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River Farm, Latham Road

History of River Farm

1836

Lilley Edlestone

See Clay Farm

1843

Lilley Edlestone, 183 acres with 7 men

1859

Thomas Wallis Bland, former landlord of Green Man, Trumpington

1871

Thomas Bland, 200 acres 10 men 6 boys

1881

Thomas Bland, 290 acres 12 men 3 boys

1912
Alexander Towler

1901, 1911 & 1921 censuses:

Alexander Towler 1869 -1920. Died 05.12.1920 at River Farm, Latham Road. Listed in 1901, 1911, 1921 census as at River Farm. Farmed at Grange Farm, Madingley Road then River Farm, Latham Road. Successful breeder and exhibitor of Shire Horses. Special Constable 1914-1919. Married Matilda Lees 1865 (or 6?) – 1941 from Reed in Hertfordshire. Died 05.11.1941 at 4 Montagu Road, Cambridge. (Towler family history note 2024)

1921

Oswald Duke (his brother Henry farmed Clay farm, Long Road)

1932

John Webster, from Lode

1938

Harold Webster

1975

4/5 veterinary students lived here

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