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41 High Street, CottenhamListed building:
Cottage, probably of late C17 or C18 origin but much restored c.1980.
[The locations of properties become more difficult to locate even relative to each other as one works back through the censuses. The assumption has been made that families are likely to be at the same location in consecutive censuses but this cannot be verified.]
1841: approx.
John Savidge, 41, poulterer
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1851:
William Chapman, 58, carpenter, b Cottenham
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1861: Piggotts Yard
John Bishop, 49, ag.lab
William Chapman, 69, carpenter
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1871: approx.
Louisa Milton, 51, ag.lab. widow, b Landbeach
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1881: Piggotts Close
John Bishop, 69, labourer
Alfred Sutton, 25, ag.lab., b Cottenham
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1891: approx location
James Emerson, 25, ag.lab., b Cottenham
John Bishop, 80, highway labourer, b Cottenham
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1901:
Ezra Todd, 37, grocer manager, b Cottenham
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1911:
James Todd, 68, farm bailiff, b Cottenham
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1939:
James Levey, b 1893, radio packer
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