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Search the London & Southern England Pub History site and Street directory by historical Pub name, surname or street address, i.e. use the search box below. The Pub history site is a major historical street directory which lists mainly Pubs, beer retailers, taverns and hotels; and street name changes between about 1840 and 1940. All transcriptions and imagery is copyright, and excepting personal usage (which is fine); is NOT available for commercial usage without explicit permission. Many of the Pubs are still open, as I do not differentiate between dead and open Pubs. The site is updated every day, mainly during pub opening hours. Please contact: Kevan with any updates and additional details to the site/s. Thanks.
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Ancient Forester, 29 Oxford Road, Reading, Berkshire

At 65 Oxford Street in 1868 and before. After 1868 the address is sometimes given as 31 Oxford Road. ***

Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Reading, Berkshire. The Reading, Berkshire 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.

1863/A Booth/../../../Duttons Directory ***

1864/J Jones/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1865/Sydney Cowley/& wine and spirit merchant/../../Macaulays Directory ***

1868/J W White/../../../Casseys Directory ***

1870/G Reeve/../../../Locks Directory ***

1875/George Reeves/../../../Smiths Directory ***

1877/George Reeves/../../../Harrods Directory ***

1881/George Reeves/Publican/60/Overton, Wilts/Census ***
1881/Anne Reeves/Wife/58/Iffy Park, Wilts/Census

1883/George Reeve/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1884/Geo Reeve/../../../Stevens Directory ***

1887/George Reeve/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1888/George Reeve/../../../Stevens Directory ***

1891/Henry Willis/Publican & Tile Maker/48/Nettlebed, Yorks/Census ***
1891/Sarah Willis/Wife/49/Hagborn, Berks/Census
1891/Emma Willis/Daughter, Dressmaker/21/Reading, Berks/Census
1891/Harry Willis/Son, Drapers Apprentice/14/Reading, Berks/Census
1891/Edith M Willis/Daughter/10/Reading, Berks/Census
1891/Kate E S Willis/Daughter/8/Reading, Berks/Census

1893/Henry Willis/../../../Stevens Directory ***

1895/Jeremiah Coleman/../../../Smiths Directory ***

1899/Wm Warren/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1900/Wm Warren/../../../Smiths Directory ***

1903/W Quartermaine/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1907/W Quartermaine/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1911/W Quartermaine/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1915/W Quartermaine/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1916/William Quartmaine/../../../Smiths Directory ***

1920/Richard James Quartermaine/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1924/Richard James Quartermaine/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1928/Richard James Quartermaine/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1931/Richard James Quartermaine/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1934/Richard James Quartermaine/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1937/Richard James Quartermaine/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1949/Chas Tounsend Day/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1952/Chas Tounsend Day/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1956/Chas Tounsend Day/../../../Kellys Directory ***


*** Provided By Colin Ager

**** Provided By Kevan

Search the London & Southern England Pub History site and Street directory by historical Pub name, surname or street address. The Pub history site is a major historical street directory which lists mainly Pubs and street name changes between about 1840 and 1940. The site is updated every day. Contact: Kevan with any updates and additions.
site search by freefind

All transcriptions and imagery is copyright, and excepting personal usage (which is fine); it is NOT available for commercial usage without explicit permission.
The historical trade directory and census listing of all of London, Essex, Kent, Suffolk, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Sussex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire Oxfordshire, and Dorset. If you are searching for a historical address, try the census and street directory database. This is a Victorian view on the streets of london and the south of England.

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