7 - 9 Station Road Swavesey9 Station Road, Church End, High Street, Swavesey
History of 9 Station Road, Swavesey
1871: High Street
Steven Middleton, 45, railway lab, b Swavesey
Esther, 45, b Fen Drayton
Harriet H, 13, b Swavesey
Charles, 17, ag.lab., b Swavesey
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1881:
John Payne, 48, hay and chaff dealer, b Swavesey
Emma, 45, b Swavesey
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1891:
Eliza R Holmes, 19, b Childerley
Benjamin, 8m, b Swavesey
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1901: unnumbered
Esther Roby, widow, 70, b Fen Drayton, lame from broken ankle not from childhood
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1911: unnumbered
Benjamin Thorp, 39, cycle agent, b Swavesey
Hannah, 26, b Westmoreland
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1913:
The house of Mr. Ben Thorp, the well-known cyclist and skater, stood next in the path of the flames, with workshops
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and evele and motor stores at the back. All the buildings were alight before the rescuers had had time to remove very much, but the more valuable part of Mr. Thorp’s stock-in-trade was saved. with, it is hoped, the greater part of the valuable cups and other trophies be has won in various sporting events. Mr. Thorp himself was away in London.
9 & 11 were built on the site of the cottages burned down in 1913.
Station Road, Swavesey.. Description