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Luton index
Often just listed as the Cock, in Hastings street
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Bedfordshire . The Bedfordshire listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1871/W Eeles/Publican/47/Banstead, Surrey/Census
1871/Catherine Eeles/Wife/60/Long Acre, London/Census
1871/James Williamson/Pot Boy/16/Luton, Bedfordshire/Census
1881/John Palmer/Publican & Brewers Labourer/33/Oxford, Oxfordshire/Census
1881/Elizabeth A Palmer/Wife/35/Oxford, Oxfordshire/Census
1881/Alice A Palmer/Daughter/7/Oxford, Oxfordshire/Census
1881/Thomas Colls/Lodger, Cattle Drover/60/Luton, Bedford/Census
1881/Thomas Pearson/Lodger, Boiler Maker/42/Hallifax, Yorkshire/Census
1881/Joseph Hopkinson/Lodger, Boiler Makers labourer/20/Huddersfield,
Yorkshire/Census
1881/James Hallswell/Lodger, Boiler Maker/38/Hallifax, Yorkshire/Census