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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