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149 High Street, Cottenham

149 (123) High Street, The Fountain, Cottenham

History of 149 High Street

See Francis Garrett, Cottenham’s Inns and Hostelries:

1834 public house and brewery built by James Finch.

1836 Fountain Cattle Insurance Soceity established.

1841

James Finch, 42, plumber

1851

James Finch, 52, farm of 50 acres plumber and victualler, b Soham

1861 Fountain Inn

James Finch, 63, farm of 50 acres employing 3 men 1 boy, b Soham

1871 Fountain Inn

James Finch, 72, plumber painter and brewer, b Soham

1880 brewery closed when James Finch retired.

1881 Fountain Inn

James Finch, 56, publican and plumber, b Cottenham

Ann, 52, dressmaker, b Cottenham

M Ellen Tall, 31, dressmaker, b Cottenham

George Mansfield, lodger, 25, labourer, b Cottenham

1891 Fountain Inn

Jonathan Piggott, 41, builder, b Cottenham

1901

John H Smith, 64, inn keeper pub, b Cottenham

1911

Herbert Kimpton, 31, farm labourer, b Cottenham

Herbert Kimpton was killed in WWI. His widow kept the pub open until 1919.

1939(123)

Jack Milson, b 1907, agricultural worker

Modern: (149)

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