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A brick facade of the Globe Inn features signage for Bullard’s ales, a central door, and two upstairs dormer windows in 1929.

Globe Inn, Market Place, Wisbech, 1929 (Lilian Ream)

Globe Inn, Wisbech

History of the Globe Inn

Established circa 1760.

1792 – 1796 John Hartshorn, victualler

1862 George Everston, 15, from Grimstone, arrived at inn with two swords, three walking sticks and various other unusual items. Landlady called in PC Carrington.

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

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