This pub has ancient origins and was earlier called the Bell. It closed in 1960 and is now in retail use (Lamb Arcade). Historically it also traded as the Kings Head and the New Inn. **
Wallingford pub history index
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Berkshire. The Berkshire listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
Lamb Hotel, 83 High Street, Wallingford - in May 2013
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1688/Silvanus Wiggins / Landlord /../../per: Victoria County History of
Berkshire, 1923 **
1713/Silvanus Wiggins / Landlord /../../per: Victoria County History of
Berkshire, 1923 **
1791/John Bishop / Innholder /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at London
Metropolitan Archives **
1796/James Bishop/../../../Berkshire Directory ***
1830/Thomas Hickson/../../../Pigots Directory ***
1840/Thomas Bell Myers/../../../Robsons Directory ***
1844/Thomas Bell Myers/../../../Pigots Directory ***
1847/Thomas Bell Myers/../../../Post Office Directory ***
1848/Thomas Bell Myers/../../../Kelly�s Directory **
1851/James Taplin/Innkeeper/37/Wycombe, Bucks/Census ***
1851/Caroline Taplin/Wife/37/Abingdon, Berks/Census
1851/Caroline Taplin/Daughter/5/Thame, Oxon/Census
1851/Catherine Taplin/Daughter/1/Wallingford, Berks/Census
1851/John Hammond Fisk/Visitor, Clergyman not having care of
souls/58/Norwich/Census
1851/Francis House/Servant, Ostler/39/Purley, Berks/Census
1851/William Curr/Servant, Errand Boy/17/Reading, Berks/Census
1851/Sarah Brown/Servant, Cook/49/Frilford, Berks/Census
1851/Ann Smith/Servant, Chambermaid/29/Watchfield, Berks/Census
1851/Matilda Smith/Servant, General Servant/22/Chickenden, Oxon/Census
1851/Keziah Smith/Servant, Nursemaid/17/Basildon, Berks/Census
1852/James Taplin/../../../Slaters Directory ***
1854/James Taplin/../../../Billings Directory ***
1861/James Taplin/Hotel Keeper/46/Wycombe, Buckinghamshire/Census
1861/Caroline Taplin/Wife/46/Abingdon, Berkshire/Census
1861/Caroline Taplin/Daughter/15/Thame, Oxfordshire/Census
1861/Kate Taplin/Daughter/11/Wallingford, Berkshire/Census
1861/Rhoda Gurden/Waitress/28/Elsfield, Oxfordshire/Census
1861/Susan Mold/Chambermaid/22/Warrington, Warwickshire/Census
1861/Mary Birchill/Cook/23/Banbury, Oxfordshire/Census
1861/Ann Bloxam/Housemaid/19/North End, Warwickshire/Census
1861/Martha Hedges/Kitchenmaid/16/Wallingford, Berkshire/Census
1861/Joseph Hpillips/Ostler/24/Hook Norton, Oxfordshire/Census
1861/Edward Force/Lodger, Commercial Traveller/31/Exeter, Devon/Census
1861/Edward Webb/Lodger, Commercial Traveller/43/Bossington,
Hampshire/Census
1861/William J Moses/Lodger, Undergraduate Oxford/21/Donington,
Lincolnshire/Census
1863/James Taplin/../../../Duttons Directory ***
1864/J Taplin/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1868/James Taplin/../../../Casseys Directory ***
1876/Henry Gibbs Lovelock / Butcher /../../Harrod�s Directory **
1877/James Taplin/../../../Harrods Directory ***
1881/James Taplin/Inn Keeper, Widow/66/High Wycombe, Buckingham/Census
1881/Betsey Abbott/Housekeeper/28/Quonton, Northampton/Census
1881/Anni Timins/Barmaid/20/Wednesbury, Stafford/Census
1881/Eliza Harris/Waitress/31/London, St Giles In Field/Census
1881/Bessie Endicott/Chambermaid/30/St Philips Bristol/Census
