Landlords and History Black Lion Well End

Landlords found from court cases, wills, adverts, census etc.

This pub was routinely used to hold coroner's inquest and auctions of  both goods and real estate. The earliest mention I have of it is in 1839 but this doesn't give a landlord name. The pub is a much older building so I hope eventually to find some names for earlier landlords.

1841-43 William Suthery /Suthury

1843 -63 George Tyler "late of Box, in the county of Oxford.". In 1844 Robert Lunnon of Well End was fined and bound over to keep the peace for a year for breaking a window of the pub and damaging the pub sign by shooting at them not to mention threatening to shoot Mrs Tyler, George's wife. Presumably this was Sarah who is on 1851 census. Perpetrator was apparently known for his drunken antics which left him "very violent"*. George was also one of the parish poor rate collectors for Little Marlow and Well End which could have led to tensions with some. Robert however was said in court to be comfortably off, in receipt of an income paid by the executors of an unnamed individual  who had desired the money to be dished out gradually so he wouldn't spend it too easily! George Tyler had been assaulted by another customer in 1843. You had to be tough to be a Victorian landlord!

1863 William Nutt, must have been briefly.

1863- 80 Stephen Nutt

Above, the grave of Stephen and Sophia Nutt in Little Marlow Church yard. Stephen died Sept 16 1880 age 65, Sophia "his beloved wife" died January 15 1887 age 62. 

1880-87 Sophia Nutt taking over from her dead husband Stephen Nutt. Pet canary stolen from her premises 1882.

1887 Edwin Alma Bruce for few weeks only, caretaker publican following the death of Sophia Nutt.

1887-89 Robert Way. 

1889-96 Thomas Henry Jeffreys. 1891 census publican and gardener. Thomas suffered a serious assault in 1896 and is on the 1901 census as a gardener only. In 1895 customer Arthur Hughes was fined for assaulting another customer after a hypothetical argument as to whether it was acceptable to shoot a dog that strayed into your garden got out of hand. Arthur said he would do it, fellow drinker William Green said if any man turned a gun on his dog he would shoot that man. I'm with you, William.

1899-11 George Benjamin Hughes. Wife Sarah.

1914 Edward Walker, J Gilby at different times (holdovers) 

1915 George Benjamin Hughes (see also the Carrier's Arms)

1920 George Benjamin Hughes.

1927- Charles James Gregory 

1927-29 Mr and Mrs Sidney James Benning or Bennell who had come from Southsea. Took over from Mr Gregory. Mrs Benning /Bennell 's father retired naval lieutenant Alfred Edward Parnall lived with them. He died at the pub aged 71 in 1929.

1932 Edward Henry Lloyd transferred licence to Albert Ernest Holder**. Albert is perhaps the same man who was earlier at the Bricklayers Arms, Marlow.

1933 Louisa Holder (could be a widow of Albert above perhaps) transferred license to Charles Hawkes Todd.

1936 A.W Brinkman.

1941 Arthur Thomas Granville.

GAPS IN DATES REPRESENT GAPS IN MY KNOWLEDGE. SOME OF THE ABOVE LANDLORDS WILL HAVE BEEN IN THE PREMISES LONGER THAN STATED.

*Windsor and Eton Express 27th April 1844, via the BNA/ British Library Archives.

** Bucks Free Press October 21st 1932 via the Bucks Free Press Archives.

Written and researched by Charlotte Day.

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Panton Villas and the Nutt family.

 

Panton Villas are two houses within Glade Road Marlow. From circa 1893 to circa 1899 the Nutt family lived in one of the two. Sadly I am not sure which one! 

Francis, born in Oxford, was a master tailor offering all the latest styles and materials or so he promised. Before he came to Marlow he worked for Messrs Wyatt at Minster Street, Reading. He later ran his own Marlow  business out of his home in Panton Villas. A pair of the best tweed trousers crafted by Francis would cost you 12s 6d and up. He had "thousands" of patterns for customers to choose from. After selecting your item, style and fabric, Francis would craft your garments on a made to measure basis. "All kinds of work executed at the lowest prices."

His wife Margaret may have been his cousin as her maiden name was also Nutt. She was born in County Mayo Ireland to an Irish mother and an English father. Her father was a glazier, just like her future husband Francis's widowed mother (presumably running a glazing business was meant by this as I am unaware of female glaziers working in a hands on way at that time).

In 1896 Margaret gave birth to a daughter Margaret Lucy at home in Panton Villas. She and Francis already had a daughter Frances and son Frederick. 

Francis was the District Secretary of the National Deposit Friendly society and hosted many of their meetings at home in Panton Villas. These friendly societies worked to a similar end as Slate Clubs, to provide an affordable kind of health/unemployment insurance for working men and their families. You can read more about these kind of organisations in Victorian Marlow here

At some time after 1899 but before the 1901 census the family moved to nearby High Wycombe. Francis took over the shop of Mr Evans at number 10 Crendon Street Wycombe.

Sadly their daughter Frances died aged 27 in 1915.

Sources include:

Marriage and birth certificates obtained from the GRO.

Census my transcriptions except High Wycombe 1901 which was by Jane Pullinger, National Archives Kew.

South Bucks Standard April 13th & August 3rd 1894 and April 5th 1901 copies held at British Library and accessed via the BNA. 

Marlow Guide 1903 

Marlow "Almanack" & Directory 1907. 

GRO Death Registration Index.

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