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37 Sturton Street, Cambridge

A Laundress and a Journeyman Plumber

A large, dense leafy bush obscures the front of a brick terraced house at 37 Sturton Street behind a low brick garden wall.

1881

Samuel S. Saward, head, married, 31, telegraphist (G E Railway), b. Clapton, Middlesex
Annie Maria Saward, wife, married, 29, b. St Ives, Huntingdonshire
Lionel O. S. Saward, son, 4, scholar, b. Cambridge
Victor Hubert Saward, son, 2, b. Cambridge
Louis Poirson, lodger, unmarried, 24, cook Spiers & Pond, France

(Spiers & Pond created cafes at railway stations, owned theatre restaurants and hotels.)

1891

Mary Ann Ayres, 70, Widow, Laundress, b. Little Hadham, Hertfordshire

1901

Harriet Vigins, 42, (not Head, not Widow, married), b. London

Eva Vigins, 11, b. Cambridge

1911

Walter Parmiter, head, 40, married, journeyman plumber, b. Portsmouth
Addelaide Parmiter, wife, 30, married, b. Cambridge
Amy Parmiter, daughter, 6, b. Cambridge
Addelaide Parmiter, daughter, 5, b. Cambridge
Rose Parmiter, daughter, 2, b. Cambridge
Married 7 years, 3 children

Walter boarded at number 3 Sturton Street in 1901.

1939

Edward and Catherin Flood live here in 1939, having previously lived at 10 Ainsworth Street.  Edward is a baker and recorded as being an ARP.  His son Claude lives next door at number 35.

Sources – 1881, 1891, 1901 UK Census, 1939 Register,

Building dates

  • Built 1900–1929
Source for this date
  • Built 1900–1929: EPC construction age band: 1900–1929

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