Landlords, legends, census records, and lost taverns.
Star Tap, Station Road in 1891 and 1911 census.
Waterbeach pub history index
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Cambridgeshire.
Residents at this address
1869/Charles Frost/../../../Post Office Directory
1879/Henry Bendall/../../../Kellys Directory
1883/Sidney Joshua Worts/../../../Kellys Directory
1891/George Cattermole/Carpenter Publican/43/Stowmarket Suffolk/Census ***
1891/Sophie Cattermole/Wife/36/Newmarket Cambridgeshire/Census
1891/frederick Edward Cattermole/Son/11/Newmarket Cambridgeshire/Census
1891/Bertie Cattermole/Son/9/Newmarket Cambridgeshire/Census
1891/Maria Eliza Cattermole/Dau/3/Newmarket Cambridgeshire/Census
1891/Florence Bertha Sargeant/Visitor/13/Ashby Suffolk/Census
1896/Benjamin Robson/../../../Kellys Directory
1904/William James Dye/../../../Kellys Directory
1916/Rowell Wells/../../../Kellys Directory
1930 08 14th - The Star Inn, Waterbeach had sold no beer or spirits since last May and the licence was in jeopardy, a
judge was told. The trade had run down and Pampisford Breweries had refused delivery unless they were paid £65 for the beer. They had another tenant ready to take over. The landlord said he had tried
everything he knew to make the house ‘go’ - got up dances, a shove ha’penny league and so on.
There was not a gallon of beer in the place. *
1979 12 11th - The landlord of the Star in Station Road Waterbeach did not want to put ‘just another beer garden’
behind his pub so he has installed a mini-menagerie. Already there are a range of pheasants, a couple of guinea fowl, two goats with a taste for beer, a dozen rabbits and a collection of fan-tail doves. Dave
Halsey hopes to install a duck pond and a stable for a 17-hand white Percheron horse. He has also become a hoarder of agricultural bygones and the pub is fitted out with various tack. People are
always bringing him extra things to display on his walls. *
1980 10 21st - Until recently the Star pub in Waterbeach was famous for its menagerie. Now the landlord has become caretaker at the village school and has taken some of his animals with him. A miniature compound has been built to cater for his Shetland pony, two goats, rabbits and a number of exotic
birds. But he has yet to find room for a heavy horse and cart. The children are delighted, many haven’t seen a goat close up before. *
* Mike Petty has amassed his own library of books, illustrations and information which he has shared via the Internet Archive