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105-7 Norfolk Street

105 – 107 Norfolk Street / 1 Gwydir Street, Prince of Wales

History of 105 - 107 Norfolk Street

1869

CIP reported that Mr Scales had applied for a license for George Dant for a new indoor beerhouse at the corner of Norfolk Street and Gwydir Street. Two houses had been converted into one and Dant was about to occupy one of them. Rent was to be £12. However, as the rent was under £15 the license was refused.

1870 Prince of Wales

George Dant granted beer-house licence (CC&J 1.10.1870)

CCJ (17.9.1870) Meeting of the Cambridge Vaccination Committee, for the purpose of giving defaulting parents and opportunity to state their reasons for not complying with the act….. in the case of James Drake of Gwydir Street and Herbert Teeks of Bateman Street, both children had been vaccinated and certificates sent – in the latter instance to the wrong registrar.

1871 unnumbered

James Drake, 37, woodcarver, b Cambridge

Hannah

Susan, 11, b Cambridge

Jane, 10, b Great Shelford

Thomas

James

Hannah,

Henry,

1881 (1 Gwydir Street)

Hannah Drake, head, widow, 50 laundress, b Suffolk

Thomas, son, 18, tailor, b Great Shelford

James, son, 16, painter’s apprentice, b Great Shelford

Hannah, daughter, 13, b Cambridge

Henry, son, 11, scholar, b Cambridge

Ellen, daughter, 9, b Cambridge

Clara Turner, 17, servant, b Cambridge

1891 (1 Gwydir Street)

Hannah Drake, 60, laundress, b Suffolk

Henry, 21, bricklayer’s labourer, b Cambridge

Ellen, 19, b Cambridge

1901

(Prince of Wales)

Herbert Plumb, 32, upholsterer and publican, b Cambridge

Johannah, 31, b Cambs

(1 Gwydir Street)

John Sivell, 44, greengrocer, b Cambridge

Eliza, 40, b Westwick

William, 22, bricklayer, b Cambridge

Percy S, 18, bookbinder’s apprentice, b Cambridge

Frank, 16, compositor’s apprentice, b Cambridge

Ernest, 4, b Cambridge

Alfred, 4, b Cambridge

1904

John Sivile, greengrocer

1913 Gwydir Street

Herbert Plumb, upholsterer

107 Norfolk Street

1939

(105-107)

Thomas Markham, b 1872, publican

Minnie, b 1871

1941 – 1946

Edward Davis

Alice

Augusta Mabel

For Augusta’s reminiscences visit: https://www.theedkins.co.uk/jo/gwydir/house1.htm

1962 not listed. After WWII the house was demolished to make way for an electricity sub station. Then, the substation was removed and another house built.

 

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