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Elm Road, WISBECH, PE13 2TG

This was once the sign for The Flower Pot at 1-3 Elm Road, Wisbech. The photographer has drunk in this pub before it closed in the early 2000s. It was subject to an arson attack in May 2010, see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1856362 It is now domestic dwellings. Wall signage and the hanging sign have been retained by the developers, to see the building see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4799896 For a photo taken in 2007 by Owen Smithers see http://wisbech.ccan.co.uk/content/catalogue_item/wisbech-the-flower-potelm-road-copyright-owen-smithers

This building was once The Flower Pot at 1-3 Elm Road, Wisbech. The photographer has drunk in this pub before it closed in the early 2000s. It was subject to an arson attack in May 2010, see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1856362 It is now domestic dwellings. Wall signage and the hanging sign has been retained by the developers, see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4799910 For a photo taken in 2007 by Owen Smithers see http://wisbech.ccan.co.uk/content/catalogue_item/wisbech-the-flower-potelm-road-copyright-owen-smithers

The Prince of Wales Tavern once stood on the site of this road junction next door to another former pub, The Flower Pot (in the left of this photo) on the northern end of Elm Road There is no mention of this tavern in A A Oldhams book, The Inns and Taverns of Wisbech. This tavern's location is shown on a map of Wisbech which was surveyed and drawn in 1853 as part of The Public Health Act of 1848 https://media.geograph.org.uk/view.php?id=2679

Wisbech suffered its third major fire in three weeks when this pub was burned out on Thursday 6th May. At present the police do not believe there is any link between the fires, other than David Humphrey & Son getting all the demolition and salvage work! For other fire sites in Wisbech see links http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1855515 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1840215

Last Thursday, May 6th,the Flower Pot public house, recently sold according to the agents board, became the third large building to be gutted by a fire in Wisbech in the last few weeks. Once again local demolition contractors David Humphrey & Son were called in to fence the building off and board up the windows and doors and make the site safe. For pictures of other fire sites see links http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1840360 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1795609

This is the site of a former public house, The Black Horse, which was at 24 Elm Road, Wisbech. It was still trading in 1994 according to a CAMRA guide. It has subsequently been demolished and is now part of a builders merchants yard. The photographer saw this pub before it was demolished. For an old photo see http://media.geograph.org.uk/view.php?id=1124 It is named on the 1887 OS map of Wisbech, see https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/546227/310115/13/100091

This is the site of a former inn, The Red Cow Inn, which once stood on the west side of Great South Street, later called Norfolk Street and now Onyx Court. The original road has now been built over and is occupied by the flats of Onyx Court. This inn once stood next door to another inn, The White Horse Inn, see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5465598 This inn's location is shown on a map of Wisbech which was surveyed and drawn in 1853 as part of The Public Health Act of 1848 https://media.geograph.org.uk/view.php?id=2678

This is the site of a former inn, The White Horse Inn, which once stood on the west side of Great South Street, later called Norfolk Street and now Onyx Court. The orininal road has now been built over and is occupied by the flats of Onyx Court. This inn once stood next door to another inn, The Red Cow, see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5465611 This inn's location is shown on a map of Wisbech which was surveyed and drawn in 1853 as part of The Public Health Act of 1848 https://media.geograph.org.uk/view.php?id=2678 (This inn is not mentioned in AA Oldham's book The Inns and Taverns of Wisbech)

This is the site of a former pub, The Woolpack, which stood on Norfolk Street (East), Wisbech. At the time of its closure in the mid 1970s it was one of the most popular pubs in the town and would be "heaving" every weekend. The photographer has drunk in this pub before it closed. The entire southern section of Norfolk Street (East) was subsequently demolished and replaced with Onyx Court in 1979. For an old photo looking in the same direction see http://media.geograph.org.uk/view.php?id=1139

This is the site of a former tavern, The Crown Tavern, which stood at 15 West Street, formerly Little South Street. A photo of the tavern can be seen here http://media.geograph.org.uk/view.php?id=1130 when it traded as The Crown Hotel. This tavern's location is shown on a map of Wisbech which was surveyed and drawn in 1853 as part of The Public Health Act of 1848 https://media.geograph.org.uk/view.php?id=2678 The site is now occupied by flats.