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129 Chesterton Road, Portland Arms

History of 129 Chesterton Road

1861

John Rich, 24, publican, Girton

Ann, 25, b Cambridge

Robert, 9 mos, b Chesterton

Sarah Amy, niece, 11, b Cambridge

John Levitt, boarder, 22, labourer, b Horningsea

George Poole, lodger, 42, miller, b West Wratten

Sophia Dewey, 21, servant, b Witcham

In 1841 John Rich was living at Bunker’s Hill, Girton

In 1871 the Rich family were at 33 Market Hill

1930s – 1950s:

This was the HQ of the 12th Cambridge Milton Road School Scouts. The Rovers were based at  “The Adventurer”, Scout Dock, Riverside Court, Chesterton Road, (c 1950).

 

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