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A two-story building with a cream-painted upper floor and a light stone-tiled ground floor, featuring three wooden doors.

Merton Arms, Northampton Street, Cambridge

25 Madingley Road, Northampton Street, Merton Arms

History 25 Madingley Road

Formerly part of the outbuildings surrounding Merton Hall, used as a granary with stables attached.

A polished silver-colored two-handled trophy cup engraved with the text Merton Arms Bar Billiards Handicap Cup.

Merton Arms Bar Billiards trophy (MoC)

A metal trophy cup engraved with Merton Arms Bar Billiards Handicap Cup sits on a black base against a white wall.

Merton Arms Bar Billiards trophy (MoC)


1913 Merton Arms

Frederick Pateman

A E Humphreys, builder and electrician


It was for a time a hotel with garage and cars for hire.


1962 Northampton Street

The Merton Arms pub on a street corner, featuring a cream-tiled exterior and a sign announcing that it is closing today.

Merton Arms, Northampton Street, closed Sept 1988 (MoC)

Street scene featuring the Merton Arms pub, parked cars, and a large tree in the foreground on a tree-lined street in Cambridge.

Merton Arms, Northampton Street, closed Sept 1988 (MoC)

A wood-panelled pub interior with a curved bar, showing two people standing in a doorway at the back of the room.

Merton Arms, Northampton Street, closed Sept 1988 (MoC)

An interior view of a pub bar with a person standing behind the wooden counter, surrounded by shelves of bottles and glassware.

Merton Arms, Northampton Street, closed Sept 1988 (MoC)

 

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