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204 High Street, Cottenham, 1901 (photo E Smith)

204 High Street, Supply Stores, Cottenham

History of 204 High Street Cottenham

1850

Freeman Goode

location of start of 1850 Great Fire

1851

John Chambers opened the Cottenham Supply Stores

1881

John M Goode, 30, farmer and miller of 170 acres employing 11 men 2 boys, b Cottenham

Ann, mother, 61, b Cottenham

Harriett Skinner, 19, servant, b Cottenham

c. 1882 William ‘Billy’ Graves became proprietor of the Supply Stores

1901

William C Graves, 46, store keeper, b Cottenham

Selena, 49, b Cottenham

Edith S, 17, drapers apprentice, b Cottenham

Beatrice I, 13, b Cottenham

Sophia Beeton, 17, servant, b Balsham

It was later used for several drapery businesses and then as a car showroom.

In 1990s it was renovated and turned into flats.

(See Cottenham in Focus, 2002)

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