Wheathampstead Pubs.

Landlords

 

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Updated 20 January 2008

Now that many are aware of the old Wheathampstead pubs, let's see if we can add the names of the Landlords.  This section has been kindly started off by Laurie Seymour and others have contributed many additions. 
Please let me know if you have further information / extra details including dates email me.

Name/s (prefix of 'The' omitted)

Landlords
Abbot John / Railway / Railway Hotel The railway came to Whstd C 1865
1869 owned by A Lattimore and kept by William Seabrook
1871 incl James Johnson bootmaker?
Wm Seabrook (1881) licensed Vict Coal Mrchant & Farmer aged 36
Mrs Fossett, 
Alf East
Bell Inn / Bell & Crown 1617 was The Bell
C 1700 licensee was Francis Childs son of Thomas
1820s Fanny Baker Licensee and various Bakers held the house from 1815 to 1840,
1840 kept by William Brownie 
Robert Bray, Cooper & Victualler 1851(Bell Inn)
C 1850 became the Bell & Crown
1876 George Bray
Wm McCulloch (1881) Cooper & Brewer
Mr Sweeney, 
‘Nick’ Nicholson  (previously chef at The Bull)
Charles Parker(1901)
Bricklayer's Arms / Boot Thomas Thrale, Baker & Beer Seller 1851 (Boot)
Rebecca Ward (1881) aged 50 Publican
Mr & Mrs Brown (1893)
Bull 1617 it had 119 acres of land
1667 Roger Austin
William & Joannah Hooper (at least 1839 and 1852).
In the 1850s William Hooper (who was also a postmaster) and family kept the house for 50 years or more.
Joanna Hooper, Inn Keeper (1851 census)
Mrs J Hooper (by 1855) owned it in her own right 
Eliza Hooper (1881) licensed v
ictualler aged 70
Thomas Dickson Myles (1901)
Dick Spurr
Managed by Pat and Barry Kent - 1965 - 1970 (went on to run the White Horse at Hatching Green)
Traveller's Friend (1901), 
Cherry Trees
no building in 1840
1868 owned by A Latimore (brewer) - was called Cherry Trees
John Brothers (1881)
1886 was called Traveller's friend, 1896 was Cherry Trees (Ind Coope)
Lewis Lines C 1890 to 1900 (J Pyrke took over from him.)

J Pyrke (1901)
Cricketers Mr/Mrs Carter*
Joseph Hale(1891?)
Charles Carter (1901)
Cross Keys (Gustard Wood) 1617 house occupied by William Sibbley
before 1756 became an inn occupied by Edward Ephgrave
Up to 1834 the Ephgraves associated with it.
"William Ephgrave aged 96 years had taken out 67 licenses for the Cross Keys" - parish burial record
John & Mary Sibley, Shoemaker & Victualler (1851)
George Russel(1891)
Samuael Coates (1901)
Walter and Annie Kingston (c.1908-c.1918)
Frank Bagnall, 
Bill Booker (American I believe), 
Tom & Elsie Sygrove, 
Andy Hibberd
Elephant & Castle (Amwell) 1714 kept by C.M. ?
1764 dated brick in front wall
1812 Charles Humphreys was paying the rates
1837 owned by John Dorrington and later Pryor Reid
Said to have well in garden 200ft deep
? John Stredder, Carpenter & Beer Shop Keeper (1851 in Amwell)
Amos Gale (1901)
Jack & Edie (Edith) Smith (1930s - 1950s)
Laurie & Gwen Beavis,
John Taylor
Stuart Willett
Bob & Sue Muir
Locomotive  
Melbourne Arms (1800s) name changed when Lord Melbourne was disgraced,
(Was this also The Horse & Jockey, Marford, that appears in the 1881 Census?)

Lord Nelson
Nelson
1835 called the Melbourne Arms kept by Samual Gray and owned by Joseph Kinsley of Kimpton
Samuel Gray, Sawyer & Keeper of Beer Shop 1851 (Melbourne Arms)

George Carter (1901)
Lou Smith
Ron McCann
George & Doreen Dawson (1965-1975
)
Charles & Ada Leonard (1975- )
Bob from the Cross Keys
Three Oaks (Nomansland) 1820s Joseph Simpson mortgaged to W H Latimore which he acquired on the death of Thomas Crawley - probably a beer house at that date.
Ivory (1824)
Was in the Simpsons hands until 1938 when Miss Annie Simpson conveyed it to McMullens & Son
Thomas J Jones (1901)
Trundel
Dave & Vera Beadle
Vera Beadle for 6 months
Peter & Pam Hammond for 6 months
Roy & June Taylor
Old Plough (Gustard Wood) Lucy Straw, 
1840 owned by Thomas George and beerhouse kept by John Edmonds.
Francis Russell (1891,1901)
Frank Russell (not related to Bert), 
Mr Pridham, 
Dickie Halsey
Red Cow 1840 owned by John Dorrington & kept by William Peacock
1841 owned by Joseph Kinglsey
Charles Gray, Brewers Labr & Beer Shop Keeper (1851)

