Down Your Street, Sara Payne. II East Cambridge. Index of Chapter 4, Willow Walk

Below is a brief overview and index to Chapter 4 of Sara Payne's book Down Your Street, to help people decide if it's a book that's of interest to them either for local history research or family history.

This chapter is five pages long and looks at Willow Walk, the dates 29 December 1983 to 12 January 1984 are given in the page title.

This chapter listed the residents who lived in Willow Walk during the 1851 Census, but not in any detail, just the family names/occupants. e.g. Mr X, wife and daughters. At the time of publication, this information would've been hard to come by for those interested, although now, 30 years on, this information's freely available so it did feel a bit of a "space filler". A few residents had a brief line or two in interview, but nothing too in-depth.

Living people named/interviewed: 
Dorothy Silberston; Frank King, Dorothy King; Robin Anderson, Jenny Anderson; Nick Humfreys; Kirkbride, Carter and Robins, vets; Frank Bush; Philip Nightingale; Mrs Edna O'Connell (Ned); Sir Henry Lintott, Lady Lintott; Dr John Hodgkin;

Historical figures mentioned: 
Charles Humfrey; James Wyatt, RA Surveyor; William Port; Mr Scales; Ian Fleming (not the author); Mary Bernard; John Morton; William Bradford; Misses Curzon, two sisters;

Residents mentioned from the 1851 Census: 
Charles Dyer, William Lofts, Thomas Cole, Thomas Colston, William Thirkettle, Joseph Mansfield, William Hunt, Susannah Jarrold, Matthew Allis, Fanny Vials, Sarah Cullington, Elizabeth Poole, Mary Youngman, Thomas Cross, Mary Barrett, David Rootham, William Lusher, William Smith.

Photos in Chapter 4: 

• Half page photo of houses in Willow Walk
• Half page photo of the pavement along Willow Walk
• Half page photo of Mr Frank Bush in his garage at Willow Walk
• Quarter page photo of the oldest resident at the Church Army Hostel in Willow Walk, Mr Harold Clarke, who was born in Peterborough in 1901.

Historians in Research: 

• Mr AP Baggs, (Tony Baggs) who used to live at Willow Walk, editor of "Victoria County History";

Discover other roads published in this book: Index of Streets in Down Your Street