Holmesfield pub history index
This pub remains open in 2014.
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Residents at this address
Summary of licensees :
Said to have been built in 1818, freehold owned by the Duke of Rutland. *
1821-1829 - Peter Green *
1829-c1850 - William Hattersley the elder *
c1850-1858 - William Hattersley the younger *
1861-1867 - William Wall Coates *
1867-1872 – Mrs Mary Coates (widow of the above) *
1872-1881 - Frederick William Armitage (2nd husband of the above) *
1884-1903 - William Hutchinson Brougham (late of the Punch Bowl, Sheffield) *
1903-1923 - Ann Eliza Brougham (widow of the above - latterly managed by her son John) *
1923-1947- John Hutchinson Brougham (son of the above who bought the freehold in 1927) *
1947-1957 - Florence Brougham (widow of the above) *
Still in business today, but no more details found. *
History and sources :
Said to have been built in about 1818 (Derbyshire Times - Friday 13 August 1937) *
1821 – Auction of tolls “at the house of Mr Green, the sign of the Peacock, Owler Bar” (Sheffield Independent - 13 October 1821) *
1823 – Meeting “at the House of Mr. Peter Green, the Peacock Inn, at Owler Bar”, (Derby Mercury - Wednesday 24 September 1823) *
1828 – sale of tolls “at the House of Mr. Peter Green, the Peacock Inn, at Owler Bar”, (Derby Mercury - 24 September 1828) *
1828-29 – Pigot’s Directory – Peter Green, Peacock, Dore, Dronfield. *
1829 - sale of tolls “at the House of Mr. William Hattersley, the Peacock Inn, at Owler Bar”, (Derby Mercury 17 June 1829) *
1830 - “AUCTION, at the House of Mr. Hattersley, the Peacock Inn, at Owler Bar”, (Derby Mercury - 25 August 1830) *
1831 Pigot’s Directory – William Hattersley, Innkeeper, Peacock, Holmesfield *
1833 – “AUCTION, at the House of Mr. Hattersley, the Peacock Inn, at Owler Bar”, (Derby Mercury - 21 August 1833) *
1835/Wm. Hattersley/../../../Pigot�s Directory **
1841 Census – William Hattersley (50), farmer of Owler Bar and his son William Hattersley (15) *
(1841 census gives ages to nearest 5 years) *
Nov 1841 – “Mr Hattersley’s, the Peacock Inn, Owler Bar (Derbyshire Courier - 13 Nov 1841) *
1843 – Meeting at House of Mr. William Hattersley, the Peacock Inn, at Owler Bar (Derbyshire Courier - 1 February 1843) *
1846/Wm. Hathersley / Tanner, Currier & Victualler /../../Bagshaw�s Directory **
1849 White’s Directory - William Hattersley, Peacock Inn, Owler Bar *
1851 Census – William Hattersley (aged 26) – farmer of 88 acres, Owler Bar. Believe this to be the son of the previous landlord, who was now at the Miners’ Arms, Dronfield Woodhouse.
