Melbourn Lodge, High Street
The Lodge, 78 High Street, Melbourn
History of the Lodge
Listed building:
House. c.1830. Grey brick front wall and brick of more random colour to side and rear walls. Welsh slate roof, hipped, with boarded wood eaves cornice. Symmetrical internal stacks with entablature.
In 1842 the house was owned and occupied by John Hitch.
1911 The Lodge
Mary Anne Dandy, 74, private means, b London
Lizzie, 40, b London
Emily, 38, b London
Fanny, 35, b London
Ethel Maud King, 20, servant, b Melbourn
1938
On the morning of 12th August two Hawker Demons of No 64 Squadron based at Digby in Lincolnshire had fuel related problems. The pilot and navigator of one plane parachuted and the plane crashed into the grounds of The Lodge. The crash caused the breaking of some windows.
Hawker Demons of 23 Squadron
1939 The Lodge
Barbara G Duff, b 1910
David S Duff, author journalist, b 1912 (Sergt 118 LAA Battery)
Geoffrey Baines, b 1916, schoolmaster (118 LAA Battery)
Janet Duff, b 1916, riding mistress
Ethel May, b 1877
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