158 (70) (69) Newmarket Road, George and Dragon, Cambridge

History of 158 Newmarket Road

Royal Commission Survey of Cambridge 1959: temperance hotel, formerly the ‘George and Dragon’. 14 yds E of Leeke Street, of two storeys with cellar and attics, has walls of plastered timber framing …. the deeds of the house include dentures of 1737 for the land where ‘lately stood the … tenement known as the Magpie.’

1807 Pub called the George from at least this date. It is a property owned by Richard Foster, an extensive landowner across Cambridge.

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1851 George and Dragon

William Maile, 23, innkeeper

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1861 (69) George and Dragon

Richard Thurlburn, 43, publican

26 lodgers

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1871 (69) George and Dragon

William Weston, 45, publican

9 lodgers and 10 servants

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1881 (69) The George and Dragon

Phillip Bell, 42, college servant

4 servants and 12 lodgers

(70) William Gam, 60, chimney sweep

Nos. 1-3 George and Dragon Yard first appear.This may mark the transformation of lodging houses into independent dwellings.

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1885 George and Dragon Coffee tavern

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1891

(69) Coffee Tavern

Charles J Ball, stationers assistant

1 servant and 2 lodgers

(70)

William Gaine, chimney sweep

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1901 (70) to let

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1909

Coffee Tavern, 158 Newmarket Road — Abbey miniature rifle range, 22 January 1909
The new Abbey miniature rifle range opened in the grounds of the coffee tavern at 158, Newmarket Road. The eight targets, which can be set and returned for inspection by a winding mechanism, are illuminated by incandescent gas burners and the building is absolutely fireproof. It is hoped to build a pavilion and to have an open-air range in the summer. The district can now boast of two clubs, the other being at the ‘Bell’. 09 01 22
Credit: Mike Petty, Cambridge Newmarket Road Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, entry 1909 01 22.

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1913 The Temperance Boarding House

W F Ward, proprietor

Temperance House Yard:

Abbey Miniature Rifle Range

(2) Mrs Elderkin

Shamrock Passage:

(1) –

(2) William Nunn

(5) C Cranfield

(6) William Nunn

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1962

(158-160)

Ward Cox and Son pastrycooks

Mrs A Cox