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17 Broadway, Merton House, Grantchester

History of Merton House

Listed Building:

Late C18 and mid C19 enlargement at the rear. Grey brick and tiled, mansard roof with dentil eaves cornice and flush end stacks.

For frequent mentions of the Lumby family see Mary Greene’s autobiography, The Joy of Remembering.

1891

Joseph Rawson Lumby, 56, clerk in Holy Orders, b Yorks

Luise Lumby, 34, wife, b Germany

Helen M Lumby, daughter, 29, hospital nurse, b Cambridge

Mary Lumby, daughter, 9, b Grantchester

Dora Lumby, 8, b Grantchester

Walter, 6, b Grantchester

Christopher, 2, b Grantchester

Frederick, 8 mos, b Grantchester

Ellen Atlesea, 34, cook, b Kirtland nr Newmarket

Rebecca Stulham, 27, house and parlourmaid, b Norfolk

Agnes Mary Clerk, 18, under housemaid, b Norfolk

Elizabeth Langford, 32, nursemaid, b Chesterton

Esther Bowman, 14, maid of all work,  b London

 

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