That's a bit of an urban myth, but it's a good story to propagate. There was a tag very close but tellingly the forum chose to tag the pub before the church.
I agree, I think it is an urban myth, and it is told regarding the pub not the church, but could not tag the pub as it had been done already. But the whole lot, church, pub and land around was all part of the Palace of Ely - which was the property of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and therefore part of Cambridgeshire. The story (myth) revolving around diamond robbers (Hatton Garden is nearby) hiding in the pub because the local rozzers could not make an arrest in there until they had phoned their counterparts in at the Cambridge Constabulary. <<- For the benefit of those wondering what the urban myth was about.
I agree, I think it is an urban myth, and it is told regarding the pub not the church, but could not tag the pub as it had been done already. But the whole lot, church, pub and land around was all part of the Palace of Ely - which was the property of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and therefore part of Cambridgeshire. The story (myth) revolving around diamond robbers (Hatton Garden is nearby) hiding in the pub because the local rozzers could not make an arrest in there until they had phoned their counterparts in at the Cambridge Constabulary. <<- For the benefit of those wondering what the urban myth was about.