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Of the 28 public houses identified as having existed at some time in Haddenham and Aldreth, 21 were listed in the "Return of Licensed Houses" in the County of the Isle of Ely in 1906. Of these, 8 were only licensed for the sale of beer, on and off the premises.
That still left no fewer than 13 establishments which were fully licensed. Examination of the list shows that there was a potential to accommodate quite a number of travellers both humans and horses. Some of the premises licensed as beerhouses were little more that cottages of which the front room was given over to the provision of a rough and ready kind of service.
Most of the houses in the 1906 list were closed over the years so that at the present day only "The Three Kings" and "The Cherry Tree" survive to serve the community.
The Three Kings has a long and honourable pedigree and has always been the principal inn in the village. At the time of the passing of the drainage Act of 1797 it was laid down that the Commissioners appointed to levy the tax of 4/- per acre to pay for the drainage should hold their first meeting "at the Three Kings Inn on the Wednesday three weeks next after the passing of the Act". This custom was continued well into the present century.
 
Below is a map of the pubs in Haddenham in 1906. The details of each pub follow.

 


 

 

*Diagram based on the artwork of Ann Biggs*
*NOTE* THE WHITE SWAN (NO. 27) AND THE THREE TUNS (NO. 28) WERE ACTUALLY INVERTED IN 1906.
 
1. The RAILWAY TAVERN
Had:-
3 bedrooms for Lodgers and Travellers
Stabling for 4 horses and 4 vehicles
The Licensee, Daniel Jacobs, was a farmer
 
2. The WHITE LION
Beerhouse. Had:-
Stabling for 3 horses and 3 vehicles.
The Licensee was Sarah Peach.
 
3. The RED LION (changed its name from the Black Bush in 1816)
Had:-
3 bedrooms for Lodgers and Travllers
Stabling for 3 horses and 3 vehicles
The Licensee, Charles Cox, was a farmer
 
4. The BLUEBELL
was not listed in 1906.
 
5 The GLOBE
Beerhouse. Had:
2 bedrooms for Lodgers and Travellers
The Licensee was Mary Arm Nightingale.
 
6 The CROSS KEYS
Had:
Stabling for 2 horses and 2 vehicles.
The Licensee, Arthur E Wright, was a gardener.
 
7 The BLACK HORSE
Had:
1 bedroom for Lodgers and Travellers
Stabling tor 2 horses only
The Licensee, John Covell, was a farmer, having 1 acre of his own.
 
8. The PLOUGH (Earith Bridge)
Had:-
Stabling for 6 horses and 4 vehicles.
The Licensee, Alfred Bedford, was a farmer, having 5 acres of his own.
 
9. The TWO POTTS
Had:-
2 bedrooms for Lodgers and Travellers
Stabling for 2 horses only.
The Licensee, William Hawkings, was a farmer having 6 acres of his own.
 
10. The WHITE HOUSE
was not listed in 1906.
 
11. The THREE KINGS
Had:-
6 bedrooms for Lodgers and Travellers
Stabling for 12 horses and 12 vehicles
The Licensee, George Powers, was a farmer, having 7 acres of his own.
 
12. The WINDMILL
was not listed in 1906.
 
13. The CHEQUERS
Had:-
1 bedroom for Lodgers and Travellers
Stabling for 4 horses and 4 vehicles.
The Licensee, Harry E Jacobs, was a farmer, having 1 acre of his own.
 
14. The BLACK BULL
was not listed in 1906.
 
15. The ROSE & CROWN
Had:-
2 bedrooms for Lodgers and Travellers
Stabling for 1 horse and 3 vehicles.
The Licensee, Harry Point, was a farmer, having 2 acres of his own.
 
16. The COOPER'S ARMS
Beerhouse. Had:-
2 bedrooms for Lodgers and Travellers
Stabling for 1 horse only
The Licensee was Eliza Kidd
 
17. The BELL
Had:-
2 bedrooms for Lodgers and Travellers
Stabling for 3 horses and 3 vehicles.
The Licensee, George Taylor, was a farmer.
 
18. The PRINCE OF WALES FEATHERS
was not listed in 1906.
 
19. The GOLDEN LION
was not listed in 1906.
 
20. The HARE & HOUNDS
Had:-
Stabling for 3 horses and vehicles.
The Licensee, George W Salmons, was a farmer, having 7 acres of his own.
 
21. The VINE
Beerhouse. Had:-
1 bedroom for Lodgers and Travellers
Stabling for 2 horses and 2 vehicles
The Licensee was Jane Adams.
 
22. The WHITE HART
Had:-
2 bedrooms for Lodgers and Travellers
Stabling for 2 horses only.
The Licensee, Charles Stowe, was a labourer.
 
23. The WHITE HORSE
Beerhouse. Had:-
2 bedrooms for Lodgers and Travellers
Stabling for 1 horse only.
Licensee, Charles Lown, was a farmer.
 
24. The CHERRY TREE
Beerhouse. Had:-
1 bedroom for Lodgers and Travellers
The Licensee, Harry Laurence, was a carpenter.
 
25. The RED BULL
Beerhouse. Had:-
No bedrooms for Lodgers and Travellers.
Stabling for 1 horse only
The Licensee, Watts Emery, was a shepherd.
 
26. LOCK SPITTAL HALL
was not listed in 1906.
 
27. The WHITE SWAN (Aldreth)
Beerhouse. Had:-
2 bedrooms for Lodgers and Travellers
Stabling for 3 horses and 3 vehicles
The Licensee, John Moxon, had a private income.
 
28. The THREE TUNS (Aldreth)
Had:-
2 Bedrooms for Lodgers and Travellers
Stabling for 2 horses only.
The Licensee, Walter N Fitch, was a labourer.
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The information on this page and the diagram were taken from the book "Hadnam on the Hill", by Jean Richards, MBE, with kind permission by the copyright holder Mrs Lorna Delanoy.
 
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