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Kate

Kate Report 19 Oct 2007 13:45

Does anyone know if there are any online indexes etc about who owned various pubs in Britain? I have a few gamekeepers turned publicans in my tree and was thinking of compiling a list to put on my own site of people who owned pubs. My great-grandfather did at one time and it took us ages to find out just when so I thought it may be a useful thing for anyone else looking for ancestors who owned pubs or hotels.

Thing is, I don't want to do it all if someone else has done it already. And does anyone think it's a good idea?

Heather

Heather Report 19 Oct 2007 23:02

Norfolk pubs lists all the old pubs and the landlords - I think quite a few areas have similar sites if you google.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 20 Oct 2007 00:02

It all depends on what time you're looking for.
If you google '1881 pubs' you can do an almost country wide (England) search of both publicans and the inhabitants of the pub during the 18891 census - but it doesn't include Winchester!!

maggie

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 20 Oct 2007 01:24

Nowadays, publicans have to apply to County courts for a licence, but Im not sure when that started or when beer was standardised by Cust and ex. bit before my time.

Researching:
For better results please give all the details ,name, date place as you can {pictures by me }

Kaz in a Tizz

Kaz in a Tizz Report 20 Oct 2007 05:46

If you google midlands pubs . thingy uk there is a very comprehensive list of pubs for the Midlands counties and a genealogy section!

Kaz :o))

Heather

Heather Report 20 Oct 2007 10:25

Yes, they did have to have a licence, but whether they have survived or not is another question - records offices may keep them.

Kate

Kate Report 21 Oct 2007 20:07

What I was thinking of was listing the person who named themselves as proprietor on whichever census and then trying to track the changing owners/proprietors over the years.

Could be a long project, though, I think.

Carole & Sue from up north

Carole & Sue from up north Report 25 Oct 2007 00:58

my gt x4 grandmother was a publican and I found her in a couple of trade directories. It was wonderful finding the name and address of her pub.

hisroicaldirectories.org/

Its a fantastic site (i found a number of other ancestors in there that I never knew had businesses!)

Carole