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Black and white print showing a three-story brick building marked Castle Inn with figures standing on the sidewalk in front.

Guildhall Street, 1878, west side (MoC1/53/49)(J Palmer Clarke)

4 Guildhall Street, Castle Inn

History of 4 Castle Street

A row of weathered three-story brick buildings lining a narrow street with dark, recessed doorways and numerous sash windows.

Guildhall Street west side

1830

Thomas Christmas (Pigot’s)

1839

William Christmas (Robson’s)

1851

James Baxter (Gardner’s)

1852 Nicholas Jemmerson (Slater’s)

1869

John Royall (Post Office Directory)


1871

John Royal, plasterer and publican, 71, b Norfolk

Ann, 60, b Cambridge

Alfred, plasterer, 25, b Cambridge

Thomas, plasterer, 21, b Cambridge

Nicholas, clerk, 19, b Cambridge

Alice, dressmakers apprentice, 15, b Cambridge

William James, lodger, cook and brush manufacturer, 71, b London

Joseph Nunn, ostler, 28, b Suffolk

Elizabeth Wilmott, servant, widow, 24, b Cambridge

Edward James, lodger, engineer, 21, b Canterbury

John Field, lodger, gardener, 20, b Herts

Henry Mahon, lodger, man, 28, b Scotland

Harry Kelvington, lodger, mason, 23, b Hull


Three-story building with the painted sign CASTLE INN on a cobbled street, with several figures standing by the entrance.

Castle Inn, Guildhall Street, 1878

1879

Henry Edward Steel (Post Office Directory)


1881

Henry Steel, innkeeper, 52, b Suffolk

Eliza, 46, b Suffolk

Henry E, carver inn servant, 22, b Suffolk

Elizabeth Berry, mother in law, farmer’s wife, b Suffolk

Maryan Turner, servant, 19, b Hadstock

Charles Numm, lodger, fish merchant, 40, b Suffolk

The Castle Inn was pulled down to provide a site for the old police court.


1913

The Guildhall: Cambridge Town Council Offices

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