Charles and Ann Gray (1861)
1866 owned by A Lattimore
Charles Gray (1901)
Mrs. Minnie Sarah We
stwood nee Gray (1944)
Les and Effie Rolph (late 1950s to mid 1960s)
Percy English

I lived opposite the Red Cow for about 30 years and the Landlady that I remember was Mrs Minnie Westwood, at one time there was a small shop with the pub. I think the Westwoods' were there until Les (Texas) Rolph took over the licence.
Regards, Ron Hewson 

Red Lion George Nash, Carpenter & Beer Shop Keeper (1851)
Elijah Collins (1901) at The Lion
Rose & Crown, (Folly) 1836 Beerhouse
1840 kept by Mathew Munt
Amos Smart (1901), 
James Hillen wife Lucy. (after Sept 1917) picture on right - please email    with any further information about James Hillen.
Royal Oak George Elmore (1901)
Ship / Free Trader James Dunham (1861)
John Brothers (1891)

George Garland (1901)
Swan 1756 kept by James Messer
1791 owner Isaac House of Grove Farm sold to James Wilkin, whstd brewer.
1814 Licensee Joseph Sibley (was appointed overseer of the poor)
1836 bought by John Isaac.
A blacksmith shop was attached for many years.
Charles Burgess (1851) aged 37 Innkeeper, b Tewin, Herts
Maria Burgess(1881) aged 63 Innkeeper
Frederick and Frances Burgess until they moved to London in 1891/2
Brown (1894)
Mrs Agnes Brown (1901)
Percy Wilkinson, 
Jim Hensman
Tin Pot (Gustard Wood) 1665 Roger Parker
1756 kept by William Carter
by 1884 owned by John House
Mrs Ward, 
James Males aged 71(1891), 
J Robinson (1901)
Bert & Olive (nee Ward) Russell, 
Stuart St George (Canadian who stayed after WW1), 
Stan Deeks  (Son Maurice founded Deeks Electrical, Harpenden), 
Peter & Jean Stratton
Two Brewers James Westwood (1901).  Licence refused in 1906 because of too many Beer houses
Walnut Tree Albert Wright
White Hart / The White Stag / The Stag Wm Harris, Journeyman Miller & Beer Seller 1851(White Hart)
Miss Ellen Dawes (1901)
King William IV (prior to 1875), 
Park Hotel
(1901), 
Wicked Lady
(1967)
Strawberry Tree(for short time Nov 2002)
Wicked Lady

1835 owned by Ralph Thrale and kept by Cornelius Franklin
Cornelius Franklin (1839)
Charles Farnell, Plumber & Victualler 1851 (King William, Whstd Hill)
Owned by Thrale family (1852)
before 1886 owned by James Mardell (was Park Hotel)
Wm Cain (1901),
Mrs Dance
Eric Collins, 
Mr Marshall,
Doug Payne (Newfoundlander)

Prince of Wales, then John Bunyan William & Emma Harvey (1932-1952)
Dolly & Dave Harvey(1952),
Eddie & Gill Comley
Royal Exchange, Gustard Wood Abraham Brothers, Boot & Shoemaker & Beer Seller (1851)
Abraham Brothers (1861, 1871) "
Abraham Brothers (1881) son of above

George Spikesley (1891, 1901)
Woodman  

Contributions of information greatly appreciated and acknowledged from: Laurie Seymour (My recollections go back to 1935), Christine Field, Mark Dawson.  Some information extracted from "Wheathampstead Inns" in the Public Library

Other information related to Pubs and Brewing

1851 on High St = Wm Higby Lattimore, Brewer & Malster, s/o Wm Lattimore
1851 on East Lane = Joseph Males, Maltman
1851 Gustard Wood = Charles E. Howard, Beer Seller
1851 Pickford Mills = Thomas Parrott, Beer Seller
1851 Gibralter, Batford Mills = George Neale, Publican
1851 on Luton Rd = Wm Dellar, Shoemaker & Beerseller
1851 No Mans Land = John Rainsdon, Ag Lab & Beer Shop Keeper
1851 Amwell = John Stredder, Carpenter & Beer Shop Keeper
1851 Harpenden Common = George Gray, Shoemaker & Publican
1851 Whstd Hill = Wm Rudd, Beer Shop Keeper
1851 Bury Green = Mary A. Dunham, Beer Shop Keeper
1851 Bury Green = John Anderson, Brewers Labr

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