The George / The George and Dragon / La Mimosa, Richmond Terrace

History of George and Dragon

1871 (22) The Spade and Bucket

James Collen, 77, publican milkman, b Isleham
Susannah, 58, b Suffolk
Solomon Burton, 39, labourer, b Dry Drayton
Ann Burton, 30, laundress, b Fen Drayton

1884 The Spade and Bucket

1895 The George

1913 The George Hotel, James J Leng proprietor

1934 The George and Dragon

1962 The George and Dragon

A brick building with boarded-up windows and arched doorways, featuring a George and Dragon pub sign on a corner post.

The George and Dragon 1971 (Peter Soar)

A two-story brick building with boarded-up windows and doors, featuring a central pub sign and a person standing on the right.

The George and Dragon, Thompsons Lane. Derelict. (MoC56/75)

1970s refurbished and reopened under old name, Spade and Becket.

A brick building with bay windows sits behind a lawn with a path, a dark wooden outbuilding, and two figures walking nearby.

George and Dragon, Thompsons Lane, 1974 (MoC57/75)

2019 La Mimosa restaurant

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