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11 Brookside1901:
Charlotte Neville, 72, living on own means, b Herts
Fanny Johnson, 39, housemaid domestic, b Lincs
Rose Milner, cook, 39, b Lincs
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1911:
Charlotte Nevile, 82, widow, private means, b Herts
Amelia Sharman, 50, cook, b Hunts
Elizabeth Surry, visitor, 62, housekeeper, b Waterbeach
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1913: vacant
27/11/1914: The Hospitality Committee for Belgian refugees has equipped four houses in which 55 refugees have been accommodated. They are ‘Scotsdale’ on Grantchester Rd where a Flemish priest has been lodged with nine members of his family and ‘South House’ Barton Road which houses 14 members of doctor’s family. A young lace maker and a family of eight from Louvain lodges at No.4 West View Newnham while at No. 11 Brookside there are 22 refugees from Malines and Ostend. In Regent Street a studio has been converted into a fair-sized reading room where Dutch, French and English papers are supplied. (Cambridge Press)
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