Fountain, Churchgate Street, Soham, Ely, Cambridgeshire

Soham pub history index

Listed as at the High Street in 1896

Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Cambridgeshire .

Fountain, Churchgate Street, Soham - in January 2010

Kindly provided by Stephen Harris

Residents at this address

1851/James Gibson/../../../Gardner�s Directory **

1869/Sumner Elsden/../../../Post Office Directory

1879/Sumner Elsden/../../../Kellys Directory

1881/Sumner Elsden/Inn Keeper/62/Soham Cambridgeshire/Census
1881/Sophia Elsden/Wife/60/Soham Cambridgeshire/Census
1881/Grace Elsden/../21/Soham Cambridgeshire/Census
1881/Ernest Elsden/../14/Soham Cambridgeshire/Census
1881/Susan Bailey/General Servant/19/Wicken, Cambridgeshire/Census

1883/Sumner Elsden/../../../Kellys Directory

1891/Sumner Elsden/Innkeeper/68/Soham Cambridgeshire/Census ***
1891/Sophia Elsden/Wife Innkeeper/64/Soham Cambridgeshire/Census
1891/Augusta S Elsden/Dau Assistant/34/Soham Cambridgeshire/Census
1891/Arthur J Dimock/Grandson/4/Islington London/Census
1891/Rachel Williams/Gen Dom Servant/14/Bottisham Cambridgeshire/Census
1891/Joseph Diner or Diver/Groom Servant/18/Isleham Cambridgeshire/Census
1891/William Elsden/Visitor Ret Hairdresser(Wid)/60/Soham Cambridgeshire/Census

1892/Sumner Elsden/../../../Kellys Directory

1896/John Webb Rook/../../../Kellys Directory

In 1911 at the Fountain Hotel, Soham Alfred Henry Rawlings, Hotel proprietor aged 40 and born in London St Pancras Nellie Rawlings, Wife, Assisting in the business aged 38 and born in Isleham, Cambridgeshire William Henry Thomas Liddell, Boarder, Band instructor, Widower aged 48 and born in Bromsgrove, Worcester 1916/Alfred Hy Rawlings/../../../Kellys Directory

Newmarket Journal.
PETTY SESSIONS Tuesday, November 28th, 1922,
Fountain alehouse, Soham, from Thomas Stubbings to Alfred H. Rawlings.


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*** Provided By Bev Howlett