Listed building:
House. Mid to late C16. Exposed timber frame, modern pantile roof, rebuilt ridge stack. Two storeys.
Information from History of Inns and Public Houses in Histon and Impington (1990)
Histon Vestry suggests that this was the original Town House and meeting place of the Parish Council.
1686 property found in a list of inns. It was on the old highway to Ely via Aldreth.
1720s: owner of the Bell and Anchor was Hoste Archer, lord of the manor.
1737 Edward Leach licensee
1753 Sarah Leach
1775 Stuart Reynolds
1806 site owned by Thomas Sumpter. Hoste Archer’s sister married a Mr Sumpter.
1804 Philip Papworth licensee
1805 site auctioned
1817 Richard Papworth licensee
1836 owner Richard Foster
1851 licensee Sarah Papworth
1855 – 1856 Philip Chivers read the news about the Crimean War and was paid 6d.
1859 Richard Foster sold property to Frederick Bailey of Star Brewery.
1891 Bell Inn
Sarah Papworth, 73, publican, b Cambridge
Lydia, 62, b Histon
1904 John Clapham publican of the ‘Burton Bell’
1912 Frank Tadman publican
1970 house restored and studding exposed.
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