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Wheatsheaf House, Whittlesey c.1930

The 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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