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18 (10) Hills Road (4 Cintra Terrace)
History of 18 Hills Road
Pevsner notes (Cambridgeshire p. 327): the retained facade of Cintra House, originally added c 1860-5 to an early C19 four-storey terrace. The design is reportedly by John Edlin, in a very coarse eclectic style, with a row of roundels and heads sticking out of them.
1861
(10) uninhabited
Likely to have been the home of Alexander and Hannah Tracy in 1861. Certainly their home from 1865.
See http://millroadcemetery.org.uk/?s=alexander+tracy
1871
(10 Hills Road)
Mary Ann Papworth, 30, cook, b Fenstanton
Emili Barker, 20, housemaid, b Fenstanton
Emma Lester, 15, waiting maid, b March
Home of the Tracy family until their deaths in 1877
1881
(4 Cintra Terrace)
uninhabited
1891
Thomas McKenny Hughes, 58, University Professor of Geology
Mary Caroline
Thomas McKenny, 7, b Cambridge
George Ravenworth, 2, b Cambridge
Sarah Pament, servant, 37, cook,
Ellen Lee, 34, nurse, b Cambridge, b Norfolk
Alice Crampton, 29, parlourmaid, b Westmoreland
Annie Eliza Case, 27, housemaid, b Westmoreland
Eleanor Elsom, 15, kitchenmaid, b Essex
1901
Thomas M Hughes, 68, b Wales, Professor of Geology at Cambridge University
Mary C, 38, b Westmoreland
George R, 12,
Alfred W, 5,
Ellen See, 42, b Norfolk, nurse
Sarah Bate, 33, b Worcs, cook
Mary Griffin, 18, b Worcs, parlourmaid
Paula Schmatz, 18, b Germany, housemaid
Agnes Pearson, 16, b Cumberland, kitchenmaid
Thomas McKenny Hughes (1832-1917) was professor of geology at Cambridge University. He was a key figure in the establishment of the Sedgwick Museum.
Mary Caroline Weston was the daughter of Rev G F Weston of Crosby Ravensworth. They had three sons. Tom was killed in 1918 while carrying out aerial reconnaissance behind enemy lines; George was clerk to the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths and Alfred became an entomologist.
In 1911 the family were living at 21 Brooklands Avenue in the house called Ravensworth.
1939
(Flat 1) Ralph Brown, b 1898, school master
James Buchanan, b 1901, school master, auxiliary fire service Cambridge
(Flat 2) Constance Wootten, 1875, retired
(Flat 5) Charles W B Wright, b 1882, research worker
Kathleen A Wright, b 1887
Elizabeth Ferry, b 1857, medical nurse retired
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