The Mitre Historic Pub, founded in 1754

The Mitre, founded in 1754, a pub of long and venerable history, stands on the site of two former inns, the Blackmoor's Head and the Cock and Magpie. The first inn took it's name from Robert Blackmoor, a medieval chantry priest. The coming of the railway took away a lot of the river trade, upon which both inns depended, to the point where, by 1874 the Cock and Magpie was the only remaining pub. It took it's present name from the 19th century Mitre brewery which stood inBlackmoor's Yard. It can be found in Bridge Street, Cambridge.