Old photos & postcards from Hauxton Road, Little Shelford
Photos of Hauxton Road include;
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The former brewery
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The old forge
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Houses demolished in the 1960s
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The railway crossing
To see photos of the former Prince Regent pub, click here.
Blacksmith Charles Elbourne pictured in front of the forge with his grandson Charlemagne around 1900. (He was born around 1893).
Fanny Wale wrote in ‘A Record of Shelford Parva’ about The Blacksmith’s Corner:
In 1916 Edward Elbourne is the blacksmith who works at the top of High Street, and his mother lives in the house behind the forge, where his father, Charles Elbourne died in 1908, but this photograph which was taken before this date shows him walking down Church Street when he was 68 years of age, accompanied by his little grandson Charlemagne, then 5 years and 8 months old; in 1914 he enlisted to fight the Germans.
The Elbourne Family is amongst the oldest inhabitants of Little Shelford. Their ancestors were here at the same time as the De Frevilles who were Lords of the Manor.
The forge is on the right. The house in the centre has been demolished.
The forge after it closed in the 20th century. The building was later demolished.
The Blacksmiths behind the pony and trap
A Chapel outing outside of The Forge going to Royston Heath in 1919. A water pump can be seen in a small fenced enclosure on the left of the photo. Fanny Wale said it was placed there to commemorate Queen Victoria's first jubilee. From Great & little Shelford in Old Picture Postcards by Margaret Ward.
The house adjoining Little Shelford forge in 1975
Blacksmith Edward Elbourne with his two sons Charlie and Malcolm lowering an iron tyre onto the wooden cartwheel.
The West End brewery on Hauxton Road, Little Shelford can be seen on the right. It was built before 1875 by Arthur Austin whose family were known as windmill builders. It closed in 1916 and was demolished in 1966.
The West End brewery on Hauxton Road, Little Shelford can be seen in the centre of the photo above. It was built in before 1875 by Arthur Austin whose family were known as windmill builders. It closed in 1916 and was demolished in 1966.
According to Fanny Wale's book, A Record of Shelford Parva, Little Shelford had a second brewery. "The Maltern Close house and brewery belonged to Suard Lofts, his wife and new born baby Ben were saved only just in time when the house was burned to the ground – therefore the child was christened with the names of the three men who are mentioned in the old Testament – Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego."
The home of Frederick Marshall at the junction of Hauxton Road and Newton Road. He build the Mount View Cottage in the 1920s. The brewery can be seen on the right.
The West End brewery on Hauxton Road, Little Shelford can be seen in the right of the photo. It was built in before 1875 by Arthur Austin whose family were known as windmill builders. It closed in 1916 and was demolished in 1966.
The last of these houses in Hauxton Road was demolished in the 1970s including the thatched cottage in the centre of the photo at the junction of Church Street and High Street.
Hauxton Road in 1927
Two milkmen from Manor Farm dairy pictured in Hauxton Road. They are Mr Amey on the left and Henry Ellis. They each carried a gallon can which would be refilled from the large churn carried on the float. When taken to the door, milk would be ladled into a jug provided by the householder. Milk was sometimes delivered twice a day to coincide with the morning and afternoon milking of the cows ensuring the milk was fresh even in hot weather. At the time of the photo, 1920, a pint of milk cost two old pennies, around one pence in decimal currency. But milk could be bought for 1.5 old pennies if collected from the farm.
The Cambridge to King's Cross line crossing on Hauxton Road. The line opened in 1851 although at that time it terminated at Royston. The District Nurse can be seen crossing the line - it could be Miss Laura May, a District Nurse for some time in the area. The butcher's boy from Great Shelford can be seen on the left.
Photos of Hauxton Road include;
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The former brewery
-
The old forge
-
Houses demolished in the 1960s
-
The railway crossing
To see photos of the former Prince Regent pub, click here.
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