Given that 165 Mill Road is the location of what was Harwood House in 1881, it seems very probable that 163 is the location of Wilden House which in 1881, according to the census, lay between Harwood House and Sedgewick Street.
1881 Wilden House, Mill Road
George Grayston, 29, joiner, b Linton
Mary Ann née Spurgeon, 32, b Essex
Nellie, 4, b Cambridge
Haddon J, 3, b Cambridge
Walter C, 10m, b Cambridge
Mary A Digby, nursemaid, 13, b Essex
In 1891 George Grayston is back in High Street, Linton.
In 1861 George was in the High Street, Linton.
According to family history, George developed a range of skills after leaving home – builder, carpenter, cooper, brewer, undertaker, registrar as well as learning to play the cello. He specialised in Gothic carpentry and probably worked on the designs of Pugin and the design and repair of university buildings.
Before Mary Ann was married she lived in Bocking, Essex and probably worked at the Courtaulds Silk Mill there.
1911
Walter Grayston, 30, joiner, b Cambridge
Rose, 30, b Sleaford
Charles, 2, b Cambridge
In WWI Walter was in the Inland Water Division of the Royal Garrison Artillery. After WWI the family moved to Sleaford, Lincs.
1962 –
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