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Bell, 1 Market Square, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire

Bishops Stortford index

This pub existed between roughly 1750 and 1907 – it is now demolished. The Bell was listed as Market Square & Bridge Street in 1866 & 1890. **

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.

The following entries are in this format:

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

1839/William Wells/../../../Pigots Directory ***

1841/William Wells/Publican/40/Herts/Census ***
1841/Elizabeth Wells/../40/Herts/Census
1841/Susannah Wells/../15/Herts/Census
1841/Sarah Wells/../15/Herts/Census
1841/John Wells/../12/Herts/Census
1841/James Wells/../50/Herts/Census

1851/William Wells/Victualler/53/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census ***
1851/Susannah Wells/Wife/50/Sawbridgeworth, Herts/Census

1861/John Wells/Innkeeper & Horse Dealer/32/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census ***
1861/Matilda Wells/Wife/36/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census
1861/John Wells/Son, Scholar/8/Dunmow, Essex/Census
1861/Matilda Wells/Daughter/3/Dunmow, Essex/Census
1861/William Wells/Son/8m/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census
1861/Lucy Pitts/Servant, General Servant/21/Dunmow, Essex/Census
1861/John Patmore/Nephew/13/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census

1866/J Wells/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1871/John Wells/Innkeeper/42/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census ***
1871/Mary M Wells/Wife/45/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census
1871/William Wells/Son, Scholar/9/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census
1871/Ellen Wells/Daughter, Scholar/7/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census
1871/Joseph Ellis/Lodger, Labourer/57/Sawbridgeworth, Herts/Census
1871/Richard Nash/Lodger, Labourer/60/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census
1871/Fanny E Smith/Servant, General Servant/13/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census
1871/Joshua Day/Lodger, Gardener/29/Elsenham, Essex/Census
1871/Daniel Yardley/Lodger, Labourer/67/Sawbridgeworth, Herts/Census
1871/Charles Erswell/Lodger, Fruiterer/63/Saffron Waldon, Essex/Census
1871/Ann Erswell/Lodger/66/Saffron Waldon, Herts/Census

1881/Mary M Wells/Licensed Victualler/56/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census ***
1881/Ellen E Wells/Daughter, Barmaid/17/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census
1881/George Page/Lodger, General Labourer/42/Fyfield, Essex/Census
1881/Margaret Page/Lodger/30/Moreton, Essex/Census
1881/Thomas White/Lodger, Bootmaker/35/Hackney, Middlesex/Census
1881/George Moore/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/72/West Hanningfield, Essex/Census
1881/Thomas Hart/Lodger, General Labourer/28/Holloway, Middlesex/Census
1881/Nathaniel Cowell/Lodger, General Labourer/68/Harwich, Essex/Census
1881/George Taylor/Lodger, Cutler/24/Stratford, Essex/Census
1881/F Taylor/Lodger/21/Bow, Middlesex/Census
1881/Abraham Gray/Lodger, Tinplate Worker/24/Boston, Lincs/Census
1881/Sophy Gray/Lodger/22/Maldon, Essex/Census
1881/Sophy Gray/Lodger/under 2 months/Maldon, Essex/Census

1882/Mrs Mary Matilda Wells/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1886/Mrs Mary Matilda Wells/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1890/Mrs Mary Matilda Wells/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1891/Mary A Wells/Publican, Widow/66/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census***
1891/William Ketley/Lodger, Butchers Assistant/21/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census
1891/Mary J Tattingstone/Barmaid/17/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census

1895/Arthur J Deaves/../../../Kellys Directory **

1901/Harry T W Reason/Licensed Victualler/30/St Lukes, London/Census ***
1901/Kate Reason/Wife/24/London City/Census
1901/Alfred C A Reason/Son/1/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census
1901/Reginald H Reason/Son/1m/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census
1901/John Levey/Visitor, Pianoforte Porter/23/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census
1901/Fred Petty/Visitor, Pianoforte Maker/19/Pimlico, London/Census




** Provided By Colin Ager

*** Provided By Stephen Harris

**** 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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