A local history and genealogy site for Wimpole, a village and parish in South Cambridgeshire. Curated by Steve Odell.

Hall Staff and Employees Working on the Wimpole Estate (c1905) Photograph loaned by Grace Eversden of Arrington

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Brewery Cottages, New Orwell, c1905 Nos 15 to 19 Cambridge Road (left) Nos 21 to 33 Cambridge Road (right) The seven cottages on the right were built c1876 for workers employed at the new Meyer's brewery. The three cottages on the left have been traced back to at least the 1840s, pre-dating the brewery complex. The brewery buildings (probably owned by brewers J. and J.E. Phillips Ltd by this time) can be glimpsed over the cottage rooftops on the left. From an original postcard dated c1905 Image loaned by Brenda and Michael Skinner (2014).

Cambridge Road  (Schedule ---) [Then in the Parish of Orwell] [Blacksmiths Shop/Forge] [Now rebuilt as 'Elcon House, 15a Cambridge Road' in the Parish of Wimpole'.] [At the very end of the original 1901 Census document covering Cambridge Road/New Orwell, there is a crossed-out entry that simply reads "Cambridge Road, Newell & Sons, Blacksmith's Shop". My understanding is that their blacksmith's shop was the first building on the south side of Cambridge Road when entering Wimpole from the Cambridge direction (above left). I have therefore relocated the crossed-out record to this location until someone tells me otherwise. No residents were recorded. See two other related photographs here. The building in 1901 was mainly of timber construction as seen above, the modern building, on approximately the same footprint, is all-brick. The building later became a cycle and motorcycle sales repair shop and later still, a roadside cafe. It is now a private residence. The Newell family were also the publicans at the "Queen Victoria" public house (see Schedule 140 below).] [Note: (1) Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.]

Cambridge Road  [New Orwell]  (Schedule 129) [Then in the Parish of Orwell] [Now '15 Cambridge Road' in the Parish of Wimpole. See also Schedule 130 immediately below.] Edward WILKINS Head M 30 Worker, Horsekeeper Arrington, Cambridgeshire Lily WILKINS Wife M 31 - Orwell, Cambridgeshire Henry WILKINS Son - 9 - Orwell, Cambridgeshire Percy WILKINS Son - 6 - Orwell, Cambridgeshire Oswold WILKINS Son - 3 - Orwell, Cambridgeshire Ida WILKINS Daughter - 1 - Orwell, Cambridgeshire [Notes: (1) Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole. (2) This cottage has been traced back to at least the 1840s and thus was not built as part of the brewery complex.]

New Orwell  (Schedule 130) [Then in the Parish of Orwell.] [Originally 'No 17' in its own right. However, the two properties at No 15 and No 17 were combined into a single dwelling, 'No 15 Cambridge Road' being retained as the overall address. Now in the Parish of Wimpole. 'No 17 Cambridge Road' doesn't exist today as a separate address. See also Schedule 129 above.] William S[tacey] REED (1) Head M 33 Agricultural Labourer Wimpole, Cambridgeshire Sarah A[nn] REED (1) Wife M 44 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire [Notes: (1) William Stacey Reed married Sarah Ann Spacksman at Wimpole Parish Church on 28 October 1899. (2) Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole. (3) This cottage has been traced back to at least the 1840s and thus was not built as part of the brewery complex.]

New Orwell  (Schedule 131) [Then in the Parish of Orwell] [Now '19 Cambridge Road', in the Parish of Wimpole.] Henry WILKINS Head M 38 Groom Arrington, Cambridgeshire Emily A WILKINS Wife M 34 - Orwell, Cambridgeshire Hilda M WILKINS Daughter - 10 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire [Notes: (1) Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole. (2) This cottage has been traced back to at least the 1840s and thus was not built as part of the brewery complex.]

New Orwell  (Schedule 132) [Then in the Parish of Orwell.] [Now '21 Cambridge Road', in the Parish of Wimpole.] George RODWELL Head M 33 Gardener Domestic Peasenhill, Suffolk Kate RODWELL Wife M 33 - Godalming, Surrey [Notes: (1) These seven cottages were built c1876, originally to house workers at Philip and Arthur H Meyer's Orwell Brewery. See also the Old Brewery Building. (2) Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.]

New Orwell  (Schedule 133) [Then in the Parish of Orwell.] [Now '23 Cambridge Road', in the Parish of Wimpole.] Robert H[enry] RAYNER Head M 52 Labourer in Garden Arrington, Cambridgeshire Martha RAYNER (2) Wife M 48 Grocer General, own a/c working at home. Croydon, Cambridgeshire [Notes: (1) Robert Henry Rayner married Martha Law at Arrington on 12 November 1873. (2) For some years this property was the Wimpole village shop run by Mrs Rayner. Look at the centre of the image above, and you can identify the shop by the small name board over the ground floor window. (3) These seven cottages were built c1876, originally to house workers at Philip and Arthur H Meyer's Orwell Brewery. See also the Old Brewery Building. (4) Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.]

