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A pencil drawing of a woman with short hair wearing a collared garment, shown in a head and shoulders portrait.

Rose Macaulay

Southernwood, Woollards Lane, Great Shelford

History of Southernwood, Great Shelford

1898 built on part of former Woodlands estate.

1907

The house of F W Macaulay (Macawley)

The Macaulay family move to Great Shelford.

A donkey stands on a rural road hitched to a small carriage containing three people, with a utility pole in the background.

Mrs Macaulay and some young cousins driving to Cambridge behind their donkey Felicity c.1910. (MoC357/75)

1913

George Campbell Macaulay, 58, lecturer in English Langage Literature, b Salp

Grace Mary, 55,  b Gloucs.

Margaret Campbell, 35, b Warwicks

Emily Rose, 29, author of literary work, b Warwicks

Minnie Philips, 28, cook, b Chesterton

Violet Maud Austin, 22, housemaid,  b Gt Shelford

Stella Arnold, 17, domestic help, b Gt Shelford

Five women wearing hats and heavy coats stand or sit in a plowed field, some holding garden tools while one drinks from a jar.

Rose Macaulay (drinking) at work at Station Farm nr. Great Shelford c.1920 (MoC370/75)

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