THE HOPVINE

21 Clay Street, Soham, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5HJ

'The Hopvine' was described as a "real drinkers pub", that is to say that only beer was available and the sole purpose of being there was the enjoyment of the beer. The pub was kept by the Wiseman family for a great many years and the last licensee, Mr Cecil Newman, is a distant relative. There were no pumps at the pub and there were no spirits sold. The pub at one time was a coach house and the horses would be taken in the yard or tethered to rings on the wall of the pub.
Mr Newman took over the license in 1948 and held it until Greene King closed the pub in 1956. The Newmans carried out alterations, whilst at the pub, and uncovered an inglenook fireplace.
'The Hopvine' public house on Clay Street, previously known as Bull Lane is now the headquarters of the local dentists. The local dentistry, in recent years, moved from its previous location at Pembrooke House in Fountain Lane to Clay Street and 'The Hopvine' is now known as 'The Hopvine House Dental Surgery'.