17 Cavendish Avenue, Hanley House (Villa), Cambridge

History of 17 Cavendish Avenue

1911

Frederick William Thomas Oldham 34, umbrella maker, born Kilburn

Agnes Louisa 34 born Cambridge

Ida Louise 9 born St Johns Cambridge

Percy William 8 born St Johns Cambridge

Kathleen Mary 6 born St Johns Cambridge

Agnes May 4 born St Johns Cambridge

Fredrick Edward 1 born St Johns Cambridge

Ashley Frank 4 months born St Johns Cambridge

Elizabeth Norman, domestic servant, 16, born Needingworth

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In 1908 F W T Oldham was Church Warden at St John’s. In 1900 he had married Edward Baldock‘s daughter. In 1901 they were living at 18 Blinco Grove.

In 1913 the Oldham family moved to 12 Arbury Road.

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WWI – Mr William Thompson was convicted of not shading or reducing the lights or screening the window of a room on the ground floor and was fined 5s.

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1938 10 07
William Coad of Cavendish Avenue has come up with an answer to the need for underground A.R.P. shelters. His scheme is to construct a sub-way car park underneath Cambridge Market Square with inlet and outlet ramps, which, in the event of an emergency, could be converted into an effective shelter accommodating several thousand people. A nominal car-parking fee would eventually pay for the initial outlay and alleviate the need for suitable garaging for business men coming into the town. 38 10 07 # c.44.6

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1939

William Coad, b 1884, draper chairman of limited co.,

Ethel, b 1921, milliner

Margaret Diver, b 1916, domestic help