesse, 18, bioscope operator Hawkins and Franks, b Cambridge [bioscope was a name for an early type of film projector]
Alice, 13, b Cambridge
Rosie, 11, b Cambridge
Daisy, 9, b Cambridge
Charles, 6, b Cambridge
Muriel Ivy, 2, b Cambridge
9 Queen Street:
James Holmes, 39, labourer, b Hunts
Clear [Clare?], 33, b Hunts
11 Queen Street:
Harry James Barton, 43, compositor, b Cambridge
Mary Margaret, 43, b Germany
Harry Frederick, 19, Sawyer at firewood works, b Cambridge
Margaret Mary, 14, day girl, b Cambridge
13 Queen Street:
Walter Sadler, 43, groom, b Coton
Emily, 38, b Girton
Walter W, 15, errand boy poulterers, b Coiton
Herbert C, 12, b Barton
Ivy A, 10, b Barton
Gladys E, 3, b Cambridge
15 Queen Street:
Arthur C Green, 27, general porter dairy, b Cambridge
E Green, 29, b Sawston
Arthur W, 6, b Cambridge
Stanley E, 4, b Cambridge
Harry C, 2, b Cambridge
Dora, 5 mos, b Cambridge
17 Queen Street:
Wallace W Winkworth, bricklayer, b Cambridge
Emily, 32, b Cambridge
Grace, 10, b Cambridge
George, 9, b Cambridge
Thomas, 8, b Cambridge
19 Queen Street:
Earnest Curwain, 31, barman, b Cambridge
Nellie, 30, b Cambridge
May J, 10, b Cambridge
Earnest J, 8, b Cambridge
Winifred N, 7, b Cambridge
Ivy G, 4, b Cambridge
Connie D, 2, b Cambridge
Arthur 1, b Cambridge
21 Queen Street:
Luke Haycock, 27, GER horse shunter, b Cambridge
Ada, 28, b Linton
Cyril, 3, b Cambridge
Stanley, 1, b Cambridge
20 Queen Street:
Henry John Thurbon, 54, paper hanger house decorator, b Cambridge
Harriet, 53, b Cambridge
Arthur, 24, house painter, b Cambridge
George, 22, bricklayer, b Cambridge
William, 20, corn chandler’s labourer, b Cambridge
Albert, 17, errand boy cycle maker, b Cambridge
Alfred, 15, errand boy picture frame maker, b Cambridge
Lilly, 13, b Cambridge
Ethel Pierson, visitor, 27, b Cambridge
Stanley Pierson, visitor, 2, b Cambridge
18 Queen Street:
George Benton, 51, carman furnisher, b Cambridge
Emily, 50, b Swaffham Prior
Arthur, 27, carman GER, b Cambridge
George, 24, labourer, b Cambridge
Charles, 21, carman, b Cambridge
Bob, 19. stock man, b Cambridge
Albert, 16, errand boy grocer, b Cambridge
Harry, 9, b Cambridge
David, 6, b Cambridge
16 Queen Street:
Sidney Robert Stevens, 22, hotel porter, b Swaffham Bulbeck
Louisa Rose, 20, b Exning
14 Queen Street:
Charles Henry Rye, 24, college cook and confectioner, b Surrey
Kitty, 23, shop tailoress, b Sheffield
Majorie, 7 mos, b Sheffield
12 Queen Street:
Charles Hogger, 31, blacksmith, b India
Ellen, 29, b Trumpington
Alice, 6, b Cambridge
Percy, 2, b Cambridge
10 Queen Street:
Charles Robert Quince, 33, drayman GER, b Wisbech
Harriet Eliza, 33, b Cambridge
Ethel Alice, 10, b Cambridge
Charles Hester, 7, b Cambridge
Irene Rebbeca, 5, b Cambridge
Almerie[?] Coleman Quince, son, 5 mos, b Cambridge
8 Queen Street:
Ruth Brown, 57, widow, laundry woman, b Cambridge
Peter, 33, labourer, b Cambridge
Florence, 19, servant, b Cambridge
Eliza, 55, sister, charwoman, b London
6 Queen Street:
George Lockwood, 72, house painter, b Cambridge
Rebecca, 68, caretaker church institute, b Cambridge
Edith, 33, employed at home, b Cambridge
4 Queen Street: [4 rooms]
Arthur King, 49, carman, b Cambridge
