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Barton Lodge, Bird in Hand, 60 North Brink, Wisbech

History of the Bird in Hand

Listed Building

Early C19 house, originally ‘The Bird in Hand’ public house (brewery associated with inn in Barton Road). Two storeys with basement.


1846 Thomas Bulman

1852 inquest held here on death of Mr Wright of Leverington. ‘Died by the visitation of God.’

1866 Thomas Thacker

1867 Thomas Thacker charged with assaulting stepdaughter Fanny Webster. He was fined 28s.

The name Bird in Hand showed that no credit was given.

(source: The Inns and Taverns of Wisbech – a survey from the earliest times to 1950 by Arthur Artis Oldham, 1993)

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