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Jakenett Almshouses, King Street

94 (49) King Street, Jakenett Almshouses

94 King Street

Jakenett Almshouses from A New Guide to the University and Town of Cambridge 1831

1861 (49)

Sarah Smith, 82, servant, b Longmeadow Cambs

1881 (49)

Elizabeth Farron

1901 (49)

Sarah Ann Reeves, 70, inmate of almshouse

Mary Ann Emmett, 75, inmate

Harriet Stubbings, 79, inmate

1913

Miss Hannah Harvey

Mrs Neaves

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Mrs Mary Miller

1962

5 Mrs Cornwall

6 Mrs Parsons

7 Miss Beales

8 Mrs Taylor

1974

94 King Street, 1974 (MoC 616-618/74)

Looking towards the Horse and Groom Public House from the ‘Four :amps’ end of the street. Pikes Walk leads off to the left. The alms houses were used at the time as a night shelter for the homeless.

2024

Rear of Jakenett almhouses, King Street, seen from Pike’s Walk (RGL2024)

 

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