At the Pike and Eel after the Race

110 Water Street, Pike and Eel Public House, Chesterton

History of 110 Water Street

1867

Landlord Joshua Worts

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1869 Robert Cook

1879 Robert Cook

1883 Robert Cook

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1891 Pike and Eel

Henry Brown, 36, club college servant,

Emily, 38,

Florence Emily, 15

Alfred Henry John, 14,  b Cambridge

Alice Amelia,12,  b Cambridge

William James, 9,  b Cambridge

Frances Emily Wright, niece, 9, b Cambridge

Sarah Girling, lodger, 63, cook, b Cheltenham

See 159 Water Street

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1892 Harry Brown

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1896 Henry Brown

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1900

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1902

This appears to be a draft.

He appoints his wife, Emily Brown and friends, James Clarke and Albert Coe as executors.

Part of his estate are the properties of 54, 55, 66, 67, 68 and 69 Water Street.

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1904 Henry Brown

13 June 1904
The Rev N.W. Shelton, vicar of Old Chesterton and his party, half-a-dozen in all, met with an unpleasant experience at the ‘Mays’. The party, in an ordinary rowing boat, had left the scene of the action and arrive, after the usual difficulty, at the Pike and Eel ferry where their progress was barred for a time. During the period of waiting a big houseboat, towed by a horse, ‘crashed’ into the boat which it sunk and precipitated the occupants into the water. After a short period of excitement the party, which included several ladies, were landed safely on the houseboat, which proceeded on its course. It is an abominable shame that these large houseboats are allowed to travel on the river when it is crowed with smaller craft. It was going at from six to seven miles an hour and was in charge of a small boy on a horse

Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge Chesterton Scrapbook, reference 1904 06 13.

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1908

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1909

Agreement with Conservators of the Cam over Ferry.

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1911 Pike and Eel

Henry Brown, 56, publican, b Cambridge

Emily Brown, 58, b Cambridge

Florence Brown, daughter, 35, b Cambridge

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1912

From Pike and Eel papers:

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1913 Henry Brown

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14 August 1914
Tom Jolley acted as ferryman at Caron’s Ferry at the Pike & Eel, Old Chesterton for 39 years. The ferry is a small punt boat near the larger ferry and is used by members of the University boat clubs who pay the ferryman a termly allowance. It was worked by his father and grandfather before him. Mr Jolley was universally known as ‘Caron’ and his cheery good nature made him a great favourite.

Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge Chesterton Scrapbook, reference 14 08 14 p4.

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1915

Estate of Emily Brown:

Discharge of mortgages of 64 & 65 Water Street

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1916 Henry Brown

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1917

Newspaper cutting in Pike and Eel papers

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1918

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1920 – 1922

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1923-1924

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1925-26

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1927-1928

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1931

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1932

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1934

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1935

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1949

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1953

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1954

8 June 1960
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother opened Angel Court, the new extension to Trinity College built to ease the student accommodation problem. She travelled by normal passenger train and was fifteen minutes early arriving at the college where she showed interest in some of the ancient pottery discovered during excavation work. Later a crowd of several thousand people gave her a rousing send-off as her special launch left the forecourt of the Pike and Eel at Chesterton to take her to watch the May Races on the River Cam

Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge Chesterton Scrapbook, reference 60 06 08 & a # c.02 # c.44.5.

2 March 1962
Six barges, each 60 feet long, were towed down the River Cam from Ely to the Pike and Eel landing stage at Chesterton, where lorries were waiting to collect them. The 10-ton barges had been hired from a Hampshire firm and were used during the Ely sugar beet campaign. But the cranes needed to hoist them out of the river were too large to go on the Ely landing stage so the barges were brought to the nearest suitable spot. A police escort was provided through Cambridge streets for the lorries with their lengthy loads.

Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge Chesterton Scrapbook, reference 62 03 02c.

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The Bumps Fair was held every June in a field off Fen Road nearby.

The Pike and Eel, lately known as the Penny Ferry, closed in in 2008 and was demolished in 2014.