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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.
1858 – 1900
Licensee John Gawthrop. in 1871 he was a farmer with 31 acres.
1900 – 1906 Frederic Gawthrop
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)
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