The Wrestlers Inn, painted by Margaret Wadsworth in 1902 from an earlier image

16 (18) (16-18) Petty Cury / The Wrestlers Inn / The Livingstone Temperance Hotel, Cambridge

History of 16 Petty Cury

1631 birth of Jeremy Taylor, early Perse School pupil and later Bishop of Down and Connor.

1651 Peter Settle & William Crane, occupiers, mortgage documents held by Corpus Christi

1693 Thomas Fox, lessee, lease records held by Corpus Christi

1719 Richard Fox, tenant, lease records held by Corpus Christi

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1749 advertisement of Camb. Chron. 30.11.1749

On Monday next in the afternoon, the Great Muscovy Bear will be baited at the Wrestler Inn in the petty Cury, Cambridge

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1750 Peter Taylor & Samuel Stanley, brewers & partners, lease records held by Corpus Christi

1759 Edward Gillam, brewer, lease records held by Corpus Christi

1798 John Edward, tavern keeper, Universal British Directory

1800 Henry Mason, victualler, lease records held by Corpus Christi

1830 Samuel and Frederick Mason (Pigot’s)

1839 William Patman (Pigot’s)

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1841

William Patman, 45, brewer
Frances, 40
Mary, 16
Samuel, 14
Sarah, 12,
Francis, 10
Martha, 17
Lucy, 30
Lucy Cullinan, 60
John Toley, 30, officer of excise
Mary Allen, 18, servant
James Bruce, 30, servant
William Newling, 12, servant

? unnumbered:

Elizabeth King, 60, shopkeeper
John King, 35, tailor
George Edwards, 30, groom
James Taylor, 18, brazier
William Tealby, 40, mason
Joseph Tealby, 10

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1847 Richard Fuller, innkeeper (London Gazette, 4 February 1848)

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1851

Thomas Robinson, 40, innkeeper, b Suffolk
Sarah, 45, b Portugal
Francis, 13, b France
Alfred, 11, b France
Frances E, 9, b France
Frederick, 7, b France
John, 3 mos, b Cambs
Susanna Parkinson, 26, bar maid, b Suffolk
Samuel Vincent, 23, waiter, b Norfolk
Harriet Diss, 24, cook, b Cambs
Ann Kester, 23, housemaid, b Cambs
Sarah Marshall, 24, nursemaid, b Cambs

? unnumbered:

James Thomas Hagreen, 51, dentist, b Suffolk
Anna Sedly, 41, b Cambridge
Charles S, 6, b Cambridge
Sarah A, 5, b Cambridge
Frances E, 3, b Cambridge
Charlotte E, 1, b Cambridge
Elizabeth Louisa Brown, servant, 25, b Cambridge
Jane Brown, servant, 15, b Cambridge

? unnumbered:

Edward Favell, 61, plumber glazier and painter, b Cambridge
Sarah Favell, 58, b Cambridge
Isabella Eleanor Mansfield, 26, servant, b Cambridge
Maria Hardy, 28, servant, b Norfolk

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1852 William Bullen,  inland revenue office (Slaters)

1857 Thomas Robinson, lessee (lease records held at Corpus Christi)

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1861

(16)

Thomas Marshall, 30, railway clerk, b Middlesex
Frances M, 27, b Chelsea
Frances M, 8, b Cambridge
Frederick B, 1 b Cambridge
boy no name, under 1 month,  b Cambridge
Catherine Shadd, widow, 50, monthly nurse, b Girton
Edward Hicks, father in law, 62, printer, b Chelsea
Catherine h Hicks, daughter, 19, b Cambs
Susan A Crick, 19, servant, b Norfolk

(17) uninhabited

(18)

Thomas Robinson, inn keeper, 50, b Newmarket
Sarah Robinson, wife, 55, b Lisbon
Francis J Robinson, brewer, 23, b Paris
Alfred Robinson, commercial clerk, 21, b Normandy
Frances C Robinson, 19, b Chantilly France
Frederick L Robinson, commercial clerk, 17, b Chantilly
John Robinson, 10, b Newmarket
Thomas Dunnell, nephew, carver (wood), 25, b Newmarket
William Allend, ostler, 27, b Knapwell
George L Field, boots, 19, b Cambridge

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1863 Thomas Robinson, lessee, lease records held by Corpus Christi

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1871 (16-18)

Thomas Robinson, inn keeper, 60, b Newmarket
Sarah Robinson, 65, b Portugal
Frances E Robinson, 29, b France
John Robinson, 20, b Newmarket
Emma Bareford, kitchenmaid, 32, b Swaffham Bulbeck
Charles Webb, boots, 29, b Barton

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1872

One of Cambridge’s first trade unions forms in 1872. In a pub.

