Burleigh Place Cambridge (RGL2026)

Burleigh Place, Burleigh Street

History of Burleigh Place, Burleigh Street

For data on recipients of Cambridge Charity Organisation Society support see Mapping Relief.

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The original buildings disappeared in the development of the Kite in the 1970s.

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1851

(1) James East

(2) Thomas Evans

(3) Jonathan Apthorpe

(4) William Tomlin

(5) Sarah Ladds

(6) Elias Palmer

(7) William Kemmence

(8) Thomas Freeman

(9) James Sivell

(10) Mary Ann Halls

(11) Richard Williamson

(12) Robert Hardy

(13) Edward Beadsworth

(14) William Cracknall

(15) Ann Layton

(16) Susannah Maile

(17) Thomas Wood

(18) Elizabeth Etherwood

(19)

Joseph Warland, 60, fly man, b Bassingbourn

Sarah, 45, b Button

Sarah, 20, b Cambridge

Thomas, 18, shoe makers apprentice, b Cambridge

Richard,  15, errand boy, b Cambridge

Arthur, 11, b Cambridge

Sarah was arrested by the proctors for streetwalking in 1850 but then admonished and discharged by the vice chancellor.

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1891

(13)

Colin Betson, 35, general labourer, b Cambridge

Eliza, 33, b Suffolk

David, 11, b Cambridge

Edwin, 9, b Cambridge

Alice, 7, b Cambridge

Colin, 5, b Cambridge

Harry, 3, b Cambridge

Thomas, 1, b Cambridge

Ruiz, Town and Gown Prostitution, 2022, refers to the Betson family as an example where Coilin Arthur Betson was prosecuted in 1891 by the Cambridge Poor-Law Union for abandoning his family.

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1911

(8a)

Alfred Shadbolt, 42, widower, cabdriver, b Cambridge

Stanley Arthur, 11, b Cambridge

Gwedline Irine, 9, b Cambridge

Doris Edith, 7, b Cambridge

Herbert Harold Norman, 5, b Cambridge

Susnah Morley, 60, housekeeper, b Cambridge

In 1915, when Mr Shadbolt was prosecuted by the NSPCC the family were at 90 New Street.

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1913

2. Walter Hawkes, butcher’s slaughter house

3. Mrs Bullen

4. Thomas Barrett, labourer

5. Robert Reed

6. Richard Barrett, labourer

7. Mrs Parker

8. Walter Rolls, tailor

9. Abraham Langford

10. Mrs Hayden

11. Mrs Emily C Ransome, charwoman

12. Mrs Doggett

13. Frederick Williams

14. James Sherringham

15. Mrs Ludman

16. Mrs Dye

17. George Clark, labourer

18. Mrs O’Hare

19. E J Hempstead, labourer

20. Mrs Nelson

21, Mrs Betson

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1939

2. Marsh and Howard, slaughterhouse

3. H J Hall

4. Thomas Barrett, labourer

5 & 6 demolished

9. Mrs Bentley

10. Mrs Doggett

11. Miss Ransome, nurse attendant

Sheds

13. Edward Williams

14. Mrs Wing

15. Horace G Goodrum

18. Mrs S Brown

19. Electric Co. entrance to store