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Ely pub history index
This pub is now closed and in private residential use (2009). **
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Cambridgeshire .
Royal Oak, 78 Back Hill, Ely - in February 2009
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address.
1830/Thomas Bartingale/../../../Pigots Directory **
1839/William Rust/../../../Pigots Directory **
1851/M Rust/../../../Gardners Directory **
1869/William Fenn/../../../Post Office Directory
1879/William Buckle/../../../Kellys Directory
1883/William Buckle/../../../Kellys Directory
1891/William Drage/Inn Keeper/37/Mledreth, Cambs/Census
1891/Jane S Drage/Wife/33/Chatteris, Cambs/Census
1891/Walter Womack/Boarder, Pig Dealer/60/North Lopham, Norfolk/Census
1891/Clara Rowell/Domestic Servant/15/Stretham, Cambs/Census
1891/Frederick Downing/Lodger, Foreman Shoe Clicker/31/Fownham,
Norfolk/Census
1891/Samuel Landey/Lodger, Farm Labourer/50/Kingston, Cambs/Census
1891/William Banyard/Lodger, GER Platelayer/41/Ely, Cambs/Census
1904/King Spinks/../../../Kellys Directory
1916/King Spinks/../../../Kellys Directory