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7 (4) Gwydir Street

History of 7 Gwydir Street

1867 Rev Richard John Geldart sold land to Joseph Sturton, wholesale chemist of Fitzroy Street

1868 Land sold to William John Bowyer, surveyor, for £202

1876 William Bowyer sold land to Charles Wright, builder for £315. This may be the plot for the 6 houses nos 5-15.

1877 Charles Wright sold to Joseph Turner Bailey for £168; this would have been the plot for nos 5, 7 and 9. At this time the houses were still numbered consecutively and this would have been number (4).

1881(7)

Henry Leeder, head, 60, tailor, b Cambridge

Ann, 64, wife, 64, tailoress, b Cambridge

Emily A, 35, tailoress, b Cambridge

1884 George Moon, carpenter

1891

George Charles Wilson, head, 24, postman, b London

Eliza, wife, 21, b Cambridge

George Henry, son [?], 17, b Cambridge

Arthur, son, 10 days, b Cambridge

1901

Frederick W Dean, 43, printers machine minder, b Cambridge

Corenda

Charles F, 17, general smith, b Cambridge

Arthur O, 15, errand boy, b Cambridge

May, tailoress

Corenda, 11, b Cambridge

Cecilia, 7, b Cambridge

Violet

Daisy

1911

Corenda Dean, 52, widow, private means, b Swaffham

May, 23, domestic cook, b Cambridge

Violet, 13, b Cambridge

Daisy, 12, b Cambridge

Lily, 8, b Cambridge

1913

Mrs Dean

1917 Joseph Bailey died and left a life interest in the house to Stephen Thompson of the earl of Beaconsfield Beerhouse. On his death the house would pass to the Governors of Addenbrookes Hospital, but after a change in the law in 1925, Thompson was able to be owner outright with no conditions.

1948 Stephen Thompson sold property to Arthur Octavius Dean and his sister Cecilia and Lily for £350.

1962

Misses C & L Dean

1970

Miss C Dean

1978 Cecilia Dean sold property for £10,000

For further details see: https://www.theedkins.co.uk/jo/gwydir/house7.htm

 

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