Barkway, Main Street c.1965
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B281012
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In 1700s and 1800s, Barkway lay on the main coach route from London to Cambridge. The Angel Inn (later the Wheatsheaf) served as the main staging post for travellers. In the early 1800s, it was owned by William Woolard, whose Newfoundland dog, Neptune, guarded the gate at the far end of the building. William Phelps, alias Brighton Bill, the pugilist, died here after his brutal encounter with Owen Swift in 1838. The white milestone (centre) is the last of a series measuring the route to Cambridge. The stones were erected in the early 1700s by Drs Mouse and Hare of Cambridge University.
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