You can begin by browsing our projects or searching for a specific place, or person, of interest. We believe the best way though is to explore our wonderful map. Go on, unlock a Cambridge secret that you never knew!
Thomas Arthur Nutcombe, Beche Road1889:
George Clayton: licensee for beer
………….
1890:
Application for spirits licence granted
…………
1891: Ye Old Abbey (census)1 Beche Road
George Clayton, 28, bricklayer, b Cambridge
Mary Ann, 26, b Wigan
David, 5, b Cambridge
Alice, 12, b Cambridge
George Clayton soon moved to the Rose and Crown in Newmarket Road
…………
1892: Mrs Esther Warren (previously at Heart of Oak, Newmarket Road)
…………
1896: Thomas Henry Nutcombe resident (Kellys)
………..
1901: 1 Beche Road (census)
William Stevens, 44, licensed victualler, b Sussex
Emma, 48, b Essex
………..
1904: William Stevens resident (Kellys)
………..
1911:The Old Abbey (census)
Daniel Stephen Stafford, head, 32, publican, b Peterborough
Gertrude Stafford, 31, b March
Doris Stafford, 2, b March
Ann Barker, visitor wife’s mother, 68, widow, private means, b Leicester
Alice Engledow, visitor wife’s sister, 42, married, b Leicester
…………
1913: Ye Olde Abbey
F G Vale
…………
By 1914-15 the Nutcombe family seem to have moved to 15 Beche Road from 24 Beche Road according to the electoral register. In 1915 Thomas Henry Nutcombe attested for the Cambridgeshire Regiment but was posted to the Northants Regiment in January 1917.
…………
1916:
Thomas Henry Nutcombe resident (Kellys)
…………
1918:
Thomas Arthur Nutcombe: Second Lieutenant, 101st Squadron, Royal Air Force and East Lancashire Regiment. Killed 2 August 1918.
1935: Thomas Arthur Nutcombe died as licensee
1971: closed as pub by Green King
……………….
Painting by Julia Ball 1979, Kettle’s Yard Cambridge
Purchased by Julia Ball, who founded the Cambridge Open Studio movement
……………….
For more information about Ye Olde Abbey see ‘Ale’ Dec 2022 Issue 401, local Cambridge CAMRA magazine.
Do you have any information about the people or places in this article? If so, then please let us know using the Contact page or by emailing capturingcambridge@