(William Hattersley (aged 56) – Inn Keeper in Dronfield Woodhouse) *
1852 White’s Directory – William Hattersley (junior assumed, per census), victualler, Peacock, Owler *
Bar and William Hattersley (senior assumed per census), publican at the Miner’s Arms, Dronfield Woodhouse. *
1854 Kelly’s Directory – Peacock not mentioned, nor is William Hattersley junior, but the latter’s wife, Mary, is mentioned as a shop keeper in Owler Bar. William Hattersley (senior assumed), publican at the Miner’s Arms, Dronfield Woodhouse. *
1855 Kelly’s Directory – Mrs Hannah Hattersley, Peacock, Owler Bar. Don’t know who this is and wonder if it could be a mistake. *
1856 White’s Directory – William Hattersley, Peacock, Owler Bar. *
1857/Wm. Hattersley/../../../White�s Directory **
2 Jun 1858 – Death of William Hattersley, publican late of Dronfield Woodhouse, aged 63 (ie, the elder). *
1861 Census – William Wall Coates (widower) – Publican and farmer of 80 acres, Owler Bar *
9 Feb 1867 – William W Coates died, aged 31 (Sheffield Daily Telegraph - 16 Feb 1867). His widow Mary continued the farm and pub. *
1868 – advert for a sale “at the House of Mrs. Coates, the Peacock Inn, Owler Bar” (Derbyshire Times - 17 October 1868) *
1870/Mrs Mary Coates/../../../Harrod�s Directory **
1871 Census – Mary Coates (Widow aged 31) – Farmer of 100 acres, Owler Bar (Inn not mentioned) *
1871/Mary Coates/Farmer of 100 acres, Widow/31/Holmesfield, Derbyshire/Census
1871/James Lowe/Nephew/3/Holmesfield, Derbyshire/Census
1871/Ann Shirl/Kitchenmaid/23/Dore, Derbyshire/Census
1871/Martha Bingham/Housemaid/17/Broughton, Nottinghamshire/Census
1871/Eliza White/Barmaid/17/Ashover, Derbyshire/Census
1871/William Elliott/Farm Servant/32/Holmesfield, Derbyshire/Census
1871/Smith Gregory/Farm Servant/27/Flagg, Derbyshire/Census
1871/James Gregory/Farm Servant/25/Whetstone, Derbyshire/Census
1871/Henry Bennett/Ostler/17/Dronfield, Derbyshire/Census
14 Mar 1872 – Mary Coates (widow of William Coates, of the Peacock, Owler Bar) married Frederick William Armitage, coal owner of Dronfield (Derbyshire Courier - 23 Mar 1872) *
1873 – Frederick William Armitage, landlord of Peacock Inn suffered assault (Derbyshire Courier - 23 August 1873) *
1881/Fredk W Armitage/Licensed Victualler, Widow/37/Silkstone,
Yorkshire/Census
1881/Alice Marshall/General Servant/17/Holmesfield, Derbyshire/Census
1881/Kate Wragg/General Servant/16/Barlow, Derbyshire/Census
1891/William Hutchinson Brougham / & Farmer /../../Kelly�s Directory **
1891/Henry Broughton/Inn Keeper and Farmer/53/Lincoln, Lincolnshire/Census
1891/Anne E Broughton/Wife/40/Sheffield, Yorkshire/Census
1891/John Broughton/Son, Farmer/22/Sheffield, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Cissy Broughton/Daughter/21/Sheffield, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Florance Broughton/Daughter/18/Sheffield, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Arthur Broughton/Son/15/Sheffield, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Mable A Broughton/Daughter/10/Sheffield, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Sarah A Barlord/General Servant/38/Froggate, Derbyshire/Census
1891/Sarah Turton/General Servant/24/Sheffield, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Mary Barton/General Servant/14/Froggate, Derbyshire/Census
1891/Arthur Jeffrey/General Servant/17/Bradway, Derbyshire/Census
1895/William Hutchinson Brougham / & Farmer /../../Kelly�s Directory of Derbyshire **
1899/William Hutchinson Brougham / & Farmer /../../Kelly�s Directory **
1901/William H Brougham/Publican & Farmer/63/Morton, Lancashire/Census
1901/Annie E Brougham/Wife/51/Sheffield, Yorkshire/Census
1901/Arthur Brougham/Son/25/Sheffield, Yorkshire/Census
1901/Betsy Brougham/Daughter/22/Sheffield, Yorkshire/Census
1901/Mabel A Brougham/Daughter/20/Sheffield, Yorkshire/Census
1901/Lucy Vernon/General Servant/24/Sheffield, Yorkshire/Census
1901/Harry Maddeson/Servant, Cowman/16/Holmesfield, Derbyshire/Census
1912/Mrs Ann Ellen Brougham/../../../Kelly�s Directory of Derbyshire **
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