CHAUCER ROAD

CHAUCER ROAD and SOUTHACRE DRIVE

NOTES:

A. Much more information about these houses, and many (but by no means all) of the people listed, can be found in “Rus in Urbe”, by Jane M Renfrew, Magnus A Renfrew and John K Rose, published by Solachra, Cambridge, in 1996.

B. Please read the general notes about these street pages.

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CHAUCER ROAD

1 Chaucer Road

Vicarsbrook

1880-1901 Louis and Harriett (Dixon) Borissow with children

1881-91 Miss Fanny Fordham [nurse]

1888-92 Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji

1891 Miss Clara Peppercorn [cook]

1901-31 John and Susanna (Edmonstone) Venn

1932-70 Robert and Sibyl (Schuster) Hutton with children

1939 George and Brita (Tragardh) Angeloglou

1945 Leonard and Hilda (Cargill) Hawkes

1946-47 William and Helen (Nalder) Phillips

1948-59 Mrs Alice (Hutton) Davy (Robert Hutton’s sister)

1948-58 Mrs Alice (Smith) Jeffery

1950-59 Denis and Daphne (Tyser) Beggs

1964-65 Gordon and Christina Donaldson

House demolished in 1987.

2 Chaucer Road (4 Chaucer Road before 1932)

Woodlands, Woodland Grange

1881 Henry and Rebecca (Rowell) Tomlison with children

1891-93 Philip and Kezia (Ingle) Knowles with children

1895-1907 Mrs Jessie (Kennedy) Redfern with son William Redfern

1904 Charles Williams

1910-11 James (later Sir James) Jeans

1913-45 Reginald and Frances (Foster) Appach with children

1936-37 Miss Florence Hensby [cook]

From 1948 the house became the headquarters of the Cambridge University Air Squadron, and later also the University Royal Naval Unit.

1950 Terence and Margaret (Rontoul) Parrock

1953-63 Sydney and Fanny (Weber) Hodges [caretaker]

1964-70 Benjamin and Lucy (Booker) Hardman

3 Chaucer Road

Thornlea

1884-94 James and Eliza (Hartley) Bryan with daughter in law Mrs Fanny (Martell) Bryan and grandson George Bryan

1898-1936 Edwin Barrett with sister Miss Catherine Barrett

1937-70 Henry and Violet (Bullough) English

House demolished in 1987, and then rebuilt.

5 Chaucer Road

St Rhadegund’s

1881-85 Henry and Charlotte (Barnes) Morgan with children

1887-91 Mrs Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Kitson with children

1891 Miss Sophy Smith [kitchen maid]

1895-1936 Sir Clifford and Susan (England) Allbutt

1911 Miss Amy Watkins [housemaid] with sister Miss Julia Watkins [cook]

1930-36 Miss Sarah Pampling

1939-64 Robert and Eileen (Tait) Howland with sister in law Mrs Geraldine (Debenham) Tait

About 1942 Geoffrey Winthrop Young

5a Chaucer Road

Fawley

1939-47 John and Aileen (Masefield) Draper

1946-47 Miss Marion Hardy

1948-70 Mrs Christine (Wilson) Murray-Allen

1953-54 Martin Reardon

5b Chaucer Road

1945-53 Mrs Anna (Dunne) Crutchley with daughter Miss Enid Crutchley

1954 Vivian and Laura (Grunstein) Gaster with daughter Miss Elizabeth Gaster

1957-65 Private

St Rhadegund’s Cottage (was 7 Chaucer Road)

1884-88 Alexander and Lizzy (Haslop) Holden [coachman]

1895-1930 William and Annie Moore [gardener]

6 Chaucer Road

Birnam House, Owlbrigg, Dalberg

1883-88 Ephraim and Caroline (Hanchett) Wayman

1888-91 William and Margaret (Watt) Caldwell and children

1894-95 Richard and Frances (Bazley) Assheton with son Richard T Assheton

1895-1902 John (Baron Acton) and Marie Dalberg-Acton with children

1905-33 William and Margaret Briggs with William’s children

1930 William Charlo [butler]

1935-38 Leonard and Anna (Kilner) Elliott-Binns with sister Miss Florence Binns

Flat 1, 6 Chaucer Road

1951-57 Charles Sells

1951-58 John and Mary (Blair) Lant

1959 Dyfrig and Clare Morgan

1960 Robert and Dorothy (Gabe) Coleman

Flat 2, 6 Chaucer Road

1958 Michael and Rebecca (Reynolds) Posner

Owlbrigg Cottage (was 4 or 6a Chaucer Road)

1929-31 Albert and Martha (Chapman) Chaplin [gardener] with daughter Iris Chaplin

1934-35 James and Ada (Butcher) Haynes [gardener] with son James W Haynes

1936-50 Russell and Laura (Darby) Knight [gardener]

7 Chaucer Road

1939-51 James and Edith (Jordan) Bethune-Baker

1951 Arnold Bursill

1951-59 Mrs May (Lilley) Creed with children

1952-53 David and Joan (Cushen) Rees

1959-70 David and Mary (Harris) Clark

8 Chaucer Road (10 Chaucer Road before 1932)

Willowbank, Willowbrook

1891 Alfred and Mary (Seels) Cooke

1900-24 Harry and Mary (England) Cronin with son Clifford Cronin

1901-11 Miss Kate Sargent [parlourmaid, housekeeper]

