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11 High Street Cottenham, (MoCP77)C17 or earlier
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1841:
James Peck, 50, farmer
Sarah, 50
Ann, 20
Thomas, 17, farmery
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1851:
James Peck, 64, farmer of 42 acres, employing 1 labourer, b Cottenham
Thomas, 28, employed on farm, b Cottenham
Mary, 24, b Cottenham
Josiah, 4, b Cottenham
James Furbank Peck, 2, b Cottenham
John Ward, farm servant, 21, b Cottenham
Harriett Savidge, 10, house servant, b Cottenham
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1861:
Thomas Peck, 37, farmer of 8 acres and land owner, b Cottenham
Josiah, 13, farm work, b Cottenham
James, 11, farm work, b Cottenham
Arthur, 4, b Cottenham
Fullard, 2, b Cottenham
Elizabeth Moule, 53, housekeeper
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1871:
John Cross, 35, grocer
Rebecca
Herbert, 10
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1881:
John Cross, 45, farmer and grocer, b Cottenham
Rebecca
Herbert, 20, b Cottenham
Agnes Kate, 5, b Cottenham
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1891:
Rebecca Cross, grocer
Agnes
Cottenham in Focus (2002) notes that two elderly spinsters, Agnes Cross and Clara Smith, ran this shop known as Little Selfridges. If you rang a bell, one of them would appear from behind a curtain. Miss Smith was known as ‘Kisser Smith’ for her habit of kissing children.
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1901:
Rebecca Cross, 65, grocer
Agnes Kate
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1911:
Rebecca Cross, 77, grocer
Agnes Kate, 36, grocer, b Cottenham
[Next door]
William Henry Fowler, 25, horse keeper on farm, b Cottenham
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1939:
Agnes K Cross, b 1875, shopkeeper
Clara Smith, b 1872
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