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The former 'Wheatsheaf' pub on the High Street
Publication of Barkway History Group's first book!
3rd October 2026Beer, Beds and Stabling, edited by Jon Mein
The main road from London to Cambridge through Barkway has always been busy – and noisy. In the 1750-1850 period, as now, all sorts of people used it. The wealthy travelled to the University or perhaps to their estates in Norfolk using scheduled coaches; gamblers with money to burn heading to the Newmarket races hired expensive post-chaises. On more restricted budgets, waggoners carted goods up and down the road, especially barley to the pre-eminent maltsters in Ware; and then there were the drovers leading thousands of cattle, sheep, ducks and geese to London’s markets.
Copies will be available for £10 at the Barkway LitFest all day on Saturday 3 October and the author will be giving a FREE talk at 7.30pm. Members will be particularly welcome!