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Shrapnel from 167 Gwydir Street (MoC20089A))167, Bahia Cottage, Gwydir Street
History of Bahia Cottage
1881
William Christmas, head, 38, journeyman baker, b Willingham
Mary A, wife, 41, b Cambridge
William, son, 14, b Cambridge
Florence, daughter, 12, scholar, b Cambridge
Alfred, son, 7, scholar, b Cambridge
Frederick, son, 4, scholar, b Cambridge
In 1871, the Christmas family were living at 19 City Road. William and Mary A had married in 1865.
In 2023 DGH sent a note re. Maryann Christmas née Leader. Her mother was born Maryann Hockley and her uncle, Ephraim Hockley, brother was deported to New South Wales from Grantchester.
1891
Henry Mason, head, 84, retired Inland Revenue Excise officer, b Reach
Elizabeth Wright, housekeeper, 68, b Norfolk
1901
John Kent, 47, slater
Marianne, 48
Henry C, slater
Herbert E, hair dresser’s assistant
Ruth E, dressmaker’s assistant
Elizabeth H, milliner’s apprentice
William
Albert J
1911
John Kent, 56, slater tiler, b Herts
Mary Anne, 57, b Herts
Henry Charles, 32, slater and tiler, b Herts
Herbert Edward, 30, hairdresser, b Herts
Ruth Emma, 28, dressmaker, b Cambridge
Elizabeth Harriet, 26, milliner, b Cambridge
William, 21, slater and tiler, b Cambridge
Albert James, 20, tailor, b Cambridge
1913 Bahia Cottage
John Kent and Sons, slaters and tilers
Miss Kent, dressmaker
William Kent
Miss Kent Dressmaker sign – found in the garden.
1916
Albert James Kent, Private 26051, 9th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action 3 September 1916. Born and enlisted Cambridge. Formerly 26295, Bedfordshire Regiment. Birth registered in the April to June Quarter 1891 in the Cambridge Registration District. In the 1891 census he was the son of John and Mary A Kent, under the age of 1, born Cambridge, resident Gwydir Street, Cambridge. In the 1901 census he was the son of John and Marianne Kent, aged 10, born Cambridgeshire, resident with his parents at 167 Gwydir Street, Cambridge. In the 1911 census he was the son of John and Mary Anne Kent, aged 20, born Cambridge, a Tailor by trade, resident with his parents at 167 Gwydir Street, Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 A.
1930s:
John Kent, slater and tiler, who built 165 Gwydir Street on his retirement.
Herbert Finbow, son of William Robert Finbow who started his business at 52 Gwydir Street
1941 30th January
The bomb fragment was found in the garden of 167 Gwydir Street when the German airforce bombed Cambridge Railway Station in the early 1940s and houses were wrecked at Mill Road bridge.
See 130 Mill Road for details of this event.
1962 – 1970
William A Longhurst
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