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155 Gwydir Street, Exton Cottage

History of 155 Gwydir Street

1881

Frank Ward, head, 32, baker and grocer 1 man 3 youths, b Cambridge

Ellen, wife, 29, b Rutland

Frank Duncombe, son, 3, scholar, b Cambridge

Ellis, son, 2, b Cambridge

Mable N, daughter, 3 mos, b Cambridge

Emily Parnell, 13, servant, b Elsworth


1891

Morris Duncombe, head, widower, 67, stone mason, b Rutland

Clara Handscombe, 20, servant, b Melbourn

Morris is buried in Mill Road Cemetery.


1901

William Beasley, 86, retired bricklayer, b Cambridge

Mary A, 74, b Cambridge

Elizabeth, 53, traveller ladies outfitting, b Cambridge

Ellen, 34, b Cambridge

Arthur, 32, college porter, b Cambridge


1911

Henry Pratt, widower, 61, b Herts

Florence, 26, b Earith

Sidney, 20, shop assistant draper, b Cambridge

George E Claxton, boarder, 18, shop assistant draper, b Essex

Alfred J Cursiter, boarder, 24, shop manager draper, b Scotland


1913

Henry Pratt


1917

CDN 5.2.1917: Pratt – 25th December in Hospital, France, Pte Edgar George Pratt, 46th Canadian Battalion, Saskatchewan, Canada, 155 Gwydir Street, Cambridge, England. Canadian papers please copy.


1962

Sidney Pratt

1970

Patrick McDonnell

Building dates

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

Projects

  • Gwydir Street

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