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43 High Street, Cottenham

43 High Street, Wrestler’s Arms, Cottenham

History of 43 High Street

[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.]

1830s: old red bricked house on this site owned and kept by Philip Piggot in the 1830s. Closed in 1847.

1841 approx.

Stephen Fullstone, 30, barber

1851 approx.

Thomas Worland, 37, journeyman shoemaker, b Cottenham

1861 approx.

John Piggott, 45, ag.lab., b Cottenham

1871

Jeremiah Emmerson, 32, ag.lab., b Cottenham

1881

Jeremiah Emmerson, 42, ag.lab., b Cottenham

Eliza, 40

[nearby]

Elizabeth Bocock, 65, annuitant, b Cottenham

1891 approx

Eliza Emmerson, 51, b Cottenham

1901

Henry J Rayment, 28, bricklayer, b Cottenham

1911

Mary Ann Haird, 71, b Cottenham

1939

Cyril Smith, b 1892, smallholder farm and fruit (Special Constable)

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