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Old Berkhamsted High Street and Market Place showing the One Bell
Kindly provided by John & Sue Brandon
One Bell, 146 High Street, Berkhamsted - in November 2008
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address
1855/William Rance/../../../Post Office Directory **
1881/William Devine/Licensed Victualler/24/Cudham, Kent/Census
1881/Eliza Devine/Wife/21/Cudham, Kent/Census
1881/Leonard Pocock/General Servant/27/Berkhamsted, Hertford/Census
1886/Jesse Badrick/../../../Post Office Directory
1890/Henry Smith/../../../Post Office Directory
1902/Thomas Bray/../../../Kellys Directory **
1912/William Thomas Meads/../../../Post Office Directory
My husband (John Charles Brandon) is the grandson of Lawrence Brandon, the
publican of the One Bell from 1922, until approximately 1946. Then,
Laur's son's (Ronald Lawrence Brandon's ( b:1906) brother-in-law, JACK MOORE
took over as landlord until the pub was finally pulled down to give better
access to the brand new Tesco's, then being built. Are you able to find out
what year this 'criminal act' actually was? ***
My husband remembers the 'One Bell' well, as he used to go there with his
father, Ron. The pub was very old-fashioned, with its only concession to
food being the odd bag of crisps! But the most significant thing about the
'One Bell' pub was that it was built on stilts, accessed by an outside
staircase (very unusual, I would have thought). By great luck, and much
searching, I found the attached picture of Berkhamsted High Street, probably
in Victorian times, showing the pub on stilts in the left foreground, with
what may have been a horse drawn dray wagon delivering beer (Benskins I
think) at the front of the pub. ***
1922/L Brandon/../../../Post Office Directory
1926/L Brandon/../../../Post Office Directory
1929/L Brandon/../../../Post Office Directory
1933/L Brandon/../../../Post Office Directory
1937/L Brandon/../../../Post Office Directory
1939/Lawrence Brandon/../../../Kellys Directory **
** Provided By Stephen Harris
*** Provided By John & Sue Brandon