Rutland Arms, Lynn Road, Wisbech

History of the Rutland Arms

1845 William Tibbenham, landlord. Packet boats departed from the Rutland Arms for Ely every Saturday and returned on Thursdays.

1848 anniversary of the Orient Lodge celebrated

1865 Elizabeth Tibbenham

1866 sold to Mr Exley for £600

1880 inquest held into death of Henry Elget, landlord, who hung himself in the loft.

1931 Mr Keeble, organiser of coach trip

(source: The Inns and Taverns of Wisbech – a survey from the earliest times to 1950 by Arthur Artis Oldham, 1993)