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The Rabbit was situated at 50 Gold Street. This pub was present by 1871 when the publican was Henry Nixon. It has now been demolished.

My great great grandfather, Henry Nixon moved here in 1891, having married into the Edwards family, who owned the pub and brewery as well as several other pubs. He became licensee shortly after. He was an accomplished cricketer in his younger years and a member of the MCC. He died in 1915 whilst living at 48a Eden street. At some stage the brewery part of the business was sold to Bailey and Tebbut and the actual brewery site was sold to Wood and sons for their mineral water operation. The family kept the rest of the pub business, 12 pubs until they were sold to Greene King in the mid 20s.

K C Carpenter (December 2025)

From Cambridgeshire Heritage:

The Kite was a major centre of the Cambridge brewing industry. The Rabbit brewery was located at 50 Gold Street, associated with a public house of the same name. The brewery was in existence by 1864. The pub and brewery were taken over by Richard Edwards by 1869, and by the 1890s the brewery was moved to the other site of the street, at 11 Gold Street. Trade ceased in 1911, when the brewery was taken over as a mineral water works.

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