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Rowland Morris Fawcett

3 Scroope Terrace, Trumpington Street

3 Scroope Terrace

Romilly moved to Scroope Terrace from Hills Road after Margaret’s death.

1851

Joseph Romilly, 59, clergyman without cure of souls and registrary of university, b Middlesex [also 3 Benet Place in 1861]

Lucy, sister, 52, b Middlesex

Harriet Sandfield, servant, 25, b Cambridge

Theodosia Russell, 28, servant, b Kent

In 1848 (2 December) Romilly noted: Harriet Sandfield’s birthday: Lucy and I each gave her 10/- to begin an account at the Savings Bank.

Romilly’s editor notes that Harriett was the faithful maid of whom naturally little is known beyond what Romilly relates. She was a local girl, protégée of Lucy, and only in her twenties, who was to refuse two offers of marriage to stay with her master.

1861

1871

Roland Morris Fawcett, 67, general practitioner, b Cumberland

Elizabeth, 71, b Leics

Fanny Hurry, 60, cook, b Cherry Hinton

Frances Waller, 23, parlour maid, b Hunts

Louisa Fayers, 15, house maid, b Wood Ditton

Frederick Bradford, 30, coachman gardener, b Babraham

http://millroadcemetery.org.uk/fawcett-edward/

The River Cam’s sewage problem – 1870

1891

William Milner Fawcett, 58, architect, b Yorks

1909 death of William Milner Fawcett

William Milner Fawcett – the Architect for Victorian Cambridge

1911

Emily Fawcett, 67, widow, b Leeds

Emma Clarke, visitor, 76, widow, b Leics

Mary Elizabeth, sister, 61, b Hereford

Ada Jane Brooker, 40, companion to lady, b Kent

Elizabeth Curson, cook, 40, b Norfolk

Annie Bailey, housemaid, 26, b Norfolk

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