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22 Clarendon Street

17 Orchard Street / 22 Clarendon Street, The Two Swans

History of The Two Swans

22 Clarendon Street

1861

(Entry 197) – Previous entry is #41 Orchard Street

Daniel Fletcher Dyball, 33, Baker, b. Cambridge

Louisa Dyball, 34, b. Boro Green, Cambs

Edwin Fletcher Dyball, 6m, b. Cambridge

Elizabeth Smith, 12, b. Boro Green, Cambs

Louisa Smith , 9, b. Salisbury, Wilts

1871

Thomas Janeway, 44, Baker & Confectioner, b. Shingay, Cambs

Eliza Janeway, 42, b. Cambridge

Eliza Smyth, 44, Teacher & Agent to Fallen Women, b. Cambridge

1878

John Clarke (1878)

1881

John Clark, 53, Labourer & General Shopkeeper, b. Cambridge

Eliza Clark, 51, Lodging Hoiusekeeper

Eliza Smyth, 48, Teacher of Music, b. Cambridge

James L Ball, 37, Telegraph Supt, b. Peterborough

Kate M Harradine, 13, Servant

1891

(Entry 168/District 2) – previous entry 167 is Elm Cottage, Elm Street

John Clark, 63, Bricklayer Labourer, b. Cambridge

Eliza Clark, 62,b. Cambridge

Henry Curson, 66, Lodger, Tailor b. Cambridge

Sam Layton Ball, 47, Telegraphist, b. Peterboro

Elizabeth Betts, 13, Servant, b. Gt Besford, Beds

MRC – Sam Ball

http://millroadcemetery.org.uk/ball-sam-layton/

1895

Spalding notes that Samuel L Ball is chief telegraph clerk

1901 no entry

1911

Percy Wing, 28, Grocer, b. Cambridge

Mary Wing, 29, b. Willingham

Vera Wing, 1, b. Cambridge

Esther Todd, 65, Boarder, Seamstress, b. Cambridge

1913 The Two Swans

Percy Wing, grocer, off-licensed beer house

1962 Percy Wing, grocer

(17 Orchard Street):

1962 Henry W Wheeler

See:

https://www.closedpubs.co.uk/cambridgeshire/cambridge_twoswans.html

Down Your Street, 1986, describes how Prince Richard, later the Duke of Gloucester, lived in Victoria Street while a student at Magdalene College. He used to patronise the local shop, Percy Wong’s, at the corner of Clarendon Street. His preference was Ribena lollies. Wong’s developed a reputation for looking after its more elderly clients.

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