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1879 John Robinson (Post Office Directory)

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1881 (18 Petty Cury)

John Robinson, innkeeper, 30, b Newmarket
Frances E Robinson, sister, landlady, 36, b Chantilly
Elizabeth Thurlbourn, waitress, 26, b Mepal
Sophie Willmott, kitchen maid, 19, b Orwell
William Mackness, boots, 32, b Finedon Northampton

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In 1885 the building was demolished.

Demolition of the old Wrestlers Inn, Petty Cury, 1884/85

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1891 (16)

Adolph G Jungling, 52, hotel keeper, b Germany
Rosina, 44, b Norfolk
Edward J Culyer, brother in law, 34, manager of hotel, b Norfolk
Alice Mary Culyer, sister in law, 29, b Norfolk
Ada Laura Culyer, niece, 5, b Norfolk
Fanny Barker, 27, cook at hotel, b Oakington
Ellen Leggett, 23, waitress at inn, b Suffolk
Mary Saunderson, 16, chambermaid, b Cherry Hinton
Jane Barker, 17, kitchenmaid, b Oakington
Rebecca Fordham, 24, chambermaid, b Foxton
Charles A Philips, 19, boots at hotel, b Wales

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1901 (16 to 17)

Edward James Culyer, 46, Temperance Hotel Proprietor, b Norfolk
Alice Mary, 40, b Norfolk
Ada Laura, 16, b Norfolk
Elizabeth Russell, 40, cook, b Ely
Kate C Brown, 19, housemaid, b Suffolk
Minnie Reed, 25, waitress, b Soham
Millie Knight, 27, waitress, b Cambridge
Mary A Bradford, 25, kitchenmaid, b Bottisham
Phoebe Cook, 23, housemaid,  b Cambridge
John Gwyther, boarder, 66, congregational minister, b Lancs
Agnes Gwyther, boarder, 30, b Cheshire
Edward Power, 56, commercial traveller, b Kent
Herbert Harmsworth, 29, engineer, b Hants
William Thomas Bleet, 15, errand boy, b Cambridge

[William Bleet had lived at 7 York Street. He joined the Northampton Regiment in 1907 aged 18. At this time he seems to have adopted the name Reed. He died in 1916 in Cambridge circumstances unknown. See Mill Road Cemetery entry.]

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1913

(16-17) Livingstone Commercial Temperance Hotel, Dining Rooms and Restaurant

Edward J Culyer, proprietor

19/10/1929 With the passing of Mrs Eliza Jane Mason of the Livingstone Hotel, Petty Cury, Cambridge has lost a prominent member of the restaurant business. She commenced business with a university lodging house on Market Hill which became known as ‘Masons’ and was converted into a restaurant. It was largely used by cadets and catered for the officers stationed here during the Great War. Almost the first Belgian wounded soldiers were billeted there and she acted as a sort of nursing mother to them. Her next move was to Sadd’s before she bought the Livingstone Hotel which was then only a coffee house. It is now one of the best commercial hotels in Cambridge. She also built the Rendezvous, Magrath Avenue as a skating rink in 1909. (Cam.News)

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19 October 1929 — Mrs Mason and the origins of the Rendezvous
With the passing of Mrs Eliza Jane Mason of the Livingstone Hotel, Petty Cury, Cambridge has lost a prominent member of the restaurant business. She commenced business with a university lodging house on Market Hill which became known as ‘Masons’ and was converted into a restaurant. It was largely used by cadets and catered for the officers stationed here during the Great War. Almost the first Belgian wounded soldiers were billeted there and she acted as a sort of nursing mother to them. Her next move was to Sadd’s before she bought the Livingstone Hotel which was then only a coffee house. It is now one of the best commercial hotels in Cambridge. She also built the Rendezvous, Magrath Avenue as a skating rink in 1909.

Credit: Mike Petty, 1929 10 19.

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1962

Kum Loong restaurant

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1964

Dipple and Conway, opticians