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Title: Tilney Fen End/St John/Tilney st Lawrence
Post by: zena 5 on Monday 06 August 07 22:12 BST (UK)

Hi
Does anyone know if there was a pub called The Plough
a few yards away from a Chapel at Tilney  Fen End   St John's this would have been in the early 1900s.We recently visited  Tiley St Lawrence but  think we was a little off cause.
Any help would be helpful for when we visit again

Title: Re: Tilney Fen End/St John/Tilney st Lawrence
Post by: ricky1 on Monday 06 August 07 22:25 BST (UK)

Hi Zena

If you had gone to Terrington St John, and turned right in the village if your coming from Wisbech end of Terrington St John, it would have took you straight to St Johns Fen End. Is this the place your looking for
ricky

Title: Re: Tilney Fen End/St John/Tilney st Lawrence
Post by: ricky1 on Monday 06 August 07 22:35 BST (UK)

Hi Zena

There is a photo of the chapel on this link, but it dont show a pub

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/423236

and a photo of the street on this link
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/146848

sorry no pub shown, might take a look for you during the week as its only a few miles from me

ricky

Title: Re: Tilney Fen End/St John/Tilney st Lawrence
Post by: ricky1 on Tuesday 07 August 07 10:31 BST (UK)

Hi Zena

Took a drive out there this morning, the place dont look like a pub anymore but this is it

Title: Re: Tilney Fen End/St John/Tilney st Lawrence
Post by: ricky1 on Tuesday 07 August 07 10:32 BST (UK)

And a couple more photo's from the back and the side

Title: Re: Tilney Fen End/St John/Tilney st Lawrence
Post by: zena 5 on Tuesday 07 August 07 17:50 BST (UK)

Hi Ricky
Thank you very much for your time thats brilliant.
Also thanks for photo's ,like you say it doesn't look much like a pub now. This was were my gt /gt Grandfather was lodging in the  late 1800s.
We will have to go to the village again next time we are over that way.
Is there a museum close by?

Thanks again Ricky

  Zena :D

Title: Re: Tilney Fen End/St John/Tilney st Lawrence
Post by: ricky1 on Tuesday 07 August 07 18:00 BST (UK)

Hi Zena

There is a small museum in Wisbech that you can go in, its near the Church in the town centre

regards

ricky

Title: Re: Tilney Fen End/St John/Tilney st Lawrence
Post by: zena 5 on Wednesday 08 August 07 14:03 BST (UK)

Hi Ricky
Thanks for that. We owe you a drink. Maybe in one of the locals, when we are next down that way.

Thanks
Zena

Title: Re: Tilney Fen End/St John/Tilney st Lawrence
Post by: ricky1 on Wednesday 08 August 07 15:57 BST (UK)

Hi Zena

The gentleman that I have been talking to says he is going to look to see if he has a photo of it amongst his postcards of Wisbech, will let you know if he finds anything

ricky

Title: Re: Tilney Fen End/St John/Tilney st Lawrence
Post by: zena 5 on Wednesday 08 August 07 21:29 BST (UK)

Thanks Ricky . That would be good to see

Title: Re: Tilney Fen End/St John/Tilney st Lawrence
Post by: Leigh Dyer on Saturday 14 April 18 10:39 BST (UK)

Quote from: zena 5 on Monday 06 August 07 22:12 BST (UK)

Hi
Does anyone know if there was a pub called The Plough
a few yards away from a Chapel at Tilney Fen End, St John's...

This is an old turn-of-the-century photo of what The Plough originally looked like.

Title: Re: Tilney Fen End/St John/Tilney st Lawrence
Post by: zena 5 on Sunday 22 April 18 21:16 BST (UK)

Hi Leigh.
Thank you for the picture good of you to send it. Very interesting nice to look into the past.
          Regards      Zena

Title: Re: Tilney Fen End/St John/Tilney st Lawrence
Post by: Leigh Dyer on Monday 23 April 18 00:40 BST (UK)

No problem. I'm from Tilney St Lawrence originally and a lot of my family are from the Fen End.