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The Bluebell Inn
This is one of the oldest pubs in Peterborough. The building is Grade 1 listed with parts dating back to an ancient 1598.
A stone built building constructed as a farmhouse in 1665, it remained so until 1806 when the owner John Bull died and left the property to John Cave. About 1810 he took out a six day License and it remains a public house to this day The Bluebell Pub.
In the 1881 Census the Inn Keeper was Harry Perkins (33), his family consisted of wife Mary Ann and 2 young daughters Gertrude 3 years and Annie 2 years, they also had a servant Sarah Weathersgill who lived with them.
In 1886 the property was on lease to Elgoods Brewery who a few years later purchased the deeds. In the 1901 census the landlord was George Cooper (54), who lived there with his wife Emma (also 54), 2 daughters Ellen and Annie (15 yrs) and one son Ben. Ellen was 25 and a dressmaker, and Ben 17 was a railway clerk. However 2 years later Kellys Directory has Emma Cooper as the landlady.Some more views of The Bluebell but I have doubts that the bottom right was taken in 1960.