Conservative outing to Croxton park, 1909. Photo outside the Barley Mow, Histon (A Paige)

Barley Mow Inn, Histon

History of the Barley Mow

The Barley Mow appears on the Enclosure map circa 1800. the first written mention is in 1774.

1774 Licensee John Fordham

1779 William Goode

1786 Jonathan Prior

1788 William Goode

1796 William Fowler

1803 – 1807 John Raper. John Raper probably bought the freehold from John Haggerston of the Manor House of St Radegund in Cambridge.

1810 John Papworth

1838 Charles Papworth, son of John. Owner was now Richard Foster the brewer of Quayside, Cambridge.

1843 licensee was Allen Symonds.

The Barley Mow was the venue for the annual village Horkey Supper to celebrate the end of harvest.

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1858 – 1900

Licensee John Gawthrop. in 1871 he was a farmer with 31 acres.

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1900 – 1906 Frederic Gawthrop

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1906 Bailey and Tebbutt of Panton Street purchased the pub for £750. Licensee Albert Foster until he died in 1920.

See History of the Inns and Public Houses of Histon and Impington, H & I Village Society (1990)