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215 High Street, White Horse Inn, Cottenham

History of the White Horse

1841

Ann Norman, 72, publican

1851 one house building

1852 licensed. Belonged to William Smith and was kept by William Porter.

1854 (1st October): William Porter drowned along with John Thurston of the Waggon and Horses, when their cart overturned and threw them in a drain.

Rebecca Porter took over the licence.

1859

Jonathan Piggott licensee

1861 White Horse Inn

Jonathan Piggott, 34, joiner and publican, b Cottenham

1871 White Horse Inn

Jonathan Piggott, 44, wheelwright, b Cottenham

1880

Charles Graves licensee

1881

Charles Graves, 29, carpenter and publican, b Cottenham

Jane, 30, b Willingham

Herbert, 3, b Cottenham

Edith Moore, 14, servant, Cottenham

Robert Moore, lodger, 54, ag.lab., b Norfolk

Mary Waits, visitor, 29, b Willingham

John Waits, visitor, 27, b Willingham

John Dunn, 26, groom, b Hants

Noble Buller Johnson, 21, undergraduate Cambridge University, b Ireland

Thomas William Waller, 22, undergraduate Cambridge University, b Wales

1888 John Burgess licensee

1891

John Burgess, 59, innkeeper, b Wisbech

Mary, 52, b Great Barford

Ada May, 19, assistant teacher, b Wisbech

Margaret Kimpton, 18, servant,  b Cottenham

William Moore was licensee from 1891

1897

Jonathan Pauley licensee

1898

Henry Collett

1898 Cottenham cricket team outside White Horse public house (photo E Smith)

White Horse Hotel (on right) Cottenham, (MoC769/86)

1899

Robert Lindley Booth

1901

Maria Booth, 60, widow, hotel keeper, b Derbyshire

Maria H G, 23, b Yorks

Drucella A Ryle, 19, servant, b Derby

1911

Frederick James Wells, 39, hotel keeper, b Herts

1939 (151)

Burnard [sic] Hinds, b 1882, publican

Modern: (215)

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