Bassingbourn High Street c.1900 looking west. The Crown is on the left.The Crown, High Street, Bassingbourn
The Crown, High Street, Bassingbourn
The photograph shows the High looking west, the Crown on the left and Tom Wedd’s house on the right, opposite the smithy. The reverse of the post card says: Tom Wedd’s house on right with shutters and doorstep jutting on pavement, a great hazard on a dark night – no street lights then. [Thanks to SC for correct identification of The Crown, rather than The Hoops]
West end of High Street Bassingbourn – 1901 OS map
1879: David Wedd, butcher & Beer Retailer (Kellys)
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1881:
David Wedd, butcher & publican, widow, 57, b Kneesworth
Louisa Wedd, daughter, housekeeper, 18, n Bassingbourn
Thomas Wedd, son, butcher, 16, b Bassingbourn
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1892: Alfred Wing, beer retailer & baker (Kellys)
1896: Alfred Wing, beer retailer & baker (Kellys)
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1901:
Alfred Wing, baker & publican, 58, b Meldreth
Harriet Wing, wife, 59, b Herts
Elizabeth M Wing, daughter in law, widow, 37, Great Gransden Huntingdon
Ethel M Wing, grand daughter, 7, b Barton
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1911:
Alfred Wing, baker & publican, 68, b Hildreth
Harriet Wing
Elizabeth Mary Wing, 47
Elizabeth Mary Wing, grand daughter, school teacher, 17, b Barton