212 – 214 Victoria Road, Eagle Brewery, The Eagle & The Horse and Gate
History of 212 - 214 Victoria Road
1851: unnumbered unnamed
Charles Freeman, 32, publican, b Cambridge
Sarah Lander Freeman, 32, b Middlesex
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1861: unnumbered Horse and Gate
Mary A Reader, widow, 63, publican, b Linton
William Weatherall, brother, widower, 66, carpenter, b Swaffham
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James Wisbey moved from the Priory Brewery circa 1874 and took over the Eagle Brewery. The Brewery was short-lived but the Eagle public house remained until 1964. In 1964 an artesian bore hole was discovered which presumably had been the brewery water supply.
See 208 Victoria Road
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1911:
Melinda Elizabeth Dean, 51, widow, license holder public house, b Weston Colville
Frank Cyril, 19, butcher, b Chesterton
James Daniel Warner, boarder, 40, wood turner, b Herts
Ernest Edward Coe, boarder, 24, butcher, b Stradishall
[1913 Ernest Coe married Nancie Martin]
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1913:
(212) The Eagle
Mrs M Dean
(214) Horse and Gate
Walter Parr
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1918:
Frank Cyril Dean: Private 42054, 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action 27 March 1918. Born and enlisted Cambridge. Formerly 203516, Bedfordshire Regiment.
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1964:
The Eagle demolished