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44 High Street, Five Bells, Burwell

History of the Five Bells

Listed Building

Inn, mid C18 with early C19 assembly rooms added to north-east. Painted local brick and white gault brick. Plain tile roof with parapet gables and original end stacks with red brick patterning.


1871 Five Bells

James Mason, 39, innkeeper, b Burwell

Elizabeth, 41, dressmaker, b Burwell

Ellen, 15, waiter, b Burwell

Harry John, 11, errand boy, b Burwell

Rosa, 8, b Burwell

Arthur William, 5, b Burwell

Samuel Roome, 73, pedlar, lodger, b Soham


1881


1891 5 Bells Inn

James Fuller, 52, publican, b Burwell

Anna, 52, b Burwell

Dora, 11, b Burwell

Alexander, 9, b Burwell

Stanley W, 6, b Burwell

William Richardson, boarder, 45, living on own means,

 

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