1926-28 Alexander and Mina (MacLennan) Pearce Higgins with son Alexander G Pearce Higgins

1929-55 George Heffer with sisters Misses Kate, Lucy and Emma Heffer and mother Mrs Mary (Crick) Heffer

1937-48 Mrs Alice (Newling) Peppercorn [cook-housekeeper] with daughter Miss Edna Peppercorn [housemaid]

1956-70 Frederick and Mair (Jones) Spratling

9 Chaucer Road

Edwinstowe

1895-1919 Arthur and Anna (Tyrer) Bishop with children

1901-11 Miss Thurza Harper [parlourmaid, housemaid]

1911 Miss Catherine Wilson [housemaid]

1920-29 Edward and Ethel (Evans) Hopkinson

1931-41 Miss Margaret Locke with aunt Miss Jessie Watson

1936-37 Miss Sarah Grist [servant]

1938-39 Miss Sarah Hagger [cook]

From 1945 Edwinstowe was a Red Cross home for the elderly.

10 Chaucer Road (12 Chaucer Road before 1932)

York House

1901-53 Alan and Maude (Vickers) Gray with children

1930-52 Miss Dorothy Lander [parlourmaid]

1937-39 Miss Laura Neaves [cook-housekeeper]

1937-46 Miss Gladys Simons [housemaid]

1945-46 Miss Esmee Bushnell

1953 Edvard and Elisabeth (Raverat) Hambro

1954-70 Mark and Sophie (Raverat) Pryor (Elisabeth’s sister)

10a Chaucer Road

1949-50 Alan and Caroline (Hearse) Gray (grandson of Alan and Maude)

1951 Leonard and Yvonne (Keele) Olyott

1952-57 Private

1958 Anthony and Mary (Deane) Weston-Webb

11 Chaucer Road

Dalreagh

1906-34 Arthur and Alice (Bales) Chaplin with children and Alice’s niece Miss Ethel Sizer

1935-53 George and Margaret (Walker) Hawkins

1937-39 Miss Kate Fordham [cook]

1955-70 Maurice and Philippa (Pass) Hill

11a Chaucer Road

1967-77 Archibald and Margaret (Keynes) Hill (Maurice’s parents)

12 Chaucer Road (14 Chaucer Road before 1932)

Thursley

1907-11 William and Edith (Ashhurst) Coplestone with children

1911 William and Hannah (Meloy) Chapman [gardener]

1919-26 Reginald and Lottie (Chadwick) Branston with daughter Joan Branston

1927-28 Norman and Muriel (Phillips) Holloway

1929-35 Alfred and Mary (McFarlane) Barclay

1935-38 Reginald and Lottie (Chadwick) Branston with daughter Joan Branston

1936-37 Miss Florence Arbon [parlourmaid]

1936-37 Miss Eva Metcalfe

1936-37 Miss Bessie Missen

1939-49 Sydney (later Sir Sydney) and Marjorie (Dykes) Roberts with Mrs Winifred (Moore) Roberts (daughter in law of Sydney and Marjorie)

1939 Michael (later Baron) Swann (Sydney Roberts’ stepson)

1939 Miss Helen Burling [cook] with sister Miss Maud Burling [parlourmaid]

1946-47 Robert and Winifred (Wombwell) Hewitt

1949-50 Reginald and Ruth (Fletcher) Kingsford

1951-70 Donald and Jessie (Prior) Denman

12a Chaucer Road

1950-70 Mrs Winifred (Moore) Roberts

12b Chaucer Road

1949-51 Kenneth and Cecilia (Cochrane) Meakin

1955-58 Elihu (later Sir Elihu) and Judith (Hettinger) Lauterpacht

1958-59 Anthony and Ellen (Ware) Waterson

14 Chaucer Road

1959 Lady Margaret (Clarke) Alexander

1960-68 Mrs Charlotte (Alexander) Carey (Lady Alexander’s daughter)

1969-70 Sir Edward and Margery (Hatfield) Gordon Jones

14a Chaucer Road

1956-63 John and Patience (Fairbairn) Purdy

15 Chaucer Road

Heyroun, Showells

1895-1903 Walter and Ethel (Ruston) Heape with children

1904-15 Marshall and Helen (Clarke) Jonas with children

1919-39 Henry and Irene (Hope) Law

1930-39 Mrs Martha (Collett) Brand [ladies maid]

1934-39 Andrew Botto [butler]

1935-36 Miss Marjorie Moore [cook]

1939 Miss Florence Arbon [parlourmaid]

1946-52 Mrs Irene (Hope) Law

1946-52 Miss Florence Arbon [parlourmaid]

1946-52 Reginald and Edna (Callaby) Peters

1949-52 Miss Daisy Alsop [cook]

