Royal Commission Survey of Cambridge 1959: temperance hotel, formerly the ‘George and Dragon’. 14 yds E of Leeke Street, of two storeys with cellar and attics, has walls of plastered timber framing …. the deeds of the house include dentures of 1737 for the land where ‘lately stood the … tenement known as the Magpie.’
1807 Pub called the George from at least this date. It is a property owned by Richard Foster, an extensive landowner across Cambridge.
1851 George and Dragon
William Maile, 23, innkeeper
1861 (69) George and Dragon
Richard Thurlburn, 43, publican
26 lodgers
1871 (69) George and Dragon
William Weston, 45, publican
9 lodgers and 10 servants
1881 (69) The George and Dragon
Phillip Bell, 42, college servant
4 servants and 12 lodgers
(70) William Gam, 60, chimney sweep
Nos. 1-3 George and Dragon Yard first appear.This may mark the transformation of lodging houses into independent dwellings.
1885 George and Dragon Coffee tavern
1891
(69) Coffee Tavern
Charles J Ball, stationers assistant
1 servant and 2 lodgers
(70)
William Gaine, chimney sweep
1901 (70) to let
1913 The Temperance Boarding House
W F Ward, proprietor
Temperance House Yard:
Abbey Miniature Rifle Range
(2) Mrs Elderkin
Shamrock Passage:
(1) –
(2) William Nunn
(5) C Cranfield
(6) William Nunn
1962
(158-160)
Ward Cox and Son pastrycooks
Mrs A Cox
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