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A two-storey, yellow brick house with a dark blue front door under an arched brick lintel and five sash windows.

227 High Street Cottenham

227 (159) High Street, Cottenham

History of 227 High Street

1841 approx.

John Everitt, 71, farmer

 

Thomas Rowell, 25, ag.lab


1849

See Francis Garrett, Cottenham Ablaze

A fire was reported at the house standing on the site of the later Todd’s Stores (High Street/Telegraph Street). At midday a fire broke out at the back of a thatched cottage belonging to a woman named Todd, a baker. Flames from the oven caught a basket and clothes and damaged part of the thatch.


1851

Ann Norman, 84, land proprietor, b Cottenham

 

Robert Piggott, 27, tailor and grocer, b Cottenham


1861

John Bridger, 32, member of the Royal College of Surgeons, b Sussex

 

James Todd, 28, farmer of 26 acres employing 2 men


1871

George Pung, 36, Baptist Minister Ebenezer Chapel, b Suffolk

 

James Todd, 39, farmer of 21 acres employing 2 men, b Cottenham


1881

James Todd, 38, farmer of 50 acres employing 2 labourers

 

Sarah A Todd, 43, grocer and baker, b Cottenham


1891

James Todd, 48, farmer, b Cottenham

 

Sarah Anne Todd, 52, grocer and baker, b Cottenham


1901

Fred Todd, 27, journeyman baker, b Cottenham

 

Bertha A Todd, 39, grocers assistant, b Cottenham


1911

Eyra John Todd, 48, grocer, b Cottenham

 

Sarah Ann Todd, 74, general storekeeper grocer baker, b Cottenham


1939 (159) Brooklyn House

Stores


Modern: (227)

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