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Little Shelford OS 1885

Rectory, 33 Church Street, Little Shelford

History of Rectory

Rectory, Little Shelford (RGL2026)

Listed building:

Rectory built 1858 for Rev. James Edward Law. Gault brick with Ketton stone dressings.

1851 Rectory

Frederick Metcalfe, 27, curate of Little Shelford, b Fowlmere

Susan, mother, 66, b Ely

Elizabeth, sister, 34, b Fowlmere

Emily Chisholm, sister, widow, 30, b Fowlmere

Henrietta, sister, 34, b Fowlmere

Robert, brother, 25, b Fowlmere

Emily Chisholm, niece, 5, b Fowlmere

Pheobe Willson, 27, servant, b Duxford

Sarah Fuller, 18, servant, b Newton

In 1853 Frederick married Harriet Jane Kynaston, b c.1830.

in 1855 Henrietta married Henry Hurrell of Harston at Trumpington church. Henry Hurrell purchased Madingley Hall and lived there until his death in 1895.

The Rectory or Parsonage was demolished in 1859 after the Metcalfe family left Little Shelford and a new rectory built on the same site.

New Rectory, Little Shelford,by Fanny Wale

This rectory was built by the Rev James Edmund Law and he moved into it from the Manor House in September 1859.

 

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