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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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Blackbirds, 5 Castle Street, Hertford, Hertfordshire

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At 17 Parliament Square in 1933 and later; This pub was established by 1621, initially as the Magpie or Magpye.  By 1710 it had become the Blackbirds, or sometimes Three Blackbirds.  In All Saints parish. **

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.

Blackbirds, 15-17 Parliament Square, Hertford - in June 2008

Blackbirds, 15-17 Parliament Square, Hertford - in June 2008

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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.

1871/Robert Jarvis/Inn Keeper/60/Lincolnhire/Census ****
1871/Harriet Jarvis/Wife/45/Watton, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Mary Rose/Visitor, Widow/85/Sacombe, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Katherine Rose/Visitor/16/Oxton, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Henry Meeks/Ostler/21/Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire/Census
1871/Joseph Varley/Boarder, Cutler/37/Stamford/Census
1871/Elizabeth Varley/Boarder/33/, Hertford, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/John Holloway/Boarder, Musician/17/Great Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/George Flight/Boarder, Musician/18/Bengeo, Hertfordshire/Census

1881/Robert Jarvis/Licensed Victualler & Tailor/68/Brigg, Lincoln/Census ****
1881/Harriet Jarvis/Wife/57/Watton, Hertford/Census
1881/Esther Marsden/Sister/75/Brigg, Lincoln/Census
1881/Eleanor J Scale/Daughter/29/Hertford, Hertford/Census
1881/Alice M Jarvis/Grand Daughter/8/Ledbury, Hereford/Census
1881/George Lebish/Nephew, Silk Salesman/21/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1881/Annie Tong/Barmaid/18/Enfield, Middlesex/Census
1881/Elizabeth Hart/General Servant/19/Haultwick, Hertford/Census
1881/Thomas Little/Boarder, Farm Labourer/48/Good Easter, Essex/Census

1882/Robert Jarvis/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1891/Henry G Jarvis/Publican/38/Cromer, Norfolk/Census ****
1891/Maria J Jarvis/Wife/28/Norfolk, Norfolk/Census
1891/Emily Hart/General Servant/18/Waterford, Herts/Census

1895/Francis Bayley/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1899/W C Temple Hope/../../../Kellys Directory **

1902/John Turner/../../../Kellys Directory **

1908/George Chapman/../../../Kellys Directory **

1912/Alfred Cottage/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1914/Charles Ernest Schlimper/../../../Kellys Directory **

1922/Charles Ernest Schlimper/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1926/Wm Jones Hodgkinson/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1929/Wm Jones Hodgkinson/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1933/Edward Perry/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1937/Arth Stephen Smith/../../../Post Office Directory ****


** 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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