New Orwell  (Schedule 134) [Then in the Parish of Orwell] [Now '25 Cambridge Road', in the Parish of Wimpole.] Arthur E[dward] TAYLOR Head M 29 Horsekeeper Watlington, Norfolk Sarah J[ane] TAYLOR Wife M 27   Arrington, Cambridgeshire [Notes: (1) Arthur Edward Taylor married Sarah Jane Payne at Arrington on the 26 December 1898. (2) These seven cottages were built c1876, originally to house workers at Philip and Arthur H Meyer's Orwell Brewery. See also the Old Brewery Building. (3) Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.]

Cambridge Road  [New Orwell]  (Schedule 135) [Then in the Parish of Orwell.] [Now '27 Cambridge Road' in the Parish of Wimpole.] David BULLEN Head M 33 Ordinary Labourer Wimpole, Cambridgeshire Mary A[nn] BULLEN (1) Wife M 30 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire John BULLEN (2) Son - 2 - Orwell, Cambridgeshire [Note: (1) David Bullen, 30, labourer, married Mary Ann Clarke, in Wimpole Parish Church on 29 April 1897. (2) John Bullen, baptised at Wimpole on 5 May 1899. (3) David died 14 May 1936, aged 69, Mary died 29 April 1939, also aged 69, both at Arrington Almshouses. (4) These seven cottages were built c1876, originally to house workers at Philip and Arthur H Meyer's Orwell Brewery. See also the Old Brewery Building. (5) Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.]

New Orwell  (Schedule 136) [Then in the Parish of Orwell] [Now '29 Cambridge Road, in the Parish of Wimpole'.] William WILKINS Head M 35 Horse Keeper Arrington, Cambridgeshire Selina WILKINS Wife M 33 - Orwell, Cambridgeshire George WILKINS Son - 13 Plough Boy Orwell, Cambridgeshire William WILKINS Son - 12 - Orwell, Cambridgeshire Sidney WILKINS Son - 9 - Orwell, Cambridgeshire Edward WILKINS Son - 7 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire Arthur WILKINS Son - 5 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire Ellen WILKINS Daughter - 3 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire Reginald WILKINS Son - 2 - Orwell, Cambridgeshire Albert WILKINS Son - 3m - Orwell, Cambridgeshire [Notes: (1) These seven cottages were built c1876, originally to house workers at Philip and Arthur H Meyer's Orwell Brewery. See also the Old Brewery Building. (2) Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.]

Cambridge Road  [New Orwell]  (Schedule 137) [Then in the Parish of Orwell.] [Originally 'No 31' in its own right. However, the two properties at No 31 and No 33 were combined into a single dwelling (in the 1980s?), No 31 being retained as the overall address. Now in the Parish of Wimpole. See also Schedule 138 immediately below.] Rebecca WILKINS Head W 65 - Arrington, Cambridgeshire Arthur WILKINS Son S 26 Ordinary Labourer Arrington, Cambridgeshire Ralph WILKINS Son S 22 Horse Keeper Orwell, Cambridgeshire [Notes: (1) Edward Wilkins married Rebecca Smith at Arrington on 13 October 1857. (1) These seven cottages were built c1876, originally to house workers at Philip and Arthur H Meyer's Orwell Brewery. See also the Old Brewery Building. (2) Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.]

Cambridge Road  [New Orwell]  (Schedule 138) [Then in the Parish of Orwell.] [Originally 'No 33'. However, the two properties at No 31 and No 33 Cambridge Road were combined into a single dwelling (in the 1980s?), 'No 31 Cambridge Road, Wimpole', being retained as the overall address. Now in the Parish of Wimpole. See also Schedule 137 immediately above. 'Number 33' has now been re-used for a new property built in 2014.] Charles J[ohn C.] RULE (1)(2) Head M 39 Cement Packer Wimpole, Cambridgeshire Mary A RULE (2) Wife M 37 - Wimpole, Cambridgeshire Else G RULE Daughter - 10 - Arrington, Cambridgeshire [Notes: (1) Charles John Clarke Rule, baptised at Wimpole 12 October 1862. Mother Emily (Emma) Rule. No father listed. Note 'Clarke' in given name. Emily (Emma) Rule married Samuel Clark(e) a year later at Wimpole (14 October 1863). See also Wimpole Census (Part Two) Schedule 32. (2) Charles John Rule (assumed son of Samuel Clarke) married Mary Ann Goats at Wimpole on 3rd May 1888. (3) These seven cottages were built c1876, originally to house workers at Philip and Arthur H Meyer's Orwell Brewery. See also the Old Brewery Building. (4) Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.]

