Boxworth End, Swavesey

History of Boxworth End, Swavesey

Photo is of a ruined cottage at Boxworth End.

Originally Green Man pub. Mr Cherry repaired roof in 1960s after fire. Demolished in 1996. (Alan Lee Swavesey collection)

Green Man, Boxworth End

The thatched Green Man, Boxworth End, was another public house built on the edge of the Great Green after the road across the green was created at Inclosure. It stood about 25 yds back from the edge of the road. In 1909 it was closed as a licensed public house and sold. It was purchased by Mr William Daisley and made into two cottages. After the photograph was taken the thatch got into a bad state. Mr Daisley decided to case the walls of the house with bricks and a wooden frame clad with corrugated asbestos was built over the thatched roof.Shortly after the war a Mr Cherry purchased the property. He installed an Aga cooker and used empty 5 gallon oil drums to make the flue. By 1960 these had rotted away and exposed the thatch which ignited and the roof was destroyed. He then re-roofed the house at a lower pitch and continued living there. (From Cambridgeshire Community Archive Network)

Boxworth End. On right is WWI military hut bought by Jimmy Prior and converted to furniture store. Two boys are gerald and John Prior. Opposite is George Berlin’s blacksmith’s shop. (Alan Lee Swavesey collection)

1939 Boxworth End

Charles Shepperson, b 1882, dairy farmer

Phoebe E, b 1889,

Mary, b 1921,

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John, b 1931

In ‘Memory Lane (2004), Swavesey History Society, John Shepperson recalls life in the village – “Memories of Wartime in Swavesey.”

He recalls life in the war: the arrival of evacuees, formation of the Local Defence Volunteers Group and the Swavesey Air Raid Wardens.