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High Street, Histon, 1900 : no.11 on left11 High Street, Post Office, Histon
History of 11 High Street
Mary Tolliday was appointed Histon Sub Postmaster in 1857, taking over from the Gawthrops. The post office was accommodated in their house. (‘Sent By Mail – The Story of Histon and Impington’s Post’ by S J Harper-Scott, 1998.)
Post office, High Street Histon c.1920
Mary Tolliday was the first of three generations who would run the Histon post office. Her husband had been a blacksmith and had died in 1850. Of their five children, John would succeed her as postmaster, George would become village postman, Charles would become Sub Postmaster in Grantchester.
1851 High Street
Mary Tolliday, widow, 42, blacksmith employing 1 man, b Histon
John, 8, b Histon
Eliza, 7, b Histon
Lucy, 1, b Histon
Charles, 3m, b Histon
1861 High Street
Mary Tolliday, widow, 52, blacksmith, b Histon
John, 18, blacksmith, b Histon
Eliza, 17, dressmaker, b Histon
Lucy, 11, b Histon
Charles, 10, b Histon
1870
Mary Tolliday died in September.
1881 High Street
John Tolliday, 38, postmaster and blacksmith, b Histon
Elizabeth, 37, b Histon
John, 4, b Histon
Annie, 3, b Histon
George, 2, b Histon
Elizabeth, 11 mos, b Histon
1883
Post office became a Money order Office and Savings Bank.
1891 High Street
John Tolliday, 48, sub postmaster and blacksmith, b Histon
Elizabeth, 47, b Histon
Mary E, 16, ass post office,
John, 14, clerk in jam factory, b Histon
Annie, 13, b Histon
George, 12, b Histon
Katie H, 8, b Histon
Gertrude A, 4, b Histon
John Tolliday, Histon
1897
Telegraph office created.
1901 Post office, High Street
John Tolliday, 58, sub post master and blacksmith, b Histon
Elizabeth, 57, b Histon
Mary E, 26, post office assistant, b Histon
Robert S, 24, club [??] manufacturing, b Histon
George, 21, blacksmith, b Histon
Kate H, 18, teacher, b Histon
Gertrude, 14, b Histon
1911 Post office
John Tolliday, 68, blacksmith and sub postmaster, b Histon
Elizabeth, 67, b Histon
John Stanley, 34, clerk, b Histon
Kate Helena, 28, assistant post office, b Histon
Gertrude Amy, 24, assistant post office, b Histon
1921
John Tolliday died in March. Amy took over running the post office. Amy, Gertrude Amy, ran the post office until the early 1930s when Frederick Floyd took over and the post office moved to the location of The Variety Shop which he had run previously.
Gertrude Amy retired to 62 Station Road. She died in 1955.
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