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108A York Street, Cambridge

History of 108a York Street

1881

Number 108A is not on the 1881 Census

1891

Number 108A is not on the 1891 Census

1899-1901

The Electoral Register for these few years shows a Henry Thurston living here.

1901

Arthur Moule, head, 24, 1877, Cambridge
Ellen Moule, wife, 24, 1877, Bedford, Bedfordshire
Agnes Moule, daughter, 6 months, 1900, Cambridge

Arthur doesn’t appear on the electoral register for 108A York Street and the house itself doesn’t appear again until 1908.

Arthur is buried in Mill Road Cemetery.

1908-1909

Arthur Johnson liv es here briefly before moving next door to 108.

1910

There’s no entry on the Electoral Register for 1910.  However, the 1910 Land Tax shows a David Lethbridge as the tenant for 108a York Street.  David, 47, is from Yorkshire and his wife Charlotte, 30,  from Fordham.  They appear on the 1911 Census living in Trowbridge, Wiltshire with their three children.  He’s a general dealer and salesman.

He reappears between 1919 and 1930 living at 50-52 Kingston Street.

1911 – 1913

Horace Benjamin Percy Clark, 25, unemployed carpenter, b. Cambridge

Mary Clark, 33, domestic, b. Wilburton, Cambridgeshire

Elsie Clark, 3, b. Cambridge

Mary and Horace have been married for five years and have one child.  They live here until at least 1913.  When Electoral Registers start again after the First World War a different family is living here.

1918-1966

The Cambridge family.

Sources: 1901, 1911 UK Census, 1910 Land Tax, Cambridgeshire Electoral Registers (1722-1966), Mill Road Cemetery,

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