Britannia Place, East Road

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History of Britannia Place, East Road

1861

Brittania [sic] Lodging House:

Elizabeth Machin, 70, lodging house keeper, Yorks

Britannia Place:

William Gee, 37, carter, b Cambridge

etc…

1881

(8)

John Alsop, 41, blacksmith, b Chatteris

Anne, 41, b Suffolk

George, 19, blacksmith’s apprentice, b Suffolk

Annie, 17, b Suffolk

John P, 15, b Cambridge

Arthur, 14, b Cambridge

Ethel, 12, b Cambridge

Louise, 10, b Cambridge

Lillian, 8, b Cambridge

Edith, 6, b Cambridge

Agnes, 4, b Cambridge

Elizabeth, 2, b Cambridge

Jospeh, 3 weeks, b Cambridge

Mary, 3 weeks, b Cambridge

John Thomas Alsop was born in Chatteris in 1839, son of a blacksmith, george Alsop. In 1860 he married Anne Snelling. By 1884 he was described as an ‘Art Iron Worker and Smith.’ By 1887 his older sons were being taken into the business. His business was called The Britannia Works after the Britannia Inn opposite.

For Alsop family after 1881 see 85 East Road.

1913

William Reed Richardson, labourer
Mrs Moore
Charles Blackwell, labourer
Mrs Pope, charwoman
Albert Chapman, carman
Mrs Elizabeth Utteridge
James brown
Charles Everitt, cab proprietor
William Haynes

Joseph Utteridge: Private 24789, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 8th August 1918. Born and enlisted Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 3. See also Cambridge Guildhall (St Paul’s Roll of Honour)

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