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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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Old Holly Bush, High Street, Elstree, Hertfordshire

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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.

1871/Mary Ellingham/Publican, Widow/70/South Mimms, Middlesex/Census ****
1871/Henry Hill/Son in Law, Bricklayer/40/Aldenham, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Sarah Ann Hill/Wife/38/South Mimms, Middlesex/Census
1871/Henry Joseph Hill/Son, Bricklayer/18/Aldenham, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Eliza Ann Hill/Daughter, Domestic Servant/16/Aldenham, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Hannah Mary Hill/Daughter/14/Aldenham, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Arthur Robert Hill/Son/11/Aldenham, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Emily E Hill/Daughter/9/Aldenham, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Elizabeth H Hill/Daughter/7/Aldenham, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Walter J Hill/Son/5/Aldenham, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Charles Ch Hill/Son/1/Aldenham, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/James Probert/Lodger, Labourer/50/Bampton, Oxfordshire/Census
1871/John White/Lodger, Labourer/32/Paddington, Middlesex/Census
1871/Chas Green/Lodger, Labourer/22/Bushey, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/John King/Lodger, painter/40/Luton, Bedfordshire/Census

1881/James Johnson/Beer House Keeper/58/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census ***
1881/Mary Ann Johnson/Wife/56/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census

1882/Mrs Elizabeth Sanson/../../../Post Office Directory ****

Thomas Easman was my Great Great Grandfather. His name appears in the census returns,  However his brother in law (by his first wife Jane Isabella Jones) also my Great Great Grandfather was William Jones whose name appears as the licensee in 1895. I wasn't aware he was a licensee and would have been about 68 in 1895. I have a photo of William who had been in the Royal Navy and became a coastguard officer in Suffolk before retiring and moving to Aldenham Herts where he appears in the 1891 census as a retired naval pensioner aged 65, and then Elstree in the 1901 census. **

1886/Thomas Easman/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1890/Thomas Easman/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1891/Thomas Easman/Publican/55/Putney, Surrey/Census
1891/Harriett Easman/Wife/55/Cheltenham, Surrey/Census
1891/George Harrington/Lodger, General Labourer/48/../Census
1891/Thomas Osborne/Lodger, General Labourer/40/../Census

William Jones in his coastguard uniform. I am not sure but think his medals may be Royal Navy long service/good conduct and the Baltic Medal for service in the Baltic theatre of operations during the Crimean War.

William Jones in his coastguard uniform. I believe his medals may be Royal Navy long service/good conduct and the Baltic Medal for service in the Baltic theatre of operations during the Crimean War.

Kindly provided by Dave Chapman

1895/William Jones/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1901/Arthur R Emmerton/Publican/29/SAlford, Bedfordshire/Census ****
1901/Elizabeth K Emmerton/Wife/34/Notting Hill, London/Census
1901/Joy K Ball/Step Daughter/7/Elstree, Hertfordshire/Census
1901/William A Ball/Stepson/5/Elstree, Hertfordshire/Census
1901/Violet M Emmerton/Daughter/1/Elstree, Hertfordshire/Census

1902/Arthur Robert Emmerton/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1912/Arthur Robert Emmerton/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1922/A R Emmerton/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1926/A R Emmerton/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1929/A R Emmerton/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1933/Wm Cornhill/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1937/Herbert Chas Johnson/../../../Post Office Directory ****


** Provided By David Chapman

**** 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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