Bell and Bottle, Hurley

Bell and Bottle, Knowl Hill, Hurley. Near Bartletts Farm.

Historic landlord listing and history timeline:

1783= Mr ?Vernham?

1815= Leonard Keys. And see below as he reappears later.

1847-8= John Keely. In 1848 the Inn was burgled and 6 sides of bacon stolen. £15 reward offered for information leading to the conviction of the offender [Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette 13th May 1848. Copy in the British Library, accessed via the BNA]. John and his family moved to Cookham not long afterwards.

1851= Thomas Cooper. Wife Mary Ann.

1853= The inn's ostler Leonard Keys, who as a young man had run the pub, spotted someone rustling sheep in a nearby field. Leonard was originally from Wargrave and in his early 60s. He was not the ostler there in 1851 or by 1861 though he still lived in Knowl Hill.

1854-61= Mary Ann Cooper as above. In 1856 a stolen horse was passed between customers at the pub.

1863= Alfred Lane gave up

1876= "Heath" the landlord. Royal County Directory by J.G Harrod.

1881= James Fassridge originally from Uxbridge. Wife Maria originally from London.

1891-92 Robert Mellows. Wife Fanny. Left pub 1892 but Robert at least was still in Hurley in 1895.

1892= Thomas Gardner

1901-1906= Henry Toombs. Wife Betty. She was originally from Hillingdon and he from Abingdon.

1906=Thomas Briggs

Compiled from censuses, licensing information Berkshire Record Office, court cases, adverts, directories newspapers as quoted above, etc. Kellys Post Office Directory by Kellys Directories Limited 1847 and 1854.

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