Hempstead’s innkeepers

We have reconstructed the names of the various innkeepers, partly directly from census and old Kelly’s Directories (see archive) and partly from an exercise carried out for the website LondonWiki. The latter has access to more sources than we do but some of these (dates shown below in square brackets) have not yet been verified by us. See also the section on Pubs.

THE [ROSE AND] CROWN

DateSourceName of innkeeper
   
1705VariousJohn Turpin
1841CensusCharles Richardson
[1848]White’sCharles Richardson
1851CensusStephen Tredgett
[1852]Kelly’sStephen Tredgett
1855Kelly’sWilliam Foster
1861CensusWilliam Foster
[1862]Kelly’sWilliam Willshire
[1871]POWilliam Willshire
1874Kelly’sThomas Housden
[1878]Kelly’sMary Ann Hall
[1881]CensusWilliam Bird
1882Kelly’sWilliam Bird
[1886]Kelly’sWilliam Bird
[1886]Kelly’sJames Gray
1891CensusJames Gray
1894Kelly’sJames Dix
1901CensusJames Dix
1902Kelly’sJames Dix
[1908]Kelly’sGeorge Coe
1911CensusGeorge Coe
1914Kelly’sGeorge Coe
1922Kelly’sGeorge Coe
1933Kelly’sGeorge Coe
1937Kelly’sCharles Moore
1939RegisterCharles Moore
[1953]SWWNJack Handley

THE ROYAL OAK

[1845]POJoshua Brazier*
1851CensusSarah Brazier
1855Kelly’sSarah Brazier
1861CensusRobert Medcalf
[1862]Kelly’sRobert Medcalf
[1867]Kelly’sGeorge Smith
[1871]POGeorge Smith
1874Kelly’sJohn Bennett
[1878]Kelly’sJohn Bennett
1881CensusJohn Knights
1891CensusJames Gray
1894Kelly’sAlfred Gray
[1899]Kelly’sAlfred Gray
1901CensusHerbert Chapman
1902Kelly’sHenry Johnson
1911CensusHenry Johnson
1914Kelly’sHenry Johnson
[1917]Kelly’sHenry Johnson
[1926]Kelly’sLouisa Johnson
1933Kelly’sWilliam Palmer
1937Kelly’sWilliam Palmer

* Joshua Brazier is also shown on the 1842 tithe map as the farmer of the Whiitlesford Charity lands which generated income, and subsequently capital, for the benefit of the charity school in Whittlesford.