This pub is now called the Harpenden Arms and has also traded as the Railway Hotel. **
Harpenden pub history index
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Hertfordshire .
Midland Railway Hotel, 188 High Street, Harpenden, Hertfordshire - in January 2009
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address
8 September 1866/Application granted for a license for a new Hotel to be
built near the Midland railway statio at Harpenden, and to be called the
railway Hotel/Hertford Mercury and Reformer
1871/Richard B Longland/Licensed Victualler/34/Leamington,
Warwickshire/Census
1871/Mary Longland/Wife/29/London, Middlesex/Census
1871/Richard M Longland/Son/7/London, Middlesex/Census
1871/Mary C Longland/Daughter/6/London, Middlesex/Census
1871/Rebecca A Longland/Daughter/4/Nicaragua, Central America/Census
1871/Kate Longland/Daughter/1/Harpenden, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/David Spaw/Billiard Marker/15/Luton, Bedfordshire/Census
1871/Emily Lawrence/Domestic Servant/19/Luton, Bedfordshire/Census
1871/William MacKrith/Lodger, Solicitor/40/London/Census
1871/Louisa MacKrith/Lodger/30/London/Census
1881/Richard B Longland/Licensed Victualler/44/Leamington,
Warwickshire/Census
1881/Mary Longland/Wife/39/Newington, Surrey/Census
1881/Richard M Longland/Son, Student, Civil Service/17/Turvey,
Bedfordshire/Census
1881/Mary C Longland/Daughter/16/Turvey, Bedfordshire/Census
1881/Rebecca Longland/Daughter/13/Nicaragua, Central America/Census
1881/Kate Longland/Daughter/10/Harpenden, Hertfordshire/Census
1881/Sydney Longland/Son/7/Harpenden, Hertfordshire/Census
1881/Cecil Longland/Son/3/Harpenden, Hertfordshire/Census
1881/Emile Moreau/Visitor, Champagne Shipper/32/France/Census
1881/Georgina Bayley/Domestic Servant/21/St Albans, Hertfordshire/Census
1881/Henry Field/Billiard Marker/15/Luton, Bedfordshire/Census
1881/Emma Longland/Sister, Straw Bonnet Manufacturer/50/Leamington,
Warwickshire/Census
1881/Emma E Longland/Niece/4/Bethnal Green, London/Census
1882/Richard Barnes Longland/../../../Post Office Directory
1886/Richard Barnes Longland/../../../Post