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A man and woman stand before a brick house with a shop front inscribed W. Bedford Butcher and a wooden picket fence.

90 Rooks Street (photo E Smith)

90 Rooks Street, Cottenham

History of 90 Rooks Street

Cottenham in Focus, 2002, says that village gossip was that William Bedford and Nancy Cross each believed the other had money when they married.

1913 William Bedford, butcher, built house and shop with a mortgage of £128

1937 Ernest Albert Easy, butcher bought property for £625.

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