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Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Dorset . The Dorset 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.
1841/Thomas Swan/Innkeeper/39/In Dorset/Census **
1841/Sarah Swan/38/In Dorset/Census
1841/Charles Cooper/13/Not In Dorset/Census
1841/Frances Cooper/9/In Dorset/Census
1841/Christian Grayston/visitor/22/Not In Dorset/Census
1841/Ralph Cole/Traveller/36/Not In Dorset/Census
1841/Robert Beaucham/Traveller/30/Not In Dorset/Census
1844/Thomas Swan/../../../Post Office Directory **
1859/William Thorn/../../../Post Office Directory **
1861/William Thorn/Hotel Keeper/43/Newton Abbot Devon/Census **
1861/Eliza Thorn/Wife/30/Ilminster Somerset/Census
1861/Frances E Thorn/Dau/2/Lyme Regis Dorset/Census
1861/Esther Hutchney/Servant Waitress/30/Crewkerne Somerset/Census
1861/Ann M Sparks/Servant Cook/20/Wiviliscombe Somerset/Census
1861/Sarah A Powell/Servant Nurse/19/Wooton Dorset/Census
1861/Henry Mills/Servant Boots/19/Lyme Regis Dorset/Census
1871/John Grove/Hotel Proprietor/37/Chelmsford Essex/Census **
1871/Jane Grove/Wife/31/London Middlesex/Census
1871/J S Ralph/Newphew Unm Assistant/19/London Middlesex/Census
1871/Jessie Ralph/niece Unm Barmaid/17/London Middlesex/Census
1871/Eliza Hodges/Visitor/20/Charmouth Dorset/Census
1871/F Norton/Servant Cook Mar/32/Burton B(radstock)Dorset/Census
1871/Sarah Farmer/Gen Servant/19/Salisbury Wiltshire/Census
1875/John Grove/../../../Post Office Directory **
1881/John Grove/Landlord Victualler/42/Essex/Census **
1881/Jane Grove/Wife/42/Regent St London/Census
1881/Charlotte Hodges/Barmaid/37/Bridgwater Somerset/Census
1881/Anna Scriven/Waitress/21/Winsham Dorset/Census
1881/Mary Brown/Servant Cook/20/Fishpond Bottom Dorset/Census
1889/John Grove/../../../Post Office Directory **
1891/John Grove/Hotel Keeper Wid/52/Beckenham Kent/Census **
1891/Ellen Snoad/Niece/22/Kensington London/Census
1891/Harry Mitchell/Boarder Wid/34/Topsham Devon/Census
1891/Julia Partridge/Barmaid/29/Chulmleigh Devon/Census
1891/Mary Driver/Cook Wid/31/Beer Devon/Census
1891/Edith Hunt/Chambermaid/21/Chulmleigh Devon/Census
1891/Mary J Thomas/Waitress/29/Kenywn Cornwall/Census
1891/James Wood/Boots/17/Lyme Regis Dorset/Census
1895/John Grove/../../../Post Office Directory **
1901/John Grove/Hotel Proprietor Wid/65/Beckenham Kent/Census **
1901/Bessie Bennett/Servant Manageress/27/Crediton Devon/Census
1901/Alice Payne/Servant Barmaid/26/Chideock Dorset/Census
1901/Harriet Gill/Servant Cook/65/London/Census
1901/Lucy Franks/Servant Waitress/24/Exeter Devon/Census
1901/Bessie Arriott/servant Housemaid/22/Tiverton Devon/Census
1901/Frederick W Freir/Visitor Master Printer Trade Journal
Publisher/29/Sheffield Yorkshire/Census
1901/Minnie Freir/visitor/31/New Barnet Hertfordshire/Census
1901/Alfred Porter/Visitor Dry Goods Merchant/46/Lyme Regis Dorset/Census
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