Crooked Billet Sheepridge Little Marlow

Sheepridge is a tiny hamlet -it consisted of 13 homes in 1902- by Little Marlow.

Historical Landlord listings for the Crooket Billet:

1858- 1876 Maria Smith. In 1862 she was fined for using two jugs of deficient measure in her pub. She died in 1876. She was the widow of John Smith. The two lived at Sheepridge from at least the time of the 1841 census.

1876-1877 John Smith briefly as Maria's executor.

1877-1881 James Carpenter. Wife Rosannah also worked behind the bar. She was punched in the face by a belligerent customer Henry Beaver of Marlow for refusing to serve him and his friends another pot of beer after they ran out of money to pay for it. As a serial offender Henry was sentenced to 6 weeks in prison with hard  labour. Bucks Herald 22 Feb 1879.

1881- 1882 William Lovegrove. Some references put him there 1883/4 but licence transferred 1882 to Moses Tranter. 

1882-91 Moses Tranter. A shepherd before he had a pub. Moses gave evidence against some poachers he had spotted near the pub in 1882. He had been summoned for poaching himself as a teen. In 1891 moved to the Queen's Head Little Marlow and was later at the Live And Let Live beerhouse in Booker. Moses died in 1896 after falling suddenly ill while gathering hay in a field at Boulter End. He was a only 47. Left Widow Hannah and children. See below.

1891- 1896 Thomas Twitchen

1896-1899 Joseph Pope.

1899- J W Tranter briefly.

1899- 1902 Hannah Tranter. Widow of Moses Tranter above. Hannah was née Bryant. She moved from the Live And Let Live in Booker which she had taken over from her dead husband.

1902-  Hannah Tranter, James Jennings

1903- Hugh Hames

1903- T Jennings (very briefly)

1903- 1906 William Quelch. In 1906 accused of opening his pub illegally on a Sunday, and the previous year 8 men were found drinking there after hours. 

1910- Harry Sarney.

1910- 1911 Charles Barnes.

1912- Arthur Bristow. 

Our listings focus on pre WW1 or 1920's publicans. 

Pub occupancies are determined by me from wills, censuses, court cases, adverts, property records etc. Dates next to a landlord are for when I have firm historic evidence of their occupancy. They may have been there earlier or later too. Ongoing research- I will fill gaps as I sift through my research notes.

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