For the Clayton Arms, see here. For the Crown and Anchor Oxford Lane landlords see here.
THE QUEEN- Previously known as The Three Loggerheads, in operation as such from at least 1833. Appears to have changed name with the coronation of Queen Victoria a little later. On corner West Str.
1833 - As Three Loggerheads - William Stallwood. He died 1837.
1841 - Henry Beckett "Beer Shop"
1844 - Henry Beckett (also carpenter) His wife Almeria was the daughter of William and Fanny Stratford of The Bonnet O' Blue in West Street -see here
1851 - Henry Beckett
1861 - William Bitt
1870 - James Ireland.
1871 - James Ireland dies. James Goldswain takes over.
1872 - James Theobald(s)
1873 - Miriam West
1878 - Henry Stephen Hawkins (known as Stephen)
1881 - Henry S Hawkins (also a wheelwright)
1886 - Henry Stephen Hawkins. Faced closure this year as it did not meet the minimum rateable value required for a licensed premises. It was agreed to incorporate the neighbouring cottage into the premises - a building that had often been occupied by the tenants of the Queen anyway. The outer door was bricked up after complaints were made the property could not be rated as one with two separate entrances and no interior communication. The Cherry Tree, Crown and Anchor and Bricklayers Arms had to adopt similar measures.
1891 - Henry Hawkins (also a wheelwright)
1907 - Henry S Hawkins then Albert Henry Whitmore
1908 - Albert Henry Whitmore
1909 - Thomas Edmund Griffen (holdover)
1911 - Thomas Vaughn
1928 - Last landlord W C Tilbury
1929 - Closed, as licence renewal refused under powers to limit the number of licensed premises in an area.
SIX BELLS
1782 - George Allen /Allom / Allam (Possibly also Allum), then later that year his widow Elizabeth.
1784- George Allom. A son of the above couple perhaps.
1823 T. W Allum? Went bankrupt this year. 2. William Bowles
1824 - William Bowles "Oxford Lane". He went to the Greyhound See here
1830 - William Creswell - owned by William Creswell of The Compleat Angler but ran by nephew, also called William Creswell. Both suffered bankruptcy.
1831 - William Cres(s)well
1832 - William Cresswell
1833 - William Ward
1844 - William Ward
1849 - William Ward "otherwise Piddleward" as described in his will, which was proved that year!! Owned the premises as well as occupied it. William Ward's will transcription summary is on the blog here. The house remained in Ward family for decades, in domestic use.
1852 - Elizabeth Ward.
Above, centre, site of the tiny Six Bells with the former Queen / Three Loggerheads almost next door, on the corner with West Street.
Researched by Charlotte and Kathryn Day.
This post will be updated as new information emerges.
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Many Marlow landlords changed premises multiple times. You will often find they had family members running similar establishments too.
See:
Kelly's Post Office Directory 1903, 1907 . Published by Kelly's Directories Ltd. Via Google Books.
1833 Parish Assessment. Original notebooks held by our family and transcribed by Charlotte Day. Being uploaded onto the blog gradually.
Census 1871,1881,1891. Transcribed from microfilm provided at a Family History Centre ran by the LDS. Such records are now easily available online.
National Archives Catalogue, Discovery online.
Articles from Reading Mercury, Bucks Herald and Oxford Journal, as held in British Library Archive and accessed via the BNA February 2021.
Will of William Ward Alias Piddleward, proved 1849, and transcribed by Charlotte Day from the PCC copy held at the National Archives, Kew
Pigots Directory 1823, 1830
Slaters Royal,National and Commercial Directory 1852
©Marlow Ancestors.
