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Wheatsheaf House, Whittlesey c.1930The Wheatsheaf, Angle Bridge, Benwick Road, Whittlesey
History of the Wheatsheaf
Location uncertain
Whittlesey OS 1886
‘Millennium memories of Whittlesey Number 9’ describes this pub as being at 303 Benwick Road, but also in the vicinity of Angle Bridge, where passing trade would have been river borne.
1839 Robert Layton, Wheatsheaf House, Glassmoor
1846 – 1853 Thomas Drage, landlord
1853 William and Sarah Lindsey
1892 Kezia née Lindsey & George (Gottlob) Blank
1912 bought by George Rose
1922 pub closed because of trouble with Irish labourers who didn’t want to leave at closing time.
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