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Date of photo: 2021	Picture source: Google Streetview
The Durham Ox was situated on Nene Terrace. This pub was acquired by Soames Brewery in 1921 and subsequently sold to Steward & Patteson in 1949. It closed on 28th March 1966. The publican in 1881 was William Mead, probably the last toll bar keeper in Deeping Fen; the Deeping toll bars were withdrawn in 1877. The publican in 1919 was John Henfrey.
Source: Adam Cartwright
The Durham Ox was situated "almost in the middle of nowhere" at Nene Terrace, which lies at the junction of the B1040 (Crowland Road) and French Drove. Nene Terrace is about 2 miles from Crowland and 3 miles from Thorney. Pub customers all hailed from Nene Terrace or cycled in from the other isolated houses in the near vicinity that housed the farm workers - almost the only occupation for residents. At the time of the closure of the pub, Nene Terrace comprised about 20 or so houses, The Durham Ox, a very small general store and a methodist chapel. House deliveries of mail, newspapers, milk and bread came from Crowland daily, together with a twice-a-week mobile groceries van. A bus service started from Nene Terrace on Wednesdays and Saturdays (market days) and took locals to Peterborough. A mobile chip shop (converted bus) parked outside the pub in the early evening twice a week. When I left in 1957 there was no street lighting. At the time, Nene Terrace was part of the Soke of Peterborough, which was then part of Northamptonshire. The Soke ceased to exist in 1965. The border between Huntingdonshire and Lincolnshire now passes through Nene Terrace.
Robert Ward (November 2024)
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