1881/Annie Eles/Housemaid/19/Tetsworth, Oxford/Census
1881/Anna Bagg/Cook/47/Harlston, Norfolk/Census
1881/Annie Goddard/Kitchen Maid/18/East Challow, Berkshire/Census
1881/John Figg/Boots/18/Swyncombe, Oxford/Census
1887/Jackson S Lawrence/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1901/Jaclson S Lawrence/Hotel Proprietor/54/Twickenham, Middlesex/Census
1901/Alice A Lawrence/Wife/50/Twickenham, Middlesex/Census
1901/Alice E Lawrence/Daughter/25/Twickenham, Middlesex/Census
1901/Frederic E Greenlake/Book Keeper/36/Wiveliscombe, Somerset/Census
1901/Jenny Lukes/Cook/27/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1901/Ruth E Studholme/Waitress/25/Liverpool, Lancashire/Census
1901/Alice M Hobbs/Housemaid/31/Wallingford, Berkshire/Census
1901/Elizabeth Giles/Waitress/18/Wallingford, Berkshire/Census
1901/Alice Luckett/Kitchenmaid/19/Aston near Bampton, Oxfordshire/Census
1901/William H Webley/Boots/25/Little Rissington, Gloucestershire/Census
1901/Henry R Willis/Page/13/Lambourne, Berkshire/Census
1907/Jackson S Lawrence/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1911/Jackson Sparrow Lawrence/Hotel Proprietor/65/Twickenham,
Middlesex/Census
1911/Alice Ann Lawrence/Wife/61/Twickenham, Middlesex/Census
1911/Alice Ethel Lawrence/Daughter/34/Twickenham, Middlesex/Census
1911/Robert Noel Lawrence/Son, Banl Clerk/23/Wallingford, Berkshire/Census
1911/Maud Mary Tomkins/Book Keeper/28/Putney, Surrey/Census
1911/Ellen Elizabeth Ryan/Cook/25/Birmingham, Warwickshire/Census
1911/George William Eden/Boots/25/Oxford/Census
1911/Amy Elizabeth Jeskins/Chambermaid/21/Bedlow, Buckinghamshire/Census
1911/Evelyn Lily Lewington/Kitchenmaid/17/Charney, Buckinghamshire/Census
1915/Mrs Alice A Lawrence/../../../Kelly�s Directory **
1920/Mrs Louisa Jane Cox/../../../Kellys Directory ***
Louisa Jane Cox, Hotel Proprietress, aged 53 years 2 months, bornShrewsbury, Shropshire
Charles Megrik Cox, Bank Clerk, at L C W & Parrs Bk Ltd, aged 28 years 7 months, born Abingdon, Berkshire, England
Catharine Elise Cox, Home Duties, aged 29 years 4 months, born Middlesbrough, Yorkshire
Winifred May Munro, Visitor, aged 25 years 10 months, born Ogbourne, Wiltshire
Elizabeth Mary Haines, Bar Maid, aged 28 years 3 months, born Benson, Oxfordshire
Marriott Freeman, Chambermaid, aged 32 years 11 months, born Shillingford, Oxfordshire
Ruby Ellen Hazell, Under Waitress, aged 19 years 1 month, born Wallingford, Berkshire
Lela Hannah Louis Morris, Kitchen Maid, aged 18 years 2 months, born Wallingford, Berkshire
Montague Coggins, Boots, aged 34 years 4 months, born Oxford, Oxfordshire
Leslie Charles Bosbury, Waiter, aged 22 years 10 months, born Whichford, Warwickshire
Sidney Crossley, Commercial Traveller, S H Downing & Co Ltd Hosiery Manufacturers Leicester, aged 51 years 4 months, born London
Frank Herbert Sale, Paymaster, Royal Navy, aged 26 years 5 months, born Atherstone, Warwickshire
John Fiddy, Chef, aged 42 years, born Charlton, Kent
Leonard Lambert, Chemical ManufacturerL Lamber & Co Ltd, aged 30 years, born London
Winifred Amy Plaister, Visitor, Professional, aged 21 years 5 months, born Moss Side, Manchester
1928/Trust Houses Ltd, proprietors/../../../Kellys Directory ***
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