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Melbourn Lodge, High Street

The Lodge, 78 High Street, Melbourn

History of the Lodge

Listed building:

House. c.1830. Grey brick front wall and brick of more random colour to side and rear walls. Welsh slate roof, hipped, with boarded wood eaves cornice. Symmetrical internal stacks with entablature.

In 1842 the house was owned and occupied by John Hitch.

1911 The Lodge

Mary Anne Dandy, 74, private means, b London

Lizzie, 40, b London

Emily, 38, b London

Fanny, 35, b London

Ethel Maud King, 20, servant, b Melbourn

1939 The Lodge

Barbara G Duff, b 1910

David S Duff, author journalist, b 1912 (Sergt 118 LAA Battery)

Geoffrey Baines, b 1916, schoolmaster (118 LAA Battery)

Janet Duff, b 1916, riding mistress

Ethel May, b 1877

 

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