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Additional information about the succession of occupants has been taken from the list found here.
1867: Lot 7 of land off Mill Road sold to Thomas Blewett, engineer
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1867-1891: Thomas Blewett builds seven houses which become 102 – 114 Gwydir Street
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1881: (rented)
William H Ayres, 42, railway guard, b Berks
Elizabeth, 45, b Newmarket
William E, printer compositor, b Newmarket
Chales H, 15, b Newmarket
Frank, 12, b Newmarket
Blanche, 9, b Newmarket
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1891: (rented)
Edward Morrell
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1891: Thomas Blewett died and properties were left his daughter Catherine Anne Blewett of Kensington, and the income to his wife Elizabeth who died in 1895.
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1901:
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1904: (rented) Mrs Brinter
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1911: (rented)
William Matthew Butler, 49, GER railway engine driver, b Cambridge
Elizabeth, 49, b Herts
Emma Martha, 22, dressmaker, b Cambridge
William George Barham, grandson, 9, b Cambridge
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1912: Alfred Cook of 174 Gwydir Street purchased 102 Gwydir Street from Catherine Anne Blewitt for £230.
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1913: (rented)
Mrs Clark
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1928: Alfred Cook’s widow, Emma, sells 102 Gwydir Street to the tenants, Francis and Florence Gray
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1939:
Francis Gray, b 1876, clerk haulage
Florence, b 1883
Herbert W, b 1915, tester sc[ience] institute
Ernest Charles, b 1919, hairdresser
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1956:
Arthur Frederick Hewitt, husband of Dorothy, who had inherited 50 East Road from her former husband, started the purchase of 102 Gwydir Street in his own name alone from Florence Gray using the proceeds of 50 East Road. His wife, when she was contacted by the relevant building society, wasn’t very happy about her husband using her inheritance to put the property in his own name, so it was agreed, after a memorable row, that they should be joint owners of 102. (Information supplied by the family in2021.)
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1962:
Arthur Hewitt (Kelly’s)
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1978: Arthur Frederick Hewitt dies
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1987: Dorothy Priscilla Hewitt dies
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1988:
102 Gwydir Street sold by executors
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