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A monochrome street view shows a cobblestone lane lined with two-story storefront buildings and figures standing on the pavement.

Black Bear, Wheeler Street & J Stanley’s, c 1855

1 – 4 (Black Bear), Wheeler Street (Short Butcher Row)

History of Black Bear

1798

Detail from a 1798 ink-drawn map showing building footprints, narrow streets, and labels for Rose Tavern and Angel Inn.

Custance map of Cambridge, 1798


1855

Black Bear

J Stanley, scalemaker


1861

(2 Wheeler Street)

John Stanley, 48, scalemaker, b London

Mary Ann, 41, butterer [?], b Burwell

Mary Ann, 19, b Cambridge

Harriett, 9, b Cambridge

Emma, 6, b Cambridge

John, 3, b Cambridge

Henry Jackman, visitor, 25, school master, b Yorks

(4 Wheeler Street – Black Bear)

Thomas Flack, 52, publican, b Bottisham

Sarah, 41, b Hauxton

Frederick Holmes, lodger,  20, soldier 11th Foot, b Fulbourn

(1 Wheeler Street)

Samuel Woods, 33, confectioner, b Suffolk

Hannah, 34, b Suffolk


1876

These buildings were demolished when the Corn Exchange was built

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