28 Gwydir Street
History of 28 Gwydir Street
1881:
James Searle, head, tailor, 22, b Cambridge
Elizabeth, wife, 37, tailoress, b Cambs
Emma E, daughter, 16, b Cambridge
L Jane, 8, daughter, b Cambridge
Florence E, daughter, 4, b Cambridge
Arthur H James, son, 4, b Cambridge
Ernest F, son, 1 mos, b Cambridge
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1883:
William Bement, boot and shoemaker (Kelly’s)
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1891:
William Carter, head, 29, tailor, b London
Annie, wife, 30, b Cambridge
Cyril, son, 3, b Cambridge
Elizabeth Rickes, lodger, widow, 55, monthly nurse, b Norfolk
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1901:
Frederick W Shallow, 21, compositor, b Cambridge
May, 23, b Cambridge
William, 7 mos, b Cambridge
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1907:
Although the work of George P Banyard (1880 – 1948) is now largely forgotten, his work as a Cambridge architect in the 1920s and 1930s is of some note. Banyard came from humble roots. He is recorded in partnership with his father Philip, trading as Banyard and Son builders of 28 Gwydir Street, an enterprise which went into receivership at Cambridge Court in November 1907.
George went on to design a number of cinemas locally; the Spicers Cinema in Sawston is a surviving example with many original features, and I believe he also did work on Wimpole Hall. (Email from R W-R 2022)
See also: 24 Petty Cury, 84-85 East Road and The University Arms Hotel.
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1911:
Henry Flack, 51 army pensioner caretaker, b Cambridge
Caroline, 40, Northants
Rosamund, 14, apprentice dressmaker, b Suffolk
Cambridge [sic], 13, b Suffolk
Hector, 9, b Suffolk
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1913:
William Baker, ironmonger’s assistant
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1918:
W H Baker aged 51 was reported to have died on 9.11.1918
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1939:
Mary Baker, b 1869
Ada, b 1907, machinist knitting
Beatrice, b 1909, housekeeper
Ellen Keele, b 1867, retired
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1962:
Ernest Tyler