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A gravel driveway entrance framed by yellow brick gate piers and a matching wall with a sign reading 78 Melbourn Lodge.

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.

Six biplane aircraft fly in a formation against a cloudy sky, with one plane leading clearly in the foreground.

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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