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.
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
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.
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