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Mitchell House, Cottenham185 High Street, Mitchell House, Cottenham
History of Mitchell House
Villa c.1830.
Wall, and gatepiers and gates. c.1830. Gault brick wall, with cast iron gates and gatepiers. The piers are surmounted by urn finials.
Cottenham in Focus (2002) states that Marmaduke Ivatt built Mitchell House about 1847.
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1841: unnamed approx.
John Nottage, 65, farmer
William Nottage, 35, thatcher
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1851: unnamed
John Nottage, 76, land proprietor, b Cotttenham
William Nottage, 44, Baptist Minister thatcher and gardener, b Cottenham
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1861: Mitchell House
Lydia Mary Hopper, 54, land proprietor
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1871:
Lydia Mary Hopper, 64, annuitant, b Ireland
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Listed building
1881: Mitchell House
Jonathan Pauley, 22, plumber and glazier, b Cottenham
Caroline, 22, b Cottenham
William H, 3, b Cottenham
Ernest, 3 mos, b Cottenham
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1882:
John Morlin Goode rented the house from the Ivatts for £35 per year until 1904.
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1891: Mitchell House
John Morlin Goode, 40, farmer, b Cottenham
Elizabeth Amelia, 31, b Cambridge
Annie Cole, 17, cook, b Suffolk
Alice Louisa Butler, 21, housemaid, b Swaffham Prior
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1901:
John M Goode, 50, living on own means
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1904:
John M Goode bought the house for £2,400. he pulled down a house that stood where the Topiary Tree shop is now sited.
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1911:
John Malin Goode, 60, farmer, b Cottenham
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1932:
Mrs Goode died and left over £153,000 in her will. A large bequest was made to Addenbrookes Hospital who named the Goode Ward after her. She was the daughter of John Swan, auctioneer and cabinet-maker whose premises stood at 18-19 Sidney Street.
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1933:
Mitchell House sold for just £1,400 to James De Graaff Hunter.
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1939:
Cecil Brackenbury, b 1881, Indian Civil Service retired (ARP First Aid Post)
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Modern (185)
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