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In 1841 at Saxon Street, Wood Ditton, Newmarket
Charles Cooke, Publican aged 25
Margaret Cooke aged 20 and born in Cambridgeshire
Ann Wiseman, Female servant aged 20
In 1851 at Saxon Street, Wood Ditton, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire
Charles Cooke, Inn keeper aged 39 and born in Gazeley, Suffolk
Margaret Cooke Wife aged 30 and born in Woodditton, Cambridgeshire
Lucy Webb, House servant aged 16 and born in BoroughGreen, Cambridgeshire
In 1861 at Reindeer Inn, Saxon Street, Woodditton, Newmarket
Charles Cooke, Inn keeper aged 48 and born in Gazeley, Suffolk
Margaret Cooke Wife aged 41 and born in Woodditton, Cambridgeshire
Eliza Cooke, Daughter aged 5 and born in Woodditton, Cambridgeshire
Herbert Cooke, Son aged 2 and born in Woodditton, Cambridgeshire
Rhoda Mason, Cook aged 26 and born in Woodditton, Cambridgeshire
Mary Pettett, House maid aged 17 and born in Kirtling, Cambridgeshire
Martha Harberson, Groom aged 28 and born in Woodditton, Cambridgeshire
Ann Mason, Nurse aged 50 and born in Woodditton, Cambridgeshire
Elizabeth Mason, Nurse aged 57 and born in Woodditton, Cambridgeshire
1869/C Cooke/../../../Post Office Directory
In 1871 at Reindeer Inn, Saxon Street, Woodditton, Newmarket
Margaret Cooke, Inn keeper, Widow aged 51 and born in Woodditton, Cambridgeshire
Eliza Cooke, Daughter aged 15 and born in Woodditton, Cambridgeshire
Herbert Cooke, Son aged 12 and born in Woodditton, Cambridgeshire
Sarah Perk, Visitor aged 58 and born in Kirtling, Cambridgeshire
Susan Phillips, Domestic servant aged 14 and born in Norden, Cambridgeshire
1879/Herbert Cooke/../../../Kellys Directory
1883/Edward Mann/../../../Kellys Directory
Bury and Norwich Post. Published Tuesday, 28 January 1890
Deaths - Haslewood. — 21st instance, at the Reindeer Inn, Saxon street, Woodditton, Lilian May Haslewood, aged 19 months.
Cambridge Independent Press. Published Saturday, 4 October 1890
Transfer Licenses.
The Reindeer Inn, Saxon-street, from Charles William Hazlewood to Edward Dean
1892/Edward Dean/../../../Kellys Directory
1896/Edward Dean/../../../Kellys Directory
1904/Richard Johnson/../../../Kellys Directory
East Anglian Daily Times. Published Wednesday, 17 September 1913
Louisa Johnson (46), widow, landlady of the Reindeer Inn, Saxon Street, Woodditton, was fined £2, including costs, for keeping her licensed premises open for the sale of intoxicating liquors at 10. 21 p.m. on September 6th, while Herbert Chubbuck (37), James Hubbard 0), ehepherds, Saxon Street, Edward Gent (30), labourer, Saxon Street, and Frank Carder (50), labourer, Kirtling, were each fined 5 shillings, including costs, for having been on the premises during prohibited hours.
Supt. William Winter gave evidence that in comsequence of a communication received he visited the Reindeer on September 6th at 10.21 p.m. ‘The front door was closed, but a side door leading into the yard was open. He saw a man named Isom coming from the direction of the latter door, and on gotting nearer saw Edward Gent coming out. Both men, in his opinion, were drunk. In the smoke-room he found Chubbuck, Hubbard, and Gent sitting down. On the mantelpiece were a mug and glass containing beer, which the men said belonged to the three of them—they were drinkinY together, He called the altention of the landlady and the men on the premises to the time. Mrs Johnson eaid “I am getting them out.”
1916/Robert Withers/../../../Kellys Directory
Robert James Withers is at The Running Horse, Borough Green Newmarket in the 1911 census.
In 1921 at the Reindeer Inn, Saxon Street, Woodditton, Cambridgeshire,
Robert James Withers, Inn Keeper aged 51 years 2 months and born in Fordham, Cambridgeshire
Elizabeth Withers, Wife, House Duties aged 60 years 11 months and born in Dullingham, Cambridgeshire
Nora Violet Withers, Daughter, Teacher Education aged 20 years 10 months and born in Brinkley. Cambridgeshire
Newmarket Journal.
PETTY SESSIONS Tuesday, November 28th, 1922,
Reindeer alehouse, Saxon Street, from R. J. Withers to Francis V. Portsmouth.
Newmarket Journal. Published Saturday, 9 February 1924
Reindeer Inn, Saxon Street. A temporary transfer of the licence for the Reindeer Inn, Saxon Street, from Francis Victor Portsmouth, to William Trevail, retired farmer, was granted.
Newmarket Journal. Published Saturday, 15 May 1937
Saxon Street Innkeeper Prosecuted.
William Trevail (65), licensee of the Reindeer Inn, Saxon Street, Woodditton, was summoned on six charges for selling beer to persons under the age of 18 vears— Charles William Webb (16), James Thomas Balls (15), and Kenneth Gordon Levett (16) — on March 20th and April 4th.
Defendant did not appear, but was represented by Mr. John Harrison (Messrs. Taylor). Charles William Webb stated that he was 16 on March 4th last. One Sunday night, about a month ago, he went to the Reindeer Inn with Levett and Balls. They played a game of darts in the taproom and were each served by Mr. Trevail with a glass of bitter beer. Nobody asked him his age. They stayed in the house about half-an-hour and had either two or three ‘drinks - bitter each time. With the same 'two boys he went to the Reindeer one Sunday night about a week later. On that occasion they each had two bitters Mr. Trevail serving them. He had lived in the village all his life, and therefore Mr. Trevail would know him. James Thomas Balls gave evidence that he lived at Saxon Street and was 15 years old on January 5th— he was born in 1922. On a Sunday night about six or seven weeks ago he went to the Reindeer with Webb and Levett and was served with two glasses of beer. He went to the house again with Levett on another Sunday night about a week later, and then had one glass of beer. Kenneth Gordon Levett stated that he had lived at Saxon Street about two years and was born on August 25th, 1920. He went twice to the Reindeer public-house on Sunday evenings, with the two previous witnesses, to pass the time away and to drink beer. On one night about six or seven weeks ago, they had two glasses of beer each, paying 3d. per glass, and on the other occasion they had one glass of beer each.
Sergeant Raymond Squire (Woodditton) deposed that when seen by him on April 5th, with reference to his serving the three boys with beer, defendant said: “I’m sorry if T have offended against the law. 1 thought the age was 16.” Mr. Harrison, addressing the Court, said that his client asked him to say that if he had broken the law he was extremely sorry — he had thought the age limit was 16. He submitted that the prosecution had not proved that the defendant “knowingly" served persons under the age of 18, and that no strict legal proof had been given of the ages of the three boys who had given evidence. On those grounds he asked that the cases should be dismissed.
The Chairman: 1 think we are bound to convict in this case. We helieve that the defendant did not know that he was breaking the law, though he ought to have known. The case will be dealt with under the Probation of Offenders’ Act. and we will simply order that he pays costs.
Newmarket Journal, published Thursday, 29 December 1966
Reindeer carols @ THE main bar of the Reindeer public house at Saxon Street was packed on Thursday evening, when, at the invitation of the licensees, Mr. and Mrs, H. Yarrainton, the choirs of Wood Ditton and Saxon Street churches gave a rendering of carols. The choirs sang in the back parlour, and the carols were relayed through to the main bar.