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1 Claremont, Hills Road

History of 1 Claremont Hills Road

Pevsner, (Cambridgeshire p.328) calls Claremont ‘a charming close of two short, middle-range 1860s terraces facing a gravelled garden.’


1884-1890

Home of the Michell family, John and Grace, and their three children, George, Grace and Amelia. Another son, John Henry, was a resident at Trinity College. George attended the Perse Grammar and studied engineering at Cambridge University. Both John Henry and Anthony George became Fellows of the Royal Society.

George Michell 1870-1959

Anthony George Maldon Michell

For more information about the Michell family:

See Royal Society Biographical Memoirs

https://archive.org/details/p2alumnicantabri04univuoft/page/404/mode/2up

 

1891

John H Haydon, 27, schoolmaster, born London

Annie, 33, wife, born Cambridge

Alice J W, sister, 32, born London

Douglas B H, son, born Cambridge

Mary A Sansom, 17, born Cambridge

Mary A Coe, 14, born Horningsea


1901

William R Stevens, wid., 60, Captain R.N. (retired), born Hants

Winifred E K, daughter, 25, born Devon

Mary A L, daughter, 20, born Hants

Florence G Elliott, 26, servant, born Cambridge


1911

William Richards Stevens

Ethel Maria Stevens, daughter, 38, single, born Devon

Alice Erie Stevens, daughter, 32, single, birn Hants

Mary Adelaide Lundy Stevens, daughter, 30, single, born Hants

Mary Ann Rolph, servant, 24, born Little Wilbraham


1913

Capt W R Stevens, R.N.

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