1953 Arnold Bursill

1955-70 Cyril and Doris (Lyon) Deane

16 Chaucer Road (20 Chaucer Road before 1932)

1931-90 Philip and Beryl (Trevelyan) Durrant

1945 David and Joan (Perring) Stockdale

1946 Miss Alice Battensby

1947-48 George and Cecily (Howell) Slack

17 Chaucer Road

Claife

1932-69 George and Marjorie (Smith) Green

1935-62 Miss Olive Gunn [servant]

1945-48 Gerald and Florence (Murray) Vivian

18 Chaucer Road (22 Chaucer Road before 1932)

The White House

1931-43 John and Millicent (Clift) Barker

1944-49 John and Gladys (Jarman) Barker

1950-70 Richard and Lily (Tie Ten Quee) Jackson

1953-54 Mrs Kathleen (Kaile) Kessick

18a Chaucer Road

1956 Bruce and Stella (Crook) Somes-Charlton

19 Chaucer Road (23 Chaucer Road before 1932)

Harefield

1904-62 Charles and Grace (Blenkin) Pollock with children

1911 Miss Ada Northrop [parlourmaid]

1949 Anthony and Margaret (Sparrow) Gardner-Brown

1965-67 John and Margaret Perry with mother Mrs Edith (Sharpless) Perry

1968-83 Donald Kellaway

20 Chaucer Road

1932-56 John and Greta (Braun) Burkill with children

1939 Harry Reuter

1947 Sydney and Laura (Dale) Hook

1957-67 Asher and Shirley (Austin) Korner

21 Chaucer Road (25 Chaucer Road before 1932)

St Guthlac’s, Southmead

1904-06 George and Katherine (March) Blenkin

1907-23 Francis and Margaret (Stewart) Jenkinson

1925-48 James and Ada (Walker) Andrews with children

1937-39 Miss Stella Osborne [housemaid]

Flat 1, 21 Chaucer Road

1952 Ernest and Marjorie (Hibbard) Rupp

1953 Ralph and Nancy (Stuckey) Lapwood

1959-62 John and Doris (Rich) Thoday

Flat 2, 21 Chaucer Road

1952 Michael and Irene (Woolf) Halliday

1955 Leslie and Hassai (Levinson) Orgel

1957-58 Robert and Marie (Eyermann) Loinsworth

1968 Keith (later Sir Keith) and Mary (Land) Sinclair

1969 Alan (later Sir Alan) and Margaret Rushton

22 Chaucer Road

Fen House

1932-94 Travers and Alice (Kingham) Wyatt with children

1934-46 Miss Florence Porter [children’s nurse]

1939 Augustus and Eleanor (Riley) Diamond

1945-61 Miss Ada Sharp

1949-70 Miss Ethel Grace Osborn [housekeeper]

23 Chaucer Road (27 Chaucer Road before 1932)

Upwater Lodge

1902-56 Sir William and Catherine (Holt) Dampier (Dampier Whetham) with children and mother Mrs Mary (Dampier) Whetham and sister Miss Alice Whetham (Dampier)

1957-62 Miss Edith Whetham (daughter of Sir William and Catherine) 10285

1911 Miss Eliza Cambridge [housemaid]

1947-63 Miss Eva Mortlock [servant]

1964-70 Private

23a Chaucer Road

1946-56 Alan and Margaret (Whetham) Anderson (daughter of Sir William and Catherine)

23b Chaucer Road

1954-63 Private

26 Chaucer Road (now 26a Chaucer Road)

Upwater Cottage

1910-30 Harry and Eleanor (Davidson) Rose [coachman & gardener] with children

1930-34 William and Ethel (Todd) Folk [gardener, servant]

1935-39 Percy and Norah (Hart) Boot [chauffeur-gardener] with children

1945-52 Donald and Annie [Plumb] Holmes [gardener]

1954-70 William and Hilda (Hortop) Sowden

Keeper’s Cottage, Coe Fen Cottage (abutting 26a Chaucer Road)

1861 Charles and Louisa (Young) Cottage with children

1863-76 Samuel and Mary (Jefferies) Clarke with children

1881 Alfred and Caroline (Alcock) Brett with son Albert Brett

1891-97 John and Eliza (Daniel) Griffin with children

1901 Alfred and Elizabeth (Clements) Archbold

1907 Folkard and Eliza (Everett) Green

SOUTHACRE DRIVE

These propertiess were originally in the grounds of Southacre, and accessed from Latham Road. In 1988-89 Southacre Drive was constructed, providing the present day access.

11 Southacre Drive

Southacre Coachman’s House, Garage House, Southacre Cottage

1889-1901 Read and Sarah (Haylock) Wade

1904-05 Arthur Bell

1929-36 Robert and Constance (Pettit) Benton with son Robert W Benton

1943-49 Christopher and Margaret (Kershaw) Marsden

1953 John and Barbara (Sadler) Rishbeth

1955-70 Ralph Sadler with mother Mrs Ellen (Simpson) Sadler

Flat 6, University Flats, Southacre Drive

1952-70 John and Delia (Simpson) Agar

Flat 7, University Flats, Southacre Drive

1955 Robert and Nellie (Warner) Stepney