Notes for: Elijah Lawrence
Cambridge Independent Press 13 Oct 1883:
Property Sale. - On Thursday evening last, Messrs. Catling and Mann sold several properties at their sale rooms. . . .
They also sold nine plots of building ground in the parish of Trumpington, with frontages of 32 feet each, and with depths varying from 100 feet 9 inches to 72 feet 6 inches. They were sold as follows: - Lot 1 - Mr. Arthur Gentle, £61. - Lot 2 - Mr. Saml. Gentle, £60. Lot 3 - Mr. Thos. Harrington, £60. Lot 4 - Mr. Thomas Peters, £60. Lot 5 - Mr. Harry Benton, £53. Lot 6 - Mr. Elijah Lawrence, £51. Lot 7 - Mr. Charles Scott, £50. Lots 8 and 9 - Mr. C Scott, £92.
Cambridge Independent Press 4 Dec 1886:
POLICE INTELLIGENCE
CAMBRIDGE DIVISION PETTY SESSIONS
SATURDAY. - Before I.H. Wilkinson, Esq (presiding), Col. Wale, the Rev. - Latham, S. Hurrell, Esq. and Rev. C. Wilkinson.
IMPURE WELLS AT TRUMPINGTON
Arthur Gentle and Samuel Gentle, of Trumpington, Henry Benton, of Grantchester; Thomas Harrington, of Trumpington; Charles Scott and Arthur Gentle, also of Trumpington: Thomas Brooks Bumpstead and Elijah Lawrence, of Trumpington, were all and severally summoned for having wells upon their premises, the water of which was unfit for domestic purpose, and to show cause why the said wells should not be closed. - Mr. Symonds appeared for the Chesterton Rural Sanitary Authority. In the cases of Lawrence and Bumpstead, the cases were dismissed, owing to the public analyst’s report not being forthcoming - The cases of Harrington and Benton were adjourned.
From the Bury and Norwich Post, 23 Aug 1898: Blacksmiths -- Wanted, a Young Man, as Shoeing and Jobbing Smith, constant employment. -- Apply E. Lawrence, Trumpington, Cambridge.
Cambridge Daily News 16 Jan 1931: Elijah Lawrence learned the trade of blacksmith under his elder brother, James Lawrence of Harston and took over the smithy at Trumpington where he worked for nearly 50 years. He was a keen and competent tradesman, shoeing a considerable number of horses before advancing years caused him to transfer the business to his son-in-law. He had grown more feeble but a fortnight previously was driving himself in his pony-cart.