1 Gwydir Street

History of 1 Gwydir Street

CCJ (17.9.1870) Meeting of the Cambridge Vaccination Committee, for the purpose of giving defaulting parents and opportunity to state their reasons for not complying with the act….. in the case of James Drake of Gwydir Street and Herbert Teeks of Bateman Street, both children had been vaccinated and certificates sent – in the latter instance to the wrong registrar.

1871 unnumbered

James Drake, 37, woodcarver, b Cambridge
Hannah
Susan, 11, b Cambridge
Jane, 10, b Great Shelford
Thomas
James
Hannah
Henry

1881

Hannah Drake, head, widow, 50 laundress, b Suffolk
Thomas, son, 18, tailor, b Great Shelford
James, son, 16, painter’s apprentice, b Great Shelford
Hannah, daughter, 13, b Cambridge
Henry, son, 11, scholar, b Cambridge
Ellen, daughter, 9, b Cambridge
Clara Turner, 17, servant, b Cambridge

1891

Hannah Drake, 60, laundress, b Suffolk
Henry, 21, bricklayer’s labourer, b Cambridge
Ellen, 19, b Cambridge

1901

John Sivell, 44, greengrocer, b Cambridge
Eliza, 40, b Westwick
William, 22, bricklayer, b Cambridge
Percy S, 18, bookbinder’s apprentice, b Cambridge
Frank, 16, compositor’s apprentice, b Cambridge
Ernest, 4, b Cambridge
Alfred, 4, b Cambridge

1904

John Sivile, greengrocer

1941-1946

Edward Davis
Alice
Augusta Mabel

For Augusta’s reminiscences visit: https://www.theedkins.co.uk/jo/gwydir/house1.htm

1962

Not listed.

After WWII the house was demolished to make way for an electricity sub station.

The substation was removed and in around 1996 another house was built that matches the style of the adjoining no. 3.