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Two-story yellow brick house with a slate roof, sash windows with white lintels, and two prominent brick chimney stacks.

293 – 295 High Street Cottenham

293 – 295 (193 – 195) High Street, Cottenham

History of 293 - 295 High Street

1841

Henry Aspwood, 25, watchmaker

 

Mary Tayler, 22, farmer

 


1861

John Ambrose, 62, ag.lab., b Haddenham


1871

Henry Butler, 25, journeyman boot and shoemaker, b Cottenham

 

Thomas Fowler, 48, ag,lab., b Beds


1881

John Richings, 50, steamploughman, b Wilts

 

George Fowler, 24, ag.lab.,  b Cottenham


1891

Elizabeth Mary Lyne, 56, living on her own means

 

Hannah Christmas, 49, bookseller and stationer, b Cambridge


1900

A dirt village street lined with brick houses and a thatched cottage, with a gas lamp and four people standing on the sidewalk.

293 High Street, Cottenham c.1900 (photo E Smith)


1901

William Lyne, gardener, b Worcestershire

 

Harriett Haird, 76, living on own means


1911

George Negus, 65, gardener, b Wilburton

 

Harriet Haird, b 1885, pensioner, b Cottenham


1939

Frederick C Gawthroup, b 1882, dairy farmer (Special Constable)

 

Joseph H Jackson, b 1892, gardeners labourer


Modern: (293-295)

Building dates

  • Built 1900–1929
Source for this date
  • Built 1900–1929: EPC construction age band: 1900–1929

Tags

  • world war two

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