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85 Russell Street, The Windmill brewery

History of 85 Russell Street

1860

Alfred Johnson (previously in Corn Exchange Street)

1865

John Lambert (owner of Half Moon in Little St Mary’s Lane)

1867 John Brown

1876

Joseph Newman (previously of the Gwydir Brewery)

1890

Edwin William Swann

1896-1900

Brewery closed and sold to Lacon

1901 The Windmill

Frederick Amps, 49, college servant & publican, b Orwell

Emma, 53, b Cambs

Gertrude, 24, dressmaker, b Cambridge

Margaret, 22, bookbinder [?], b Cambridge

May, 19, b Cambridge

Edward, 15, apprentice tailor,  b Cambridge

1911 The Windmill

William Patten, 56, licensed victualler, b Essex

Rachel, 54, b Essex

1913 The Windmill

W J Patten

1962 –

 

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