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A man in a hat sits on a cart pulled by a horse before a stone building labeled The Crown, with several figures standing nearby.

Noah Turford, carrier, outside thatched Crown Inn, Mill Street Isleham 1890

Crown Inn, 10 Mill Street, Isleham

History of 10 Mill Street

The Crown Inn originally had quoits beds.

A grainy, black-and-white print showing a row of low-slung, period buildings along a dirt road with several figures standing.

Mill Street, Isleham in 1873 with Crown Inn on left

The landlord in the early 20th century used to run a sweet stall on the village green on festivals.


1901

Tom Bowd, 62, inn keeper and market gardener, b Isleham

Susannah, 61, b Suffolk

Elizabeth Fuller, daughter, widow, 35, b Suffolk

Mary J Bawd, daughter, 23, b Suffolk

Arthur Fuller, grandson, 7, b Isleham

George Simpkins, boarder, 28, journeyman carpenter, b Wicken


1930s Joseph Flatt Watson publican


A two-storey, light orange brick building with a slate roof, white-framed bow windows, and a central doorway on a street.

former Crown Inn, Isleham (NW2026)

 

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