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Condemned cottages, Dolphin Lane, Melbourne (MoC125/51)

Dolphin Lane, Melbourn

History of Dolphin Lane, Melbourn

1901:

William Stockbridge, 66, wheelwright, b Melbourn

 

Benjamin Baker, retired ag.lab., b Melbourn

Arthur Winter, 28, butcher journeyman, b Melbourn

 

Arthur Wedd, 46, poultry dealer, b Melbourn

 

John Chipperfield, 34, bricklayer, b Melbourn

 

John Pateman, 39, engine driver, b Meldreth

 

Fred Chapman, 22, ag.lab., b Melbourn

 

George Stockbridge, 64, horsekeeper on farm, b Melbourn

 

James E Green, 31, labourer in cement works, b Meldreth

 

Levi Wedd, 66, farmer, b Melbourn

 

William Stockbridge, 36, general labourer, b Melbourn

 

David Wedd, 26, grist miller, b Kneesworth

 

William Holland, 32, platelayer, b Melbourn

 

Emma Bass, 82, b Melbourn

 

Joseph Hoye, 72, b Stetchworth

 

Harry Carter, 28, ag.lab., b Melbourn

 

George Smith, 44, ag.lab., b Whaddon

 

William Papworth, 23, ag.,lab., b Toft

 

Elizabeth Lyas [?], 72, seamstress, b Melbourn

 

Alban Baker, 58, ag.lab., b Melbourn

 

William Jacklin, 47, ag.lab., b Whaddon

 

Edith Catley, 66, b Meldreth

 

Walter Stanford, 38, wheelwright, b Melbourn

 

Ann Littlechild, 49, seamstress, b Berks

 

Henry Pepper, 43, ag.lab., b Melbourn

 

Charles Blows, 47, ag.lab., b Shepreth

 

James Leonard, 74, ag.lab., b Cambs

 

William Webb, 50, bricklayer, b Melbourn

 

Mary Holland, 66, b Melbourn

 

Charles Charter, 60. ag.lab., b Melbourn

 

Martha Izzard, 76, laundress, b Shepreth

 

Thomas Abrey, 36, platelayer, b Meldreth

 

Edward Stanford, 66, farmer, b Melbourn

 

1911:

William Waldock, 42, stockfeeder on farm, b Meldreth

 

Emily Stockbridge, 75, widow, b Herts

 

Martha Whitby, 69, b Melbourn

 

Joseph Wright, 75, farm labourer, b melbourn

 

Cordelia Elizabeth Newis, 26, Salvation Army Captain, b Yorks

 

Edgar Henry Webb, 25, gardener, b Melbourn

 

Thomas Chapple, 83, formerly blacksmith, b Balsham

 

Lucy West, 58, chapel keeper, b Herts

 

Maria Wedd, 79, old age pensioner, b Herts

 

Peartree Cottage:

Joseph Cooper, 31, carpenter builder, b Melbourn

 

William Chapman, 48, gardener, b Melbourn

 

James Ernest Green, 41, cement labourer, b Meldreth

 

George Stockbridge, 74, farm labourer, b Melbourn

 

Frederick Chapman, 29, horsekeeper on farm, b Melbourn

 

John Pateman, 49, traction engine driver, b Meldreth

 

John Chipperfield, 44, bricklayer, b Melbourn

 

Arthur Wedd, 50, goods carrier and farmer, b Melbourn

 

William Stockbridge, 46, horseman on farm, b Melbourn

 

Rial Abrey, 38, coal porter, b Meldreth

 

William Holland, 42, vegetable hawker, b Melbourn

 

David Chapman, 23, platelayer, b Melbourn

 

Carriers Arms:

David Wedd, 36, Campkins mineral water worker, b Whaddon

 

Frederick Charles Day, 41, horsekeeper on farm, b Melbourn

 

Ernest Pearce, 33, farm labourer, b Orwell

 

Alfred Colles, 34, platelayer, b Orwell

 

Alvan Barker, 68, formerly farm labourer, b Melbourn

 

Maria Blows, 58, charwoman, b Meldreth

[The Blows family lost their home in the 1915 fire]

 

Samuel George Barnes, 37, cement works labourer East Anglian Cement, b Melbourn

 

Edith Cattey, 76, b Melbourn

 

Walter Stanford, 48, farmer, b Melbourn

 

Ann Littlechild, 59, laundress, b Suffolk

 

Laurence Albert Handscombe, 29, carter, b London

 

Sarah Harrup, 66, b Melbourn

 

Henry Pepper, 52, farm labourer, b Meldreth

 

Mary Holland, 74, formerly washerwoman, b Melbourn

 

Martha Izzard, 89, b Melbourn

 

Thomas Abrey, 47, railway platelayer, b Meldreth

 

Edward Stanford, 76, formerly boot and shoe maker, b Melbourn

 

1939:

Peartree Cottage:

Joseph J Cooper, b 1910, asbestos sheet manufacturer (Decontamination Squad)

 

Rose Cottage:

William Chapman, b 1863, gardener retired

 

Georgina Waldock, b 1869

 

George C Smith, b 1900, asphalt potman heavy work

 

Frederick Chapman, b 1877, horse keeper

 

Ellen Baxter, b 1878

 

James Green, b 1870, labourer

 

Bertie Wedd, b 1898, farming

 

Robert Baxter, b 1904, horseman on farm

 

Mary A Stockbridge, b 1865

 

Wilfrid Ogden, b 1905, certificate elementary school teacher

 

Carriers Arms:

Eliza Newcomb, b 1875, license holder public house

 

William J Hart, b 1871, charge hand in paint works

 

Frederick C Beech, b 1872, porter signalman

 

Amelia Perkins, b 1894

 

Walter Stanford, b 1862, farmer

 

Charles J Croxall, b 1902, master builder (ARP Rescue)

 

William J Winter, b 1894, house painter

 

Edward A Woods, b 1886, cowman (Air Raid Warden)

 

Ellen Pepper, b 1882

 

CROSS LANE

Olive M Morley, b 1903, fruit picker in summer

 

 

 

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