Lay Groves Cottages, The Terrace, Little Shelford

History of the Lay Groves Cottages

Fanny Wale in Shelford Parva describes, c.1912, how at the milestone (49 miles to London, 6 to Cambridge) there were the Lay Groves Cottages, positioned at 90 degrees to the road.

(1)

William and Elizabeth Rivett

(2)

George and Charlotte Darlay

(3)

Ernst and Sarah Smith Taylor

(4)

Robert and Louisa Purkiss

(5)

Nelson Andrews who married Alice Taversham

(6)

Ambrose Godfrey who married Louisa Stickwood

(7)

Bertram Dean

(8)

King Fletcher

(9)

George Darley