CFHS code AL105
Parish Andrew the Less
Monument
This column located in the parish of Andrew the Less stands on a substantial plinth 2 rows east of the central path just as it bends towards the north gate. though still impressive it is badly eroded and we do not know what the feature was at the top. We used the burial record to complete the inscription.
We have included some information for the other members of both families that were buried in this parish but have not found monuments for .
Inscription
west face
carved cross
[In loving memory of]
ADELAIDE LOUISA
daughter of GEORGE & ADELAIDE KING
Who died 3 September 1868 in her 17th year
….. ….. Lord but Thine
east face
carved cross
[In Loving memory of]
ADELAIDE KING
Who died Aug. 10. 1901
Relationship – mother & daughter
Adelaide Louisa King ( c 1852 – 9th September 3rd 1868)
Adelaide was the daughter of George & Adelaide (née King) King. She was baptised in the parish of Andrew the Less on March 14th 1852. Her father ran the Wagon & Horses on East Road.
Thee announcement of her death in the Cambridge Independent Press stated that she died ‘after a long illness borne with great patience and resignation’
She was buried on September 7th
Adelaide King (c 1832 – August 1901)
Adelaide was born in Cambridge to Henry and Sarah King. Henry was a brewer and landlord of the Wagon & Horses on East Road. In the 1841 census she was living with her parents and 4 siblings in East Road.
She married George King on November 18th 1850 at Christ Church in the parish of Andrew the Less. In the 1851 census George and Adelaide were living next door to her parents at 153 East Road.
She died at 40 Warkworth Terrace aged 69 and was buried on August 13th.
These members of the family are also buried in this parish possibly here although no inscriptions have been found.
George King (c 1824 – November 1881)
George was born in Ely to Charles and Hannah King. Charles was a brewer. In 1841 the family were living at Water Side in Ely.
He died at the Wagon and Horses on East toad on 9th November 1881 aged 57
Sarah King (1801 -1885)
Sarah was the mother of George’s wife Adelaide and grandmother to Adelaide Louisa and wife to Henry King.
Henry King (c 1800 – 1854)
Henry was born in Cambridge. He ran a brewery in Fitzroy St.
Sources
CHFHS transcripts of Parish & Census records
British Newspaper Archive