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According to an information board at the pub, the Mitre was built on the site of two former pubs in around 1878. The forerunners were the Blackmoor’s Head (which had closed in 1856) and the Cock & Magpie. At 17 & 18 Bridge Street in 1881` census. **
Mitre, Bridge Street, Cambridge - in July 2010
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1752/ (Blackmoor’s Head) Robert Clarke/../../../Pub’s Own Records
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1830/ (Black-a-Moor’s Head) Francis Bell/../../../Pigot’s
Directory of Cambridgeshire 1830-31 **
1839/ (Blackamoor’s Head) Sam. Peacock/../../../Robson’s
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1851/ (Blackmoor’s Head) Simon Barker/../../../Gardner’s
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1852/ (Blackmoors Head) James Ingram/../../../Slater’s Directory **
Cock & Magpie, 18 Bridge Street:
1871/Edward R Lawrence/Wine Merchant, Widow/64/Cambridge, Cambridgeshire/Census
1871/Emily Starmer/Daughter/35/Cambridge, Cambridgeshire/Census
1871/Kate Lawrnce/Daughter/22/Grantchester, Cambridgeshire/Census
1871/Frances Thompson/Servant/19/Coton, Cambridgeshire/Census
1874/ (Cock & Magpie ) William Headdy/../../../Pub’s Own Records
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1879/Thomas William Reilly/../../../Kellys Directory
1881/ (Mitre) Elizabeth Mays/../../../Pub’s Own Records **
1881/Elizabeth Mays/Licensed Victuallers Wife/33/Sheland/Census
1881/John F Mays/Son/4 months/Cambridge/Census
1881/Julia Mays/Mother, Annuitant, Widow/55/Guernsey, Channel Islands/Census
1883/Arthur Montague Butler/../../../Kellys Directory
1888/Mrs Elizabeth Cue/../../../Kellys Directory
1892/John Rich/../../../Kellys Directory
1896/Mrs Ann Rich/../../../Kellys Directory
1904/Thomas McLachlan/../../../Kellys Directory
1913/E Green/../../../Spalding Directory
1916/Frank E Rice/../../../Kellys Directory
1933/Thos. Stafford Spurgeon/../../../Kelly’s Directory **
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