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

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1851

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

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1861 Fountain Inn

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

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1871 Fountain Inn

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

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1880 brewery closed when James Finch retired.

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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

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1891 Fountain Inn

Jonathan Piggott, 41, builder, b Cottenham

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1901

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

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1911

Herbert Kimpton, 31, farm labourer, b Cottenham

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

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1939(123)

Jack Milson, b 1907, agricultural worker

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Modern: (149)