Horse Shoe Inn, Old Station Road, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire
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1844/Stephen Goodall/../../../Directory
1869/George John Saich/../../../Post Office Directory
1879/George John Saich/../../../Kellys Directory
1883/George John Saich/../../../Kellys Directory
1891/Mrs Matilda Saich/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Rebecca Saich/Inn Keeper, Widow/54/Ashendon, Bucks/Census
1891/Fanny K Saich/Daughter, Barmaid/24/Newmarket, Cambs/Census
1891/George J Saich/Son, Barman/22/Newmarket, Cambs/Census
1891/Rose L Saich/Daughter, Barmaid/20/Newmarket, Cambs/Census
1891/Blanche M Saich/Daughter, Book Keeper/19/Newmarket, Cambs/Census
1891/George Gough/Potman/20/Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk/Census
1891/Phoebe Symonds/General Servant/21/Kirtling, Cambs/Census
1892/Mrs Rebecca Saich/../../../Kellys Directory
1896/Mrs Rebecca Saich/../../../Kellys Directory
My great great grandfather is Charles Stephenson. In the 1891 census Charles
Stephenson is shown as a Publican and Baker at the
Carpenters Arms in Lower Station Road,
Newmarket. His wife Emily Stephenson (my great great grandmother) was the
daughter of James and Lucy Holcomb, who had been landlords of the
Jolly Brewer,
Ferdinand Street, Camden Town; and Lucy Holcomb was, in turn, the daughter
of Ambrose Frost who was landlord of the
White Swan in Exning. *
In the 1901 Census Charles and Emily Stephenson are still on Lower Station
Road, Newmarket, and he is still a licensed victualler. I am assuming that
he was still at the Carpenters Arms, but this is not established. *
I also have a press report from the Cambridge Independent Press, Friday 4
January 1907, page 2 column 5, reporting the trial of Joseph Smith, a
stableman who was charged with stealing a turkey of the value of 18
shillings from a game dealer. The evidence of one of the witnesses is
reported as follows:
Charles Stephenson, landlord of the "Horse Shoe" Inn, Old Station-Road,
Newmarket, deposed that Smith came into his house on December 24th, a little
after 6, with a turkey which he offered for sale. Prisoner said three had
been sent him. He left one at his lodgings, and the other he had sold to Mr
Whitehurst. Witness did not purchase the turkey then, but about an hour
later he purchased it for 8s. Susequently he handed the turkey to the
police. He believed what prisoner said at the time, for he knew that
stablemen received presents of this description. *
So we can definitely say that Charles Stephenson was the landlord of the
Horse Shoe on Christmas Eve 1906. *
Charles and Emily went on to take over the licence at the Bull Hotel after
their son William (known to my mother as "uncle Wal"; but actually her great
uncle) went to France to do his bit in 1916 or 1917; and after Charles died
in 1919 Emily continued as landlady of the Bull until 1933 (she then retired
to Chieveley, where she died in 1936). I believe you already have these
details - but you may not have associated them with C Stephenson of the
Horse Shoe, nor made the inter-generational links with the Holcombs of the
Jolly Butcher and the Frosts of the White Swan. *
1904/C Stephenson/../../../Kellys Directory
1911/Charles James Stephenson/Publican/56/Newmarket, Cambridgeshire/Census *
1911/Emily Cass Stephenson/Wife/50/London/Census
1911/Ethel Grace Stephenson/Daughter/18/Newmarket, Cambridgeshire/Census
1911/George Pryke/Servant/33/Long Melford, Suffolk/Census
1914/Charles James Stephenson, Horse Shoe Inn, Newmarket/../../Electoral register
1916/C Stephenson/../../../Kellys Directory
1925/Mrs Janet Smith/& Weighbridge, Old Station road/../../Kellys Directory
* Provided By Jeremy Burrows
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