The area seems always to have had a huge number of pubs, although there are fewer now, and they are used as houses or shut or falling down.
Pigot’s Directory of Cambridgeshire Index of Inns & Hotels, Taverns and Public Houses of 1839 lists the following landlords:
Upwell:
The Black Bull: James May
The Black Horse: William Doile
The Crown: James West
The Duke’s Head: John Sherwing
The Five Bells: Mary Ann Hurst
The Horse & Groom: William Cragg
The Marquess of Granby: Wm. Means
The Queen’s Head: Francis Smith
The Red Hart: William Ogden
The White Hart: John Kay
The White Lion: Benjamin Notson
Upwell Fen:
The King’s Head: William Webb
The Ship: William Bennett
The Three Horse Shoes: William Bensley
Outwell:
The Bridge: James Gill
The Crown: Edward Oakes
The Plough: John Storr
The Red Lion: George Taylor
The White Swan: William Townley
Lot’s Bridge:
The Chequers: Thomas Yardly
The same book lists Gray & Hart as Brewers, Coal and Timber dealers in Upwell.
