Crown & Anchor, Beastfair, Pontefract, Yorkshire

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The address is Beastfair until the 1871 census at least

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Residents at this address

Pigots 1829 - Crown & Anchor, Dor. Denton, Beast fair

Pigots 1834 - Crown & Anchor, John Scholey, Beast fair

1837 1837 Whites - Scholey John, Crown & Anchor, Beast fair

1857 Post Office directory - John Ream, Crown & Anchor commercial inn, Beastfair

1871/Robert Walshaw/Inn Keeper & Corn Dealer/42/Horbury Bridge, Yorkshire/Census
1871/Annie Walshaw/Wife/29/Bradford, Yorkshire/Census
1871/Albert Hy Walshaw/Son/3/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1871/Magie D P Walshaw/Daughter/6 months/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1871/Edwin Walshaw/Nephew, Billiard Marker/14/Bradford, Yorkshire/Census
1871/William Thornton/Ostler, Widow/35/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1871/Eliza Baggan/Servant/12/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1871/Emily Mason/Servant/19/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1871/Thomas Green/Visitor, Retired Inn Keeper/44/Farnhill, Yorkshire/Census
1871/Mary Green/Visitor/36/St Pancras, London/Census

1891/Robert Walshaw/Licensed Victualler/63/Yorkshire/Census
1891/Annie Walshaw/Wife/48/Yorkshire/Census
1891/Maggie Hunt/Daughter/21/Yorkshire/Census
1891/Richard Walshaw/Son/13/Yorkshire/Census
1891/George Wilkinson/Grandson/7/Yorkshire/Census
1891/Robert Bellwood/Ostler/26/Yorkshire/Census
1891/Sarah Phelps/Servant/19/Yorkshire/Census
1891/George Emmerson/Boarder, Coal Miner/24/Yorkshire/Census

1901/Jno Appleyard/Publican/41/Castleford, Yorkshire/Census
1901/Alice Appleyard/Wife/40/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1901/Arthur Appleyard/Son, Commercial Clerk/16/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1901/Walter Appleyard/Son, Barman/15/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1901/Gertrude Berry/Servant/14/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census

In 1905, Alehouse Licences list John Appleyard at the Crown & Anchor, Beastfair, Pontefract.

The Owner is The Master & Fellows University College Oxford , & Messrs Beverley Bros Wakefield

1927/Jn Dooler, Crown & Anchor, Beastfair/../../Kellys Directory

Other licensee to follow :
Alehouse Licences list Walter Gordon Appleyard by April 5 1909

Alehouse Licences list Arthur Wythe by June 3 1912

Alehouse Licences list Arthur Inman by Feb 3 1913

Alehouse Licences list Thomas Spink by August 9 1915

Alehouse Licences list John Benjamin Wilson by Feb 10 1919

Alehouse Licences list George Brook by Oct 3 1921

Alehouse Licences list John Wormald by 2 Feb 1925

Register of Licences for 13 July 1939 William Henry Pearce

Register of Licences for 19 Oct 1942 William Henry Hawtin

Register of Licences for 24 Jan 1943 William Ingham

Register of Licences for 14 Mar 1949 Wilfred Booth

Register of Licences for 13 Apr 1953 Susannah Booth

Register of Licences for 18 June 1956 Frank Ledger

Register of Licences for 5 Mar 1956 Application to remove from Crown & Anchor, Beastfair, Pontefract to premises on Chequerfield Estate


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