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Two adjacent two-storey brick houses on a street corner, featuring sash windows, slate roofs, and chimneys against a blue sky.

7 – 9 Station Road Swavesey

7 Station Road, Church End, High Street, Swavesey

History of 7 Station Road

1871 High Street

Aaron Metcalfe, 46, thatcher

Esther

Martha A, 12, b Swavesey

James

William D, 9, b Swavesey

Edmund, 7

Samuel Day Metcalf, 5


1881

Aaron Metcalfe, 56, thatcher, b Swavesey

Esther, 55, b Swavesey

James, 24, carpenter out of employ, b Swavesey

Edmund, 19, bricklayer, b Swavesey

Samuel, 15, thatchers son, b Swavesey

Susan Day, mother in law, widow, 79, annuitant, b Swavesey


1891

Esther Metcalfe, 65, b Swavesey

William D, 27, cowkeeper and grazier, b Swavesey

Martha A, 32, servant, b Swavesey

Selina E M, grand daughter, 2, b Cambridge


1901unnumbered

Esther Metcalfe, widow, 75, living on own means, b Swavesey


1911

Alfred John Willson, 32, grocers assistant, b Oakington

Rachel Willson, 32,  b Histon

Phyllis, 3, b Swavesey

A sepia-toned view of a village street with brick houses, a wooden hut in the distance, and trees against a pale sky.

Church End, High Street end, Mr Wilson grocers on far right; also on right next to flag pole, Mr Parrish, shoe repairer, Mr Bond shoe repairer in wooden hut straight ahead (Alan Lee Swavesey collection)


1913

Mr. A. J. Willson’s brick and slated house escaped destruction, but kept smouldering, and was very seriously damaged later in the day.

A street view showing fire-damaged buildings, a person with a pram, and figures in dark clothing with ruins in the background.

Swavesey, west end of Station Road after the 1913 fire. Thatched barn which missed fire. (Alan Lee Swavesey collection)


1925-1935

Home of Alfred Wilson who used one of the front rooms as a sweet shop.

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