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12 Market Hill

History of 12 Market Hill

1851

Henry Eaden, 48, wine merchant, b Cambridge

Caroline, 54, b London

Louisa Pettit, 23, b Cambridge

Jane Amell, 24, cook, b Cambridge


1861

Henry Eaden, 58, wine merchant


1892

National Telephone Company set up an exchange in Cambridge. Within 4 years it had 128 subscribers. In 1908 the company offices moved to 2 Alexandra Street.

12 Market Hill, National Telephone Company c.1900 (Cambridgeshire Collection)

The poles and wires of the telephone company are clearly visible.

 

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1901

(Grapes Tavern, Nat. Tel Co,)

George B Vaughan, 27, telephone night operator and ??, b London


1913

Fribourg & Treyer, tobacconists and cigar merchants

12a: Edward Fordham


1982

Les Gurner, Don Pasquale and Cockerell Road


In 2018 occupied by restaurant Don Pasquale.

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