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The words The Ferns are carved into a white-painted wall above a small carved fleur-de-lis motif.

17 Emery Street

17 Emery Street, The Ferns

History of 17 Emery Street

1891

Property unoccupied

 

1901

William Whitfield, 31, hotel servant, b Whittlesea

Beatrice M, 32, b Norfolk

Jack C, 10, b Chester

Wilfred R, 8, b Cambridge

Gwendolin, 6, b Cambridge

 

1911

Beatrice Mary Whitfield, 42, widow, b Kings Lynn, Norfolk

Wilfred Lionel, 18, solicitors clerk, b Cambridge

Gwendoline, 16, b Cambridge

Doris Kathleen, 7, b Cambridge

Catherine Howard Groom, 45, sister, b Kings Lynn

 

1913 The Ferns

John Daisley

 

1939

Agnes M Offord, b 1866, unpaid domestic duties

Beatrice M, b 1899, bookkeeper, education institute

 

 

Building dates

  • Built 1900–1929
Source for this date
  • Built 1900–1929: EPC construction age band: 1900–1929

Projects

  • Emery Street

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