Trumpington Public Houses
This history of Trumpington public houses is based on a presentation given at the meeting titled Along the High Street, 26 March 2009. It is one of a series of pages with information about the High Street.
There have been nine public houses or inns in Trumpington over the last 500 years. Five of these pubs remain in active use:
The Green Man
The Coach & Horses (the Wok ‘n’ Grill)
The Tally Ho
The Volunteer (Spice Merchants Indian Restaurant)
The Unicorn
while four of the pubs no longer exist:
The Red Lion
The Black Swan
The Ram’s Head
The White Lion
The only inns recorded in the 1790s were the Green Man and the Coach & Horses, opposite each other on the High Street.
By the 1840s, the Red Lion and the Tally Ho had also opened, a short distance to the south along the High Street. The Red Lion was rebuilt in the 1930s and eventually closed in the 1970s.
The Unicorn opened in Church Lane in the 1850s and the Volunteer on Trumpington Road also in the 1850s.
Three of the pubs have been converted into restaurants in recent years: the Coach & Horses, the Green Man and the Volunteer.
The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (1959) describes the Green Man and the Coach & Horses, p. 390-91.
The Victoria County History (VCH) (1982) includes a summary of the different pubs, p. 250-51.
See the bibliography for full details.