16 Sleaford Street, (5) (13), Cambridge

The History of 16 Sleaford Street

Number 16 Sleaford Street appears on the 1881 Census as number 5, and on the 1891 Census as number 13.  By 1901 it has the modern numbering of 16 Sleaford Street.

1881 (number 5)

Elizabeth A J Taylor, 14, book sewer, b. Witchford, Ely

Florence G Taylor, 9, scholar, b. Chesterton

Francis A Taylor, 6, scholar, b. Chesterton

Frank Taylor, 3, scholar, b. Chesterton

No parents are recorded, so must have been away from home on the night of the census.

1891 (number 13)

Joshua Windwood, 50, tailor, b. Hitchen, Hertfordshire

Eliza Windwood, 48, b. London

Eliza M A Windwood,18, domestic servant, b. Hitchen, Hertfordshire

George Windwood, 15, school teacher, b. Hitchen, Hertfordshire

William Windwood, 13, errand boy, b. Hitchen, Hertfordshire

Joshua Windwood, 10, scholar, b. Cambridge

Philip S Windwood, 7, scholar, b. Cambridge

Sources: 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 & 1921 UK Census, 1888 OS Town Plan of Cambridge, 1901 revised map of Cambridge