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87 High Street, CottenhamHouse, late C18 or early C19.
Barn, mid C19. Timber framed, weatherboarded and pantiled. Three bays. Two storeys.
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1841:
Francis Woods, 41, farmer
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1847:
See Francis Garrett, Cottenham Ablaze:
23.9.1847 fire started at 8pm in the cow lodge of William Watts opposite Red Lion Inn. Fire spread to adjoining farms of Jonathan Piggott and then James Saintey. Buildings in the yard of Francis Woods were pulled down to arrest the fire.
Cottenham and Willingham fire engines, plus those of insurance companies, put the fire out by 2am. Opinion on the cause of the fire was split between those that thought it had been fire started by a candle and those who thought an arsonist.
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1851:
Francis Woods, 53, farmer of 140 acres employing 4 men, b Cottenham
Mary, 53, b Cottenham
Francis, 21, b Cottenham
Mary Dodds, 23, servant, b Willingham
William Allen, 27, farmers servant, b Oakington
Charles Bennett, 16, labourer, b Cottenham
Thomas Rowell, 41, farmer of 10 acres
Emanuel Garrett, 33, farm lab, b Histon
Thomas Benton, 30, farmer of 16 acres
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1861:
Francis Woods, 31, farm 154 acres employing 5 men 3 boys, b Cottenham
Thomas Rowell, 52, farm of 12 acres,
Thomas Benton, 40, farm 72 acres, employing 2 men and 2 boys
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1871:
Mary Ann Woods, 30, farming 140 acres employing 5 men and 1 boy, b Haddenham
Thomas Rowell, 60, farmer of 12 acres of land, b Cottenham
Thomas Benton, 50, farmer of 100 acres employing 3 men and 2 boys, b Cottenham
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1881:
Ephraim Gautrey, 33, agricultural seed and fruit grower 33 acres, b Cottenham
Thomas Rowell, 72, retired farmer, b Cottenham
Thomas Benton, 60, farmer of 100 acres, employing 5 men and 3 boys, b Cottenham
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1891:
Ephraim Gautrey, 43, seedsman and farmer, b Cottenham
Rebecca Rowell, 74, living on own means, b Cottenham
John Ely, 29, ag.lab., b Cottenham
John Benton, 26, farmer, b Cottenham
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1901:
Ephraim Gautrey, 53, seed merchant and farmer, b Cottenham
John Rayment, 48, carrier, b Histon
Herbert W Bull, 40, ag.lab., b Cottenham
John Benton, 36, farmer
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1911:
William Golding, 55, foreman on farm, b Cottenham
John Rayment, 58, gardener fruit grower, b Histon
Fred Bowers, 25, basketmaker, b Cottenham
John Benton, 46, farmer, b Cottenham
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1939:
Harry Benton, b 1899, farmer
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