Thomas Arthur Nutcombe, Beche Road

15 (1) Beche Road, Ye Olde Abbey, Cambridge

History of 15 Beche Road

1889

George Clayton: licensee for beer

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1890

Application for spirits licence granted

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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

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1892 Mrs Esther Warren (previously at Heart of Oak, Newmarket Road)

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1896 Thomas Henry Nutcombe resident (Kellys)

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1901 1 Beche Road (census)

William Stevens, 44, licensed victualler, b Sussex
Emma, 48, b Essex

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1904 William Stevens resident (Kellys)

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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

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1913 Ye Olde Abbey

F G Vale

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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.

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1916

Thomas Henry Nutcombe resident (Kellys)

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1918

Thomas Arthur Nutcombe: Second Lieutenant, 101st Squadron, Royal Air Force and East Lancashire Regiment. Killed 2 August 1918.

http://millroadcemetery.org.uk/nutcombe-thomas-arthur/

1935 Thomas Arthur Nutcombe died as licensee

1971 closed as pub by Green King

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Purchased by Julia Ball, who founded the Cambridge Open Studio movement

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For more information about Ye Olde Abbey see ‘Ale’ Dec 2022 Issue 401, local Cambridge CAMRA magazine.