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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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Three Horseshoes, Ayot St Lawrence, Welwyn, Hertfordshire

Ayot St Peter index

This is now called the Brockett Arms ***

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

Three Horseshoes, Ayot St Lawrence - 1912 Postcard    Brockett Arms, Ayot St lawrence - circa 2003

Three Horseshoes, Ayot St Lawrence - 1912 Postcard;  and again in circa 2003 as the Brockett Arms

 Both kindly provided by Maggie Dowden

The following entries are in this format:

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

1882/Hy Mulcott/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1886/H Mulcott/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1890/H Mulcott/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1891/Joseph Mulcock/Licensed Victualler/36/Little Coxwell, Berks/Census ****
1891/Mary Ann Mulcock/Wife/28/Bentley, Suffolk/Census
1891/Ellen Mulcock/Sister/18/Little Coxwell, Berks/Census
1891/Joseph Dowble/Father in Law, Agricultural Labourer/68/Bentley, Suffolk/Census

1895/Mrs Henry Mulcock/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1901/Charles Cooper/Inn Keeper/49/Stotfold, Beds/Census ****
1901/Mary A Cooper/Wife/38/Bentley, Suffolk/Census
1901/Mary Cooper/Daughter/24/Melbourne, Cambs/Census
1901/William Cooper/Son/13/Kimnpton, Herts/Census
1901/Elizabeth Cooper/Daughter/9/Kimnpton, Herts/Census
1901/Leonard Mulcock/Stepson/11/Ayot St Lwarence, Herts/Census
1901/Harry Mulcock/Stepson/9/Ayot St Lwarence, Herts/Census
1901/Elizabeth Mulcock/Step Daughter/7/Ayot St Lwarence, Herts/Census
1901/Stanley Cooper/Son/6 months/Ayot St Lwarence, Herts/Census

1902/Chas Cooper/../../../Post Office Directory ****

My maternal grandmother, Rose Matilda Tilley and her husband Joseph George Tilley (d. 1911) were keepers of this pub. I am trying to establish when they took over and the year that she left, it seems that she stayed on after her husband died. We have a postcard written by my mother in 1912 which has a photograph of the pub on it and you can clearly see with a magnifying glass my grandmothers name on the board over the door. ***

1908/J Tilley/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1911/Joseph George Tilley/Inn Keeper/45/Broughton/Census ***
1911/Rose Matilda Tilley/Wife/33/Alton Barnes, Wilts/Census
1911/Herbert George Tilley/Son/12/Eaton Socon, Beds/Census
1911/William Newell/Stepson/12/Denham, Bucks/Census
1911/Nellie Phoebe May Newell/Daughter/5 months/Ayot St Lawrence, Herts/Census

1912/Mrs Rose Matilda Tilley/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1914/Alfred E Neil/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1922/Frederick Wortham/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1926/Frederick Wortham/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1929/Albert C Moore/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1933/Albert C Moore/../../../Post Office Directory ****


*** Provided By Maggie Dowden

**** 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.
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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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