George H Bryan

3, Thornlea, Chaucer Road, Cambridge

History of 3 Chaucer Road

1884

Dr J B Bryan

1891

George Hartley Bryan, mathematician

1898

Edwin R Barrett

1907

Miss C Barrett

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1910

Thornlea, Chaucer Road — burglary, 9 September 1910
‘Thornlea’, a large house in Chaucer Road, was the scene of a daring burglary. Entry was gained by cutting away the wood of the kitchen window, outside which were blurred footprints, showing the burglar wore socks over his boots. He crawled through a small opening in the wall to get into the dining room and broke open a lady’s work box with a poker. He then took food from the larder and smoked a cigar but ignored the silver candlesticks and other valuable ornaments. The owners were asleep upstairs at the time. CWN 09 09 10
Credit: Mike Petty, Cambridge TRUMPINGTON ROAD Area Scrapbook, entry 1910 09 09.

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1937

Henry Bazely Christopher English, Headmaster St Faith’s School. He lived here until his death in 1958.

1958

Mrs English

1970

Mrs H E V Ford, wife of a Canadian pilot

1974

House occupied by squatters

1987

House demolished

1989

New house built