Pound Yard, High Street, Great Shelford

History of Pound Yard

Pound Yard was opposite the Pound which was an enclosure where stray animals were impounded in the days when High Green was open grazing and the fields had not been enclosed.

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1891

William Loker, 24, miller, b Sawston

 

Susanne Trudgett, 72, b Hauxton

 

Mary Dean, 65, b Great Shelford

 

Thomas Arnold, 77, ag.lab., b Great Shelford

 

John Jordain, 37, agric. lab., b Great Shelford

 

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No. 13, Pound Yard House

This was known as the Nurse’s House and was where the District Nurse lived. It was built c.1955 on ground taken from the garden of The Elms.