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

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1851

John Chambers opened the Cottenham Supply Stores

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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

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

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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

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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)