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179 Gwydir Street, Stanford Cottage

History of 179 Gwydir Street

1881

Samuel Ellis, head, 41, clerk civil service

Sophia, wife, 42, b Witcham

Sophia, daughter, 12, scholar, b Cambridge

In 1884 Samuel Ellis, clerk to the Cambridge Post Office, gave evidence in the prosecution of William Holloway, dyer, of Chesterton, for embezzlement. (CIP 20.12.1884)

1891

Samuel Ellis, head, 52, post office controller, b Melbourn

Sophie, wife, 53, b Witcham

Sophia J, daughter, 22, b Cambridge

1901

S Julia Ellis, 32, living on own means, b Cambridge

Emmeline Hattersley, visitor, 65, b Yorks

1911

George Munns Hawkes, 32, brewer and manager, b Girton

Florence Ada, b Papworth St Agnes

1913

George Hawkes, brewer

1962

Whitbread and Co, Dales brewery

1970

Mid Anglia Constabulary Traffic Dept and Traffic Wardens

 

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