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Blue Boar, Newbury Street, Wantage, Berkshire

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Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Berkshire. The Berkshire listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.

Blue Boar, Newbury Street, Wantage - in April 2012

Blue Boar, Newbury Street, Wantage - in April 2012

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The following entries are in this format:

Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.

1830/Martha House/../../../Pigots Directory ***

1840/W Betteridge/../../../Robsons Directory ***

1844/William Bettridge/../../../Pigots Directory ***

1847/William Bettridge/../../../Post Office Directory ***

1851/Eliza Bettridge/Innkeeper/44/East Hanney, Berks/Census ***
1851/Belinda Bettridge/Daughter/19/Wantage, Berks/Census
1851/William Bettridge/Son/16/Wantage, Berks/Census
1851/Sarah Bettridge/Daughter/14/Wantage, Berks/Census
1851/John Bettridge/Son, Scholar/11/Wantage, Berks/Census
1851/Edwin Bettridge/Son, Scholar/9/Wantage, Berks/Census
1851/Elizabeth Fisher/Niece, Farmers Daughter/17/East Hanney, Berks/Census
1851/Elizabeth Hicks/Servant, House Servant/19/Westcott, Berks/Census
1851/Charles Barr/Servant, Ostler/26/Yattendon, Berks/Census

1852/Eliza Betteridge/../../../Slaters Directory ***

1854/Eliza Betteridge/../../../Billings Directory ***

1863/William Bettridge/and brewer/../../Duttons Directory ***

1864/W Bettridge/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1868/Mrs Bettridge/../../../Casseys Directory ***

Richard Bullen is my great grandfather. The pub was originally run by a William Betteridge Snr, the father of Jane Bullens first husband - William Betteridge. Alice Bullen was Richard Bullens child by a Caroline Cantle who died in 1861.
Jane Annette Bullen/ Betteridge (maiden name was Dixon), was the daughter of John Dixon - see the Falcon in 1851. George Bullen was the son of Richard and Jane. **

1869/Richard Bullen/../../../Kellys Directory **

1871/Richard Bullen/Licensed Victuallar/40/Sanyden/Census **
1871/Jane A Bullen/Wife/34/Wantage/Census
1871/Alice Bullen/Daughter/14/New York USA/Census
1871/Eliza Betteridge/Step Daughter/8/Wantage/Census
1871/George Bullen/Son/2/Wantage/Census
1871/Harriett A Mare/Servant/22/East Hanney/Census
1871/Francis West/Ostler/18/Abingdon/Census

Richard Bullen is at the Barnards Inn, Holborn by 1881 **

1877/J Theobald/wine & Spirit merchant, genuine foreign wines, liquors & cigars/../../Harrods Directory ***

1881/Jasper Crook/Licensed Victualler Employing 1 Man/32/Faringdon, Berkshire/Census ****
1881/Elizabeth M Crook/Wife/36/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1881/Hettie Morley/Visitor/8/Shrivenham, Berkshire/Census
1881/Belinda A Harrison/General Servant/14/Wantage, Berkshire/Census
1881/Ann Boorman/Lodger, Butchers Wife/35/Wantage, Berkshire/Census

1887/William Orton/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1891/William Orton/Licensed Victualler/45/Canada/Census ***
1891/Kate Orton/Wife/36/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1891/??/Servant, General Servant Domestic/18/Chippenham, Wilts/Census
1891/Elizabeth Robins/Servant, General Servant Domestic/17/Wantage, Berks/Census

1899/William Orton/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1901/Charles W Beavan/Publican/42/Ayffo Pypard, Wiltshire/Census ****
1901/Gertrude Beavan/Wife/21/Burford, Oxfordshire/Census
1901/Charles A Beavan/Son/1/Felkins, Oxfordshire/Census
1901/Amy M Wakewell/Barmaid/20/Bicester, Oxfordshire/Census
1901/Beatrice A Woolford/Cook/20/Wantage, Berkshire/Census
1901/Edith E Woolford/General Servant/15/Wantage, Berkshire/Census

1907/Charles Watson Beavan/../../../Kellys Directory ****

1907/Charles Watson Beavan/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1920/Thomas Smallbone/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1928/Thomas Smallbone/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1931/Thomas Smallbone/../../../Kellys Directory ***

1935/Philip Reveley/../../../Kellys Directory ***


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