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Gawcott pub history index
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Buckinghamshire. The Buckinghamshire listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
Gawcott, lately made a separate ecclesiastical parish, is l 1/2 miles S.W.
from Buckingham, and included within the liberty of the Borough of
Buckingham. The chapel, dedicated to St. Catherine, was originally built and
endowed by John West, a working man of the village, but was taken down, and
the present structure erected by subscription, and opened in 1828. The
living is a perpetual curacy value £120 per annum, realised by a rent charge
on a farm at Adstock, and a small portion of glebe; the Rev. Thomas Clarke
Whitehead, M.A., is incumbent. The interest of £600, also bequeathed by Mr.
John West, is annually distributed to the poor in accordance with the
donor's direction. The population in 1861 was 571; area included in
Buckingham.
Gentry
Cotton Edward, esq
Rickett Mr Thomas
Jones Mr John
Warr Mr Richard
Whitehead Rev Thomas Clarke, M.A. (incumbent)
TRADERS.
Bannard Ann (Miss), mistress of infant school
Benbow Thomas, shopkeeper
Nlencowe Thomas, bricklayer
Brooks Ann, shopkeeper
Cowley John, Crown
Freeman John, blacksmith
George George, farmer
Heydon James, carpenter and wheelwright
Hickman Wm., shoemaker
King Harriett, shopkeeper
King John, sub-postmaster
King Wm., baker
Law Henry, farmer
Markham James, Royal Oak
Miller Francis, coal merchant and baker
Robinson Thomas, farmer
Robinson Wm., baker
Sheppard Samuel, farmer and maltster
Small George, brazier
Templar Mary, New Inn
Tew Wm., boot and shoemaker
Turner James, Red Lion
Warr Richard, farmer
Whitehead Rev Thomas Clarke, M.A., boarding & day school
Letters arrive from Buckingham per foot post at 6.30 a.m., and are
dispatched at 4-3 p.m.