This is originally a beer house called Gibbet House at Cross Road, Elsworth; and by the 1930s was the Caxton Gibbet Hotel.
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Cambridgeshire . The Cambridgeshire listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
Residents at this address
1851/Francis Watts/Bricklayer/60/Blofield, Norfolk/Census
1851/Mary Watts/Wife/58/Elsworth, Cambs/Census
1851/Jane Watts/Daughter/18/Elsworth, Cambs/Census
1851/John Watts/Son/14/Elsworth, Cambs/Census
1861/Mary Watts/Publican, Widow/70/Elsworth, Cambs/Census
1861/John Watts/Son, Bricklayer/21/Elsworth, Cambs/Census
1861/Esther Ridgley/Daughter, Dressmaker/37/Elsworth, Cambs/Census
1861/Eliza Ann Ridgley/Grand daughter/8/Elsworth, Cambs/Census
1871/Mary Watts/Publican, Widow/81/Conington, Hunts/Census
1871/Esther Ridgley/Daughter, Dressmaker, Widow/48/Elsworth/Census
1871/John Watts/Son, Bricklayer/33/Elsworth/Census
1881/Mary Watts/Beer House Keeper, Widow/93/Elsworth, Cambs/Census
1881/John Watts/Son, Builder/45/Elsworth, Cambs/Census
1881/Esther Coxall/Daughter, Housekeeper/55/Caxton, Cambs/Census
1881/Stephen Coxall/Son in Law, Blacksmith/47/Bourn, Cambs/Census
1883/George Hill/../../../Kellys Directory
1892/John Hootten/../../../Kellys Directory
1896/Henry Simons/../../../Kellys Directory
1904/Henry Simons/../../../Kellys Directory
1916/Thomas Cooper/../../../Kellys Directory