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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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