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A light-painted, two-story detached house with a slate roof, sash windows, and a central arched door, seen from the street.

25 High Street Cottenham

25 High Street, Cottenham

History of 25 High Street

1850

see Francis Garrett, Cottenham Ablaze

31.8.1850: Cambridge Chronicle reported (7.9.1850): ‘Fire after fire succeeds and the inhabitants of Cottenham are kept in almost one continual state of alarm and excitement.’

On 31.8.1850 John Pierson, the Town Crier, who was watching the Church Yard, saw flames in the barn of John Nottage (25 High Street).

The Cottenham fire engine hadn’t been cleaned since the fire in April and couldn’t be used.


1841

Joseph Nottage, 50, farmer


1851

Joseph Nottage, 63, farmer of 117 acres employing 5 labourers, b Cottenham

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Elizabeth Bull, 58, landed proprietor, b Cottenham


1861

William Nottage, 44, farmer of 90 acres employing 3 men and 1 boy, b Cottenham

 

Sarah Wayman, 67, b Cottenham


1871

William Nottage, 55, farmer of 60 acres 1 man and 1 boy, b Cottenham

 

unoccupied


1881

Joseph Nottage, 35, butcher, b Cottenham

Elizabeth, 36, b Willingham

Harriet Elizabeth, 4, b Cottenham

Mabel, 2, b Cottenham

Ada Ann, 1, b Cottenham

Ann Lucas, 13, servant, b Willingham

 

Rebecca Bull, 59, annuitant, b Cottenham

Ellen, 26, b Cottenham

William Chivers Bull, 23, 120 acres 4 men 2 boys, b Cottenham


1891

Rebecca Bull, 69, b Cottenham


1901

William C Bull, 43, farmer dairyman and fruitere, b Cottenham

A man in a flat cap and light jacket stands beside a horse-drawn cart with a metal milk churn and a painted sign.

John Moule. milkman for William Bull at Cottenham c.1910 (F J Smith)


1911

William Chivers Bull, 53, farmer, b Cottenham


1939

Cynthia Hayes, b 1901, teacher elementary school

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