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23 Green Street (photo CL 2022)23 Green Street
History of 23 Green Street
The building is believed to date from the early 17th century and may be the oldest building in Green Street. Next to no. 23 adjoining and extending into Trinity Street, stood the old printing offices of the Cambridge Chronicle. When they removed to Market Hill in 1836, Metcalfe and Palmer took over the premises and in the 1868 the Cambridge Express came into being. When the old property was demolished in 1876, five feet was added to the narrow entrance into Trinity Street.
1841
Elizabeth Fynn, 60
William Fynn, 24, tailor
Martha, 24
William, 4
James, 2
1851
William Fynn, 37, tailor, b Cambridge
Martha, 36, b Shelford
William, 14, tailor, b Cambridge
James, 4, b Cambridge
Samuel, 5, b Cambridge
Lucy, 2, b Cambridge
Robert, 6 mos, b Cambridge
Elizabeth, mother, 72, formerly bedmaker, b Cambridge
Sarah Coe, aunt, 64, b Cambridge
1861
William Fynn, 59, bookbinder and parish clerk, b Cambridge
Sarah, wife, 42, b Ely
Frederick Garner, stepson, 25, tobacconist, b Cambridge
Fanny Briggs, stepdaughter, 15, b Cambridge
Fanny Chapman, 13, servant, b Cambridge
No. 23 Green Street circa 1900 looking west
The photo above shows no. 23 centre. On the right are buildings on the corner with Trinity Street that were later rebuilt.
1871
Mary Flack, 26, housekeeper, b Stow cum Quy
Louisa Ann, sister, 22, hosier’s shop assistant, b Cambridge
Robert Charles, brother, 21, tailor’s clerk, b Cambridge
Hugh William, brother, 17, printer compositor, b Cambridge
Charles Algernon Smith, lodger, 27, newspaper proprietor, b Northants
1874
Miss M Flack, lodging house keeper
1881
Robert Charles Flack, 31, master tailor employer 5 men 1 boy, b Cambridge
Mary, 36, b Quy
Hugh William, brother, 27, printer and compositor, b Cambridge
William Charles Mactaggart, 19, law student, b Indonesia (Java,Batavia)
1891
Mary Flack, 46, lodging house keeper, b Quy
Robert S Morrell, 23, teacher of Natural Science, b Yorks
In 1901 Mary Flack was at 4 Wrays Court
1901
Edward A Hoppett, 46, print seller, b Cambridge
1913
James Rossiter, picture frame maker
1937
Miss Charlotte K Webster, confectioner
1962
E W Matthews, hairdresser
Kenneth Twist, architect
1970
D T G Matthews, hairdresser
1981
Donald and Raymond Matthews, hairdressers
2018
The Mane Lounge
2021
CSL, beauty salon
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