
1 Station Road/61/30 Hills Road, Great Northern Hotel
History of 1 Station Road

An important building in townscape terms especially when looking N along Hills Road. Has group value especially with the Hills Road terraces and historical linkages as the former Great Northern Hotel. A building of local interest and a positive feature within the Conservation Area. (Camb City Council)
Station Road nos 1-5
1851
(30 Hills Road)
Andrew Philips, 48, Brewer and Innkeeper, born Essex
Elizabeth, 47, b Cambridge
Eliza, 15, b Essex
Sarah Ann, 13, b Cambridge
Sarah Tree, visitor, 60, b Bottisham
Harriett Harding, 6, visitor, b Reach
Sarah Ann Hampton, 37, servant, b Cambridge
Harriett Mason, 13, servant, b Fulbourn
William White, 50, b Essex
1861
tba
1871
Great Northen Hotel
Martin Burn, 37, hotel keeper and brewer, b Newcastle
Martha, 39, b Newcastle
Martha Selkirk, stepdaughter, 19, b Newcastle
Jane Selkirk, stepdaughter, 14, b Essex
William Selkirk, stepson, 10, b Calcutta India
Fanny Selkirk, stepdaughter, 7, b Newcastle
Albert Burn, son, 3, b Cambridge
Mary A Plaister, visitor, 25, dressmaker, b Somerset
George Piper, boarder, 43, commercial traveller in stationery, b Essex
William Cole, servant, 63, brewer’s helper, b Suffolk
Sibratha Cole, servant, 49, b Soham
Anne Wisbey, servant, 22, b Shelford
1881
tba
1891
(61 Hills Road)
Martha Burn, widow, hotel keeper
Albert A, brewer
Robert Edwards, visitor, 40, bank clerk, born Cambridge
Jane D Edwards, visitor, 34, born London
Emily Taylor, servant, born Cambs
Susan Trundler, servant, 19, born Cambs
1901
Albert A Burn
Ada
Ena
Beryl
Annie Wicks, manageress to hotel
Gertrude Smith, servant, 18, housemaid, born London
Ethel Cross, servant, 16, nurse, born Cambs.
Annie Oakett, 22, kitchen maid, born Hunts.
1911
Albert Alexander Burn, 43, hotel proprietor and brewer, born Cambridge
Ada Elizabeth, 43, assisting in business, born Cambridge
Ena Alexander, 15, daughter, born Cambridge
Beryl Ada, 11, daughter, born Cambridge
Audrey Mary Cross, governess, 23, born Sandringham
Annie Maria Wicks, sister in law, 41, manageress, born Cambridge
Dora Annie Doncaster, servant, 26, barmaid in hotel, born Cambridge
Maud Ager, servant, 19, housemaid, born Cambs.
1913
Albert A Burn, proprietor
1914
Great Northern Hotel, postmarked 1914
Then and now (David Green) – Hills Road, Cambridge, junction with Station Road. The Catholic Church in the distance.
The first picture is a postcard postmarked 1914. The large building on the right is The Great Northern Hotel. You can see the tram lines which ran from the town into Station Road. 1914 was the year that the tram system ceased to be replaced by buses. The buildings on the left of Hills Road have all since been replaced with modern office blocks.
1922
Great Northern Hotel 1922 (Cambridgeshire Collection)
1939
Margaret E Covill, b 1912, waitress
1962
(1/3) Great Northern Hotel
2022
Great Northern Hotel in 2022 (photo DG)