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Burnt Fen Plough & Duck
Burnt Fen Plough & Duck
also traded as Plough
North East, 52.42783,0.41818
Closed: about 1958
Burnt Fen Turnpike
grid reference TL 645 838
It's shown on this old OS map from about the end of the 19th century. interactive map
The Plough & Duck was demolished about 2005. We're told that the pub stood directly in front of where the new house built on the site stands.
Landlords
1844: Robert Gatten
1855: Richard Gayton
1861: Ann Gayton ((Farmer & Innkeeper/widow/56y/Ely, Cambs) (Plough listed in West Row))
1865: Mrs Ann Gayton ((Plough) (& farmer))
1869: John Cocks ((Plough))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(1861 census information from Malcolm Fairley)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.