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Custance map of Cambridge, 1798. Site of White Horse Inn

Northampton Street (Bell Lane)

History of Bell Lane

1799

Richard Kidman lived in Northampton Street at this time. He was implicated in the theft of silver with a man called Grimshaw. Grimshaw was arrested and executed; Kidman was transported. In 1810 Kidman returned to Cambridge and became a clock repairer.

Kidman, Northampton Street (MoC)

George III, 1813 Act, covering road between St Neots and Cambridge

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