10 Willow Walk

History of 10 Willow Walk

1820

Cambridge Chronicle 11 Aug “the Public Baths no.10 [Willow Walk] which have been long in preparation, will be opened on Monday next, the 14th.Terms for warm or cold bathing may be known by applying to Mr Carter on the premises.”

1851

Fanny Vials

1861

William Crosbie, 49, brewers clerk, b Scotland

1911

Arthur George Curzon, 56, printer’s reader, b Cambridge

Sarah Elizabeth, 54, b Cambridge

Arthur William Harry, 28, printer’s reader, b Cambridge

Frances Eliza, 21, dressmaker, b Cambridge

Rosa Louise, 14, b Edinburgh

Arthur junior worked for the Cambridge University press. In founded the 1st Cambridgeshire Sea Scouts. He enlisted in the Cambridgeshire Regiment. He was killed in action 8th July 1917 in Belgium. He wrote a letter home describing conditions at the front which can be found on the Mill Road Cemetery web site.

Another son, Frederick Barton Curzon, who had left home and was living in Surrey, was also a printer’s reader and had joined the King’s Royal Rifle Corps. He fell ill in France and was brought back to England where he died on 12 February 1917 aged 32.

See his entry on the Mill Road Cemetery site.

1913

Arthur George Curzon, printers reader

Misses Curzon. They were two sisters. At one time they kept a haberdashery on the Fair Street corner. The large plate-glass window of the shop is now incorporated into the Church Army Hostel.

1967

Robin and Jenny Anderson bought the house for £2,500. They made one large room out of six small ones; they also discovered that they shared a well with no.9 and the original earth closet at the end of the garden.