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Mitchell House, Cottenham185 High Street, Mitchell House, Cottenham
History of Mitchell House
Villa c.1830.
Wall, and gatepiers and gates. c.1830. Gault brick wall, with cast iron gates and gatepiers. The piers are surmounted by urn finials.
Cottenham in Focus (2002) states that Marmaduke Ivatt built Mitchell House about 1847.
1841 unnamed approx.
John Nottage, 65, farmer
William Nottage, 35, thatcher
1851 unnamed
John Nottage, 76, land proprietor, b Cotttenham
William Nottage, 44, Baptist Minister thatcher and gardener, b Cottenham
1861 Mitchell House
Lydia Mary Hopper, 54, land proprietor
1871
Lydia Mary Hopper, 64, annuitant, b Ireland
Listed building
1881 Mitchell House
Jonathan Pauley, 22, plumber and glazier, b Cottenham
Caroline, 22, b Cottenham
William H, 3, b Cottenham
Ernest, 3 mos, b Cottenham
1882
John Morlin Goode rented the house from the Ivatts for £35 per year until 1904.
1891 Mitchell House
John Morlin Goode, 40, farmer, b Cottenham
Elizabeth Amelia, 31, b Cambridge
Annie Cole, 17, cook, b Suffolk
Alice Louisa Butler, 21, housemaid, b Swaffham Prior
1901
John M Goode, 50, living on own means
1904
John M Goode bought the house for £2,400. he pulled down a house that stood where the Topiary Tree shop is now sited.
1911
John Malin Goode, 60, farmer, b Cottenham
1932
Mrs Goode died and left over £153,000 in her will. A large bequest was made to Addenbrookes Hospital who named the Goode Ward after her. She was the daughter of John Swan, auctioneer and cabinet-maker whose premises stood at 18-19 Sidney Street.
1933
Mitchell House sold for just £1,400 to James De Graaff Hunter.
1939
Cecil Brackenbury, b 1881, Indian Civil Service retired (ARP First Aid Post)
Modern (185)
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