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Black and white view of a street junction in Ely, featuring a large multi-story building and a garage with signage on the wall.

Lamb Hotel at junction of St Mary’s Street and Lynn Road c.1910

Lamb Hotel, 2 Lynn Road, Ely

History of The Lamb

A three-storey, brick Lamb Hotel building on a street corner, with a horse-drawn carriage and figures standing near the entrance.

Lamb Hotel, 1908. An earlier name was ‘The Holy Lamb”.

In the 16th cent. it was known as ‘The Lamb.’

A three-story building decorated with bunting and flags, with a horse-drawn carriage parked in front of the central entrance.

1896, Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee

A horse pulls a two-wheeled carriage carrying two people in top hats past a building with a large window.

Dr F M Beckett

Dr F M Beckett on his rounds passing The Lamb. He had lost an eye in the American Civil War and became later the Surgeon-Commander of the Ely Volunteers.

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