The Granville (Blackbirds Inn) East Road, (MoC43/160/69)
19 East Road, Blackbirds Inn, The Granville
History of 19 East Road
1851 19 East Road
William Wallis, 35, painters press man, b Cambridge
Ann, 30, formerly laundress, b Cambridge
Frederick, 10, b Cambridge
Sarah Ann, 8, b Cambridge
Ellen, 7, b Cambridge
William, 4, b Cambridge
George, 2, b Cambridge
Edward, 10 mos, b Cambridge
Jane Peachy, 19, house servant, b Fen Ditton
In 1851 William Wallis was implicated in a prank played on the villagers of Coton reported in the Cambridge Chronicle 24th May 1851. It involved a young man called Downing who had apparently entertained customers at The Blackbirds.
1878
Licensee was William Wallis, father of Alice. He also had a workshop and store at 1 Gifford Place.
1913 Blackbirds Inn
Charles Combs, proprietor
1918
William Kirk died, reported in press 20.12.1918, aged 40. Possibly influenza.
Billy PItt Boxing School, Granville Hotel (MoC)
1939 From around this date Ernest Hipkin was publican. He died in 1945 and Emily Hipkin continued to run the pub until 1955.
1962 The Granville
In 2023 BV sent this note:
In 1968, before it was demolished, the building housed the first Simon Community house for the homeless – this community eventually became Cambridge Cyrenians (where I work!) and the largest provider of supported housing for the homeless in the city.
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