Elizabeth, 44, b Cambridge
Dorothy, 21, domestic, b Cambridge
Ellen, 19, domestic, b Cambridge
Sidney, 16, baker, b Cambridge
Beatrice, 13, b Cambridge
Lilian, 11, b Cambridge
Walter, 8, b Cambridge
Ernest, 4, b Cambridge
2 Queen Street:
Charles Kirkup, 32, packer of fancy goods draper and furnishers, b Cambridge
Clara, 30, b Cambridge
Doris, 7, b Cambridge
Violet, 4, b Cambridge
Jack Clee, visitor, 43, brewers drayman, b Cambridge
Emma Clee, visitor, 46, b Cambridge
1 Queen Court:
Harold Charles Henry Clark, 28, labourer, b Cambridge
Clara Elizabeth, 28, b Cottenham
Clara Grace Mildred, 4, b Cambridge
Frank Charles Benjamin, 2, Cambridge
2 Queens Passage [Queens Court]:
John Holmes, wood dealer, 48, b Sundon
Elizabeth, 40, b Cambs
Harold, 16, sailor, b Earith
Hilda, 10, b Earith
Enid, 4, b Cambridge
Winnie, 2, b Cambridge
Mable, 17, b Earith
Albert, 15, b Earith
North Side (Princes Street to George IV Street)
1 Thomas Barrett, tinman
3 Miss C Sykes
5 Richard Gray, labourer
7 Walter Barnes, carman
9 G Peck
11 J Woods
13 Harry Lanham
15 G Franklin
17 W W Winkworth, bricklayer
19 J Holmes, labourer
21 William John Chambers, labourer
South Side (George IV Street to Princes Street)
20 F T Foster, plumber and painter, verger of S Paul’s Church
18 George Benton, horsekeeper
Queens Court 1 James Cubberley
Queens Court 2 John Holmes, wood cutter (The Holmes family moved by the end of WWI to 22 George IV Street)
16 H Clark, boot and shoe repairer
14 J Guttridge
12 Charles Hoggers, gardener, Trinity College
10 Mrs Darnell
8 Miss Brown
6 Mrs Lockwood
4 Arthur King, carman
2 Charles Kirkup, packer
Albert Frederick Holmes: Corporal, 8971, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 21st March 1916. Aged 19. Born Earith, Cambs, enlisted Bury St. Edmunds. Son of John and Elizabeth Holmes, 22, George IV Street, New Town, Cambridge. Buried in Vermelles British Cemetery, Plot II. Row L. Grave 13. See also Cambridge Guildhall (St Paul’s Roll of Honour)
Arthur Aylett, sergeant 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 10.6.1916. Child James Arthur Aylett.
Widow remarried 4.10.1917 Arthur Hardy (stationers assistant).
28/10/1960 Over 100 houses and shops, a Church Institute and a public house in an area near the Roman Catholic Church, Hills Road, may be compulsorily purchased by the City Council. Properties in Coronation Street, King George IV Street, Union Road, Bentinck Street, Princess Street and Queen’s Street have reached the end of their useful life and were unfit for human habitation. Slates were off the roof, they had rising damp and woodworm. But shopkeepers protested and one owner said she was very attached to the house and it would be a great hardship to leave. (Cam. Press)
North Side (Princes Street to George IV Street)
1 Leonard Coase
3 Mrs D Edgeley
5 Mrs A M E Burman
7 Mrs B Barnes
9 Mrs Peck
11 –
13 Leonard Day
15 Ernest A Farrow
17 Oswald L G Springett
19 Frederick Wilson
South Side (George IV Street to Princes Street)
20 Eugeniusz Kolodziej
18 Robin R S Smith
16 –
14 Percy Mason
12 William M Rogers
10 Teodor Poberzny
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