Gwydir Street history

References to Gwydir Street in 1916 directory

This information was taken from Historical Directories. Apologies if I have made any mistakes. The printing is sometimes hard to read! Also, the search engine obviously uses OCR (optical character reader) which may not pick up all references.

Kelly's Directory of Cambridegshire, 1916
Kelly's Directories
Price twelve shillings (this would be 60p in modern money)

This directory has a street directory, as below. The Dewdrop Inn (number 85/87) is not mentioned by name although it is in the 1913 Spaldings directory. This also has the wrong house number for the Alexandra Arms, which is number 22.

Street directory - Gwydir Street

Norfolk Street to Mill Road - West Side
Last name	First name	Trade	House number
Bennett	John Robert & Sons	builders & contractors	3 Gwydir St
Abbs	Arthur G	butcher	15 Gwydir St
Legge	Daniel	fried fish shop	17 Gwydir St
Ambrose	Harry Edmund	builder	23 Gwydir St
Miller	Harry Edward	greengrocer	29 Gwydir St
Emery	George A.	Gwydir Arms P.H.	45 Gwydir St
Flack	Mrs Caroline	shopkeeper	47 Gwydir St
Pamphilon	Ned	builder	59 Gwydir St
Meadows	Walter	confectioner	69 Gwydir St
Sutcliffe	Richard	beer retailer	87 Gwydir St
Barnes	Frederick	Brewers' Arms P.H.	103 Gwydir St
Trudgett	Mrs Elizabeth	nurse	133 Gwydir St
Wesson	Miss Maria	dairy	135 Gwydir St
Butcher	Abraham	builder	137 Gwydir St
Hayward	Francis		139 Gwydir St
Worledge	Charles G		141 Gwydir St
Lambert	King		145 Gwydir St
Ablitt	Mrs		147 Gwydir St
Reynolds	Mrs		149 Gwydir St
Green	Mrs		151 Gwydir St
Beasley	Henry	painter	153 Gwydir St
Parr	Miss Agnes	dress maker	159 Gwydir St
Macgregor	Miss Isabella Murray	midwife	163 Gwydir St
Kent	John & Sons	slaters	167 Gwydir St
Kent	Miss Ruth	dress maker	167 Gwydir St
Dale	Frederick	brewer	Dales's Brewery
Norfolk Street to Mill Road - East Side
Last name	First name	Trade	House number
Fire Alarm
Plumb	Herbert	secondhand furniture dealer	Gwydir St
Long	Charles	secretary	Beaconsfield Club
Here is Milford Street
Johnson	George Samuel	Alexandra Arms P.H.	20 Gwydir St
Webb	Mrs Amelia	stationer	52 Gwydir St
Finbow	Charles	furniture remover	38 Gwydir St
Brown	C. & Sons	hardware men	64 Gwydir St
Loker	Frank	baker	74 Gwydir St
Glover	Mrs Jessie	draper	78 Gwydir St
Here is Hooper Street
Butler	Brothers	grocers	144 Gwydir St
Bigg	George	printer	144 Gwydir St
Deeks	Miss Annie M.	dressmaker	160 Gwydir St
Greening	Mrs		182 Gwydir St
Legge	Mrs		184 Gwydir St

Street directory - Upper Gwydir Street

Norfolk Street to Mill Road - West Side
Last name	First name	Trade	House number
Freeman, Hardy & Willis Ltd.		merchants	repairing depot Upper Gwydir St
Cook	Clare William	merchants	10 Upper Gwydir St

Cambridgeshire Population in 1911

Caxton	9,313
Chesterton	38,967
Cambridge	40,027
Linton	11,071
Newmarket	32,601
Ely	20,833
North Witchford	18,887
Whittlesey	7,587
Wisbech	36,833

The figures for Chesterton and Cambridge above, added together, is 78,994.
The population of Cambridge in 1991, excluding students, was 91,933.

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