66 Ainsworth Street

66 Ainsworth Street

Number 66 is one of a terrace of four houses with front gardens on the east side of Ainsworth Street.

The Burgess Lists for Barnwell from 1872–1873 show that Sarah Clayborn (see 1891 census below) was registered as a householder living on AInsworth Street as early as 1872.

1881 census

Benjamin Hinde, lodger, 16, errand boy, b. Only [Olney], Buckinghamshire

On census night, Sarah Clayborn – the likely head of household –  was staying at Holly House, Clarendon Road, the home of John B Myers and his family, including baby Norman Myers, less than a month old. Sarah, as a sick nurse (see below), was probably employed to look after his mother Agnes.

The only person at no. 66 on this night in 1881 was the lodger, Benjamin Hinde.  We don’t know how long he lived here, but we do know that in January 1882 he joined the Suffolk Regiment, claiming to be 19.  By 1888 he was married to Rebecca Stevens in Swaffham Prior.  He then served in the military until 1903 and then joined the Reservists as a Sergeant Major during World War I.

1891 census

Sarah Clayborn, widow, 76, sick nurse, b. Teversham, Cambridgeshire

Sarah Clayborn died in 1894.

1901 census

George W Richford, head, 32, bookbinder, b. Cambridge
Emma J Richford, wife, 31, b. Brighton, Sussex
Arthur G Richford, son, 4, b. Cambridge

1911 census

George Richford, head, 42, bookbinder, general printer, b. Cambridge
Emma Richford, wife, 41, b. Brighton, Sussex
Arthur Richford, son, 14, b. Cambridge

George and Emma Richford had been married for 16 years and had one child.

1921 census

George William Richford, head, 52, bookbinder, W Heffer & Sons, b. Cambridge
Emma Jane Richford, wife, 52, home duties, b. Brighton, Sussex
Arthur George Richford, son, 24, compositor, Express Printing, b. Cambridge

George Richford worked as a bookbinder for printer and publisher W Heffer & Sons, on Hills Road. His son Arthur was a compositor for Express Printing at 36 King Street.

Source: 1881–1921 Census, UK, British Army World War I Pension Records 1914-1920, Cambridgeshire, England, Electoral Registers, Burgess Rolls and Poll Books, 1722-1966