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A light-colored stone plaque with the words DENMARK HOUSE carved in capital letters, set into a rough grey brick wall.

35 Emery Street

35 Emery Street, Denmark House

History of 35 Emery Street

1891

James Plant, 37, commercial traveller, b Liverpool

Lucy G, 31, b Norwich

Nellie, G, 9, scholar, b Lowestoft

Arthur, 5, scholar, b Cambridge

James H, 4, scholar, b Cambridge

William H, 3 months, b Cambridge

Charlotte Mission, 17, general domestic servant, b Lode, Bottisham


1901

James Plant, 47, commercial traveller, b Liverpool

Lucy G, 41, b Norfolk

Arthur, 15, drapers apprentice, b Cambridge

James H, 14, grocers apprentice, b Cambridge

Winifred E, 12, b Cambridge

William H, 10, b Cambridge

Alfred B, 8, b Cambridge

Annie L, 7, b Cambridge

Edith M C, 3, b Cambridge

John E, 2, b Cambridge

Robert C, 7 months, b Cambridge

Eliza L Cooper, 63, widow, mother-in-law, b Suffolk

In 1911 the Plant family were living Cromer Villa, Rock Road.


1911

Jermyn Brown, 61, tailor, b Cambridge

Eliza, 58, b London

Bertram, 32, son, waiter, b Cambridge

Edith, 29, son’s wife, b Newmarket

Willie, 6, grandson, school, b Colchester


1913

J E Brown, lodging house


1939

Bertram Brown, b 1878, hotel waiter, incapacitated

Edith (later Holland), b 1882, unpaid domestic duties

Building dates

  • Built by 1899
Source for this date
  • Built by 1899: EPC construction age band: before 1900

Projects

  • Emery Street

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