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12 Lyndewode Road
History of 12 Lyndewode Road
1901
Samuel Legerton, draper
Emily A
Florence H, 26
The Legerton family were previously at 18 Market Street.
1906
From Cambridge Independent Press – Friday 18 May 1906
Death Mr. S. M. Legerton.- The death of Mr. Samuel Martin Legerton took place at his residence, 1, Lyndewode-road. on Tuesday. Mr. Legerton, who was 66 years of age, caught a chill while travelling across London last week, and pneumonia set in. During the thirty years or more he had lived in Cambridge, Mr. Legerton built up a flourishing business a draper, in Market-street. A good natured, genial, and straightforward man, he was esteemed by all who knew him in commercial, as well as in private life. Mr. Legerton was staunch Liberal and had served for several years on the General Committee of the Cambridge and County Liberal Club. He was great lover of music, and was keenly interested in the Liberal Club Musical Society, of which he had been President. Mr. Legerton was a member of the Emmanuel Congregational Church, and at one time was in the choir.
Gravestone Inscription at Mill Road Cemetery
In Loving Memory of SAMUEL MARTIN LEGERTON d May 15 1906 aged 66 also of EMILY ANN LEGERTON beloved wife of the above d April 17 1914 aged 74
After S M Legerton’s death, his son Samuel Frank Legerton took over the business.
1911
Edward McClure Campbell, 46, b Ireland
Matilda Beatrice, 44, b Ireland
Dennis McClure, 10, b Cambridge
Edward Cormier, 7, b Cambridge
Kate Elizabeth Turner, cook, 21, b Great Wratting
George Albert Thornalley, house boy, 17, b Suffolk
In 1901 the Campbell family were living at 36 Warkworth Street.
In 1913 the Campbell family were living at 41 Hills Road
1913
Douglas Aston
Walter Douglas Aston
Captain, 1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Died of wounds 2nd November 1917. Aged 35. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Aston, Riversdale, Shelley Road, Worthing; husband of Mrs. Carrie Oline Aston (nee Anderson), (B.A. (1905) Kansas University), 12, Lyndewood Road, Cambridge, later of Kansas, USA. Married at Morganville, Kansas, in 1911. Entered Downing College as minor scholar in 1901. Placed in First Class of Law Tripos Parts 1 & 2 in 1904 respectively, Senior Jurist in 1905, gained the Whelwell Scholarship for International Law in 1906. Colours for rugby, rowing and lawn tennis. Elected Fellow of Downing College in 1907 and later appointed steward, librarian and lecturer in law. Called to the Bar in 1910, he attained success as a law lecturer at Cambridge. Joined Cambridge University OTC in 1914, commissioned 17th A[ril 1915, 2/1st Bn. Cambridgeshire Regiment. To 3/1st Bn. on 20th June 1917. Despite short-sightedness, he was qualified as a first-class shot and was battalion musketry instructor. Joined 1/1st Battalion on 24th September 1917. Six weeks with battalion when he was wounded in the neck 2nd November 1917, and died same day. Commanding officer wrote: “…a keen and hardworking brother officer; a serious loss, as he was doing valuable work for us.” Another officer wrote: “…one whose example of living was that of a Christian gentleman.” Buried in Lijssenthoek British Military Cemetery, Poperinghe, Plot XXI. Row FF. Grave 13. See also Cambridge Guildhall (St Paul’s Roll of Honour)
1962
Mrs C M Church
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