Bishops Stortford index
This pub was established by 1679 and closed in 1960. The premises are now in retail use. **
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Hertfordshire .
Plume of Feathers, Market Square, Bishops Stortford. - in September 2008
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address.
1839/Jno Miller/../../../Pigots Directory ***
1841/George Powter/Innkeeper/40/Herts/Census ***
1841/Esther Powter/../40/Herts/Census
1841/Mary Clarke/../15/Herts/Census
1841/Susannah Clarke/../15/Herts/Census
1841/John Bass/Horsekeeper/40/Herts/Census
1841/Benjamin Jenkins/Hostler/25/Herts/Census
1841/Edward Wilmot/Painter/25/Herts/Census
1841/Ann Hale/Ind/70/Herts/Census
1841/Anne Challis/Servant/15/Not Herts/Census
1841/John Doye/Servant/10/Herts/Census
1851/Ether Powter/Inn Keeper/52/Hadham, Herts/Census ***
1851/Ann Day/Niece/27/Stortford, Herts/Census
1851/Mary A Fish/Servant/17/Stortford, Herts/Census
1851/Thomas Rever/../40/Stortford, Herts/Census
1851/William Wisby/Lodger, Dealer/45/Stortford, Herts/Census
1851/William Collins/Lodger, Relieving Officer/36/St Pancras,
Middlesex/Census
1861/James Woolston/Publican/30/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census ***
1861/Mary Ann Woolston/Wife/38/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census
1861/Susannah Lee/Stepdaughter, Scholar/12/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census
1861/Mary Ann Woolston/Daughter, Scholar/5/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census
1861/Henry Woolston/Son/10m/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census
1861/Thomas Cracknell/Servant, Ostler/19/Little Wallingbury, Essex/Census
1861/Emma Osbourne/Servant, House Servant/15/Little Hadham, Herts/Census
1861/Eliza Gilletts/Servant, Nurse Maid/13/Little Hadham, Herts/Census
1871/James Woolston/Innkeeper/39/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census ***
1871/Mary A Woolston/Wife/47/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census
1871/Mary A Woolston/Daughter/15/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census
1871/Jeffery Woolston/Son, Scholar/13/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census
1871/Henry Woolston/Son, Scholar/10/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census
1871/Eliza Brace/Servant, General Servant/20/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census
1871/Sarah Edwards/Servant, General Servant/16/Farnham, Essex/Census
1871/Alfred Petchey/Boarder, Hostler/21/Albury, Herts/Census
1881/George Fyson/Plumber & Licensed Victualler/33/Soham, Cambs/Census
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1881/Mary A Fyson/Wife/35/Soham, Cambs/Census
1881/Mary J Scales/Niece, Barmaid/21/Ely, Cambs/Census
1881/George Lines/Boarder, Gardener/66/St Livermore, Suffolk/Census
1881/John Kitchener/Servant, Ostler/20/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census
1881/Emily Gould/Servant, General Servant/18/Coggeshall, Essex/Census
1882/George Fyson/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1890/John B Brown/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/John B Brown/Inn Keeper/39/Bayswater, London/Census
1891/Annie H Brown/Wife/35/Westminster, London/Census
1891/Ernest J Brown/Son/9/Islington, London/Census
1891/Florence E Brown/Daughter/3/Islington, London/Census
1891/Ethel Rutherford/Sister in Law, Barmaid/27/Westminster, London/Census
1891/Anne Hutley/General Servant/26/Newport, Essex/Census
1891/Mary A Kent/Nursemaid/17/Thorley, Herts/Census
1895/Frederick Gardner/../../../Kellys Directory **
1895/Walter Francis Westley/../../../Kellys Directory **
1912/Mrs A H Gibson/../../../Post Office Directory
1914/Mrs Alice Harriet Gibson/../../../Kellys Directory **
1922/Mrs Alice Harriet Gibson/../../../Post Office Directory
1926/Mrs A H Gibson/../../../Post Office Directory
1937/Edward Nugent/../../../Post Office Directory
My father Alfred John Williams took over the licence here at the Plume of Feathers, Bishops Stortford, in approximately 1958, and was the last landlord.
Just before it closed he and my mum Pat Williams took over The Anchor Inn, in south street, in which he was also the last landlord.
He then when to the King Harold, in Harold Wood, then the Railway Hotel in Pitsea , and then on to the Crown Hotel, in Romford. *
* Provided By Evan Williams
** Provided By Colin Ager
*** Provided By Stephen Harris