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1886 Ordnance Survey map fragment showing street blocks, houses, St John's Church, and an infant school around Plantation Row.

Plantation Row, Cambridge, OS 1886

Plantation Row, Cambridge

History of Plantation Row

1851

(1) William Aves, 38, labourer, b Cambridge

(2) Robert Wilby, 36, upholsterer

(3)

Ann Hart, 39 , laundress, b Haslingfield

Mary Ann, 21, dressmaker, b Haslingfield

Jane, 16, shoebinder, b Comberton

Susanna Allgood, visitor, 21, staymaker, b Caldecote

Margarett Allgood, daughter, 10ms,  b Cambridge

In 1849 Mary Ann Hart was arrested for streetwalking and sent to the Spinning House.

In 1850 Jane is also committed to the Spinning House

(4) Samuel Palmer, 60, taylor


1913

  1. Mrs Smith
  2. John Pratt, labourer
  3. W S Whitehead, carriage painter
  4. Charles Squires, painter

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