Two photographs of "Oatlands" (renamed "Orwell Grange" from c1908). On the left are some cycling ladies photographed outside the front door c1905. On the right is a rather unkept [and unoccupied) Orwell Grange at the time of the second post-WW1 sale in 1922. Oatlands  [New Orwell]  (Schedule 139) [Then in the Parish of Orwell.] [Now ''Orwell Grange', Cambridge Road' in the Parish of Wimpole'.] Phillip MEYER Head S 72 Retired Brewer & Farmer Arrington, Cambridgeshire Arthur H[ugh] MEYER Brother S 66 Retired Brewer & Farmer Arrington, Cambridgeshire Hannah BONNET Sister W 73 - Arrington, Cambridgeshire John BONNET Visitor S 50 Solicitor Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Harriet BONNET - S 59 - Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Florence COLLIN Servant S 21 Parlour Maid, Domestic Arrington, Cambridgeshire Martha CHILDERLEY Servant S 16 Housemaid, Domestic Longstowe, Cambridgeshire [Notes: (1) Philip (1829-?) and Arthur Hugh Meyer (1835-1909) were brothers, born in Arrington to parents James Hugh Meyer and Hannah Haydon. (2) Oatlands was built c1876 by brothers Philip and Arthur, situated behind their Orwell Brewery. (3) David Miller has a page on the Orwell Brewery and some of the history of 'Oatlands' on Orwell Past and Present. (4) See also The Old Brewery Building page on this site. (5) Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.]

Foreman's House c1908 Foreman's House  [Brewery]  (Schedule ---) [Then in the Parish of Orwell] [Building demolished c1910s. Site now ''Brewery House' 37 Cambridge Road', in the Parish of Wimpole.] Unoccupied on date of Census. [Notes: (1) Not scheduled or detailed on the Census documentation. Just a blank line and a tick in the unoccupied column. (2) This house was built c1876, originally to house the Works Foreman at Philip and Arthur H Meyer's Orwell Brewery. (3) Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.]

Manager's House (Rose Villa) c1908 with the old Brewery buildings in the background Manager's House  [Brewery]  (Schedule ---) [Then in the Parish of Orwell] [Now ''Rose Villa', 39 Cambridge Road', in the Parish of Wimpole.] Unoccupied on date of Census. [Notes: (1) Not scheduled or detailed on the Census documentation. Just a blank line and a tick in the unoccupied column. (2) This house was built c1876, originally to house the Works Manager at Philip and Arthur H Meyer's 'Orwell Brewery'. (3) Following a parish boundary change in 1999, this "New Orwell" property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.]

"The Queen Victoria" Tavern in Cambridge Road, looking eastwards towards Cambridge and photographed around 1905. The inn sign says 'Fine Royston Ales'. The Estate Cottages are on the left of Cambridge Road. The 'Manager's House' is on the right (centre image). Tavern, Cambridge Road  ["The Queen Victoria" PH, New Orwell]  (Schedule 140) [Then in the Parish of Orwell.] [Building demolished, replaced by the Majestic Garage, replaced in turn with new residential housing c2010. Now in the Parish of Wimpole.] Oliver NEWELL Head M 56 Blacksmith Orwell, Cambridgeshire Martha NEWELL Wife M 54 - Guilden Morden, Cambs William [George] NEWELL (1) Son S 24 Blacksmith Orwell, Cambridgeshire Richard NEWELL Son S 22 Blacksmith Orwell, Cambridgeshire Jessie NEWELL Daughter S 14 - Orwell, Cambridgeshire James WALKER Lodger S 13 - Guilden Morden, Cambs. [Notes: (1) William George Newell died 19 March 1967, aged 91, is buried in Wimpole Churchyard together with wife Katherine Elizabeth Newell, who died 1 September 1959, aged 73. (1) I don't know the date the pub was demolished but the 'Orwell Past and Present' website says "The Queen Victoria" was still serving customers into the 1950s. It was replaced at some point by the Majestic Motors Garage. (2) Following a parish boundary change in 1999, the site is now located within the Parish of Wimpole. (3) Postcard image contributed by Brenda and Michael Skinner (2014).]

"Fox and Hounds" [PH] Cambridge Road  (Schedule 141) [Then in the Parish of Orwell.] Arthur W[illiam] TURRELL (1) (2)(3) Head M 28 Innkeeper Pub[lican] Croydon, Cambridgeshire Elizabeth A[nn] TURRELL (2) Wife M 32 - Frampton, Lincolnshire Annie F[lorence] TURRELL Daughter 3 - Orwell, Cambridgeshire Ethel E[mily] TURRELL Daughter 1 - Orwell, Cambridgeshire [Note: (1) Arthur William Turrell, born 1873, was the son of William and Ellen Turrell of Croydon, Cambridgeshire. (2) Arthur William Turrell and Elizabeth Ann Young married at Boston, Lincolnshire in 1897. (3) Arthur William Turrell died aged 82 in Cambridge in 1952. (4) The "Fox and Hounds" is now a private residence. (5) Following a boundary change in 1999, this property is now located within the Parish of Wimpole.]

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