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The pub / hotel was demolished in 1969. There was a separately licensed Tap in the 19th century. From about 1851 it was just referred to as the Lion Hotel. It is known to have been in existence from at least the early 16th century.
According to 1959 Royal Commission on Historical Monuments Survey of Cambridge the building was of three and two storeys with attics. The walls were plastered timber-framing and brick. The old yard had by 1959 been covered with a glass roof. It was the only inn in the city showing a continued retention of both use and courtyard from at least the 17th cent. None of the surviving buildings in 1959 were earlier than the 17th cent. but a probable medieval origin had been argued.
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Samuel Stanley, lessee
Robert Browne, occupier
1789 –
Thomas Mitchell
1830 –
William Mitchell
1866 –
Moyes & Son
Sarah Newton, Housekeeper, 52, b Lincolnshire
Ellen Tebenham, barmaid, 26, b Wisbeach
Chares A Millington, clerk in hote, 24, b Cheveley
Robert Thurlow, Cellerman, 22, b Milton
Arthur Flowers, waiter, 19, Cambridge
William Easy, Porter, 17, b Milton
Samuel Loader, Omnibus Conductor, 40, b Stapleford
Charles Allen, Omnibus Conductor, 22, b Linton
William Darling, Tapster, 22, b Somersham
Harriett Hammond, Chambermaid, 40, b Norfolk
Elizabeth Ward, Chambermaid, 21, Norfolk
Eliza Guillson, housemaid, 20, b Swaffham
Fanny Allen, Kitchenmaid, 21, b Linton
Ann Wibson, Kitchenmaid, 22, b Essex
Elizabeth Moore, Stil Room Maid, 26, b Histon
Andrew H Moyes
Andrew H Moyes, Hotel Keeper, 51, b Lincoln
Caroline Moyes, Wife, 49, b Cambridge
Andrew J Moyes, Son, Hotel Keeper, 24, b Birmingham
Annie E Moyes, Daughter in Law, 24, b Cambridge
Arthur R Moyes, Son, Hotel Clerk, 20, b Cambridge
John H Moyes, Son, Land Agent, 19, b Cambridge
Hugh M Moyes, Son, 8, b Cambridge
Alexander, Son, 7, b Cambridge,
Eliza Lawrence, Housemaid, 24, March, b Cambridge
Phoebe Ison, Nursemaid, 22, Quy, b Cambridge
Flora A Lawrence, General Servant, 16, b Cambridge
William Gunnell, Page, Inn Servant, 17, Milton
Andrew H Moyes
1895 –
Alison Ann Moyes, Hotel Keeper, widow
Winifred Mary Moyes, Spinster, daughter and executive of Alice Ann Moyes
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