Great Shelford pub history index
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Cambridgeshire.
Railway Tavern, Great Shelford
Kindly provided by Colleen
Residents at this address
1869/Walter Dawson/../../../Post Office Directory
1879/Walter French/../../../Kellys Directory
1891/John Green/Licensed Victualler/33/Maidstone, Kent/Census
1891/Charlotte Green/Wife/42/Devonport, Devon/Census
1891/Alfred Green/Son/14/Sheerness, Kent/Census
1892/John Green/../../../Kellys Directory
1896/John Green/../../../Kellys Directory
1901/John Green/Publican/59/Maidstone, Kent/Census
1901/Caroline Green/Wife/55/Colchester, Essex/Census
1901/Jane Andrews/General Servant/21/Shurdy Camps, Cambridgeshire/Census
1911/William Spence/Licensed Victualler/63/Leeds, Yorkshire/Census
1911/Sarah Spence/Wife, Assistant/60/Ely, Cambridgeshire/Census
1916/William Spence/../../../Kellys Directory
Sometime between 1930 and 1939 the tavern was taken over by Albert How and
his wife Lily (nee Lilian Elizabeth Phillips). Although coming from London,
the How(e) family originated in nearby Swaffham Bulbeck. Lily's parents were
in the pub trade. Albert and Lily moved to Cambridge in the 1920s and an
Electoral Register for 1930 records them living at 'Twin Villa' King's
Hedges Road, Cambridge. In the 1939 Register they were first recorded as
running the tavern. Electoral Registers from the period 1945-1955 show them
still at the pub. Lily died on 15 January 1956 at Addenbrookes Hospital and
Albert and one of their twin sons, Douglas, continued running the tavern
being recorded there in a 1960 Electoral Register. Albert died on 8 December
1961 when, presumably, the tavern changed hands. *
* Provided By Roger Butler-Ellis