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17 Broadway, Merton House, Grantchester
History of Merton House
Listed Building:
Late C18 and mid C19 enlargement at the rear. Grey brick and tiled, mansard roof with dentil eaves cornice and flush end stacks.
For frequent mentions of the Lumby family see Mary Greene’s autobiography, The Joy of Remembering.
1891
Joseph Rawson Lumby, 56, clerk in Holy Orders, b Yorks
Luise Lumby, 34, wife, b Germany
Helen M Lumby, daughter, 29, hospital nurse, b Cambridge
Mary Lumby, daughter, 9, b Grantchester
Dora Lumby, 8, b Grantchester
Walter, 6, b Grantchester
Christopher, 2, b Grantchester
Frederick, 8 mos, b Grantchester
Ellen Atlesea, 34, cook, b Kirtland nr Newmarket
Rebecca Stulham, 27, house and parlourmaid, b Norfolk
Agnes Mary Clerk, 18, under housemaid, b Norfolk
Elizabeth Langford, 32, nursemaid, b Chesterton
Esther Bowman, 14, maid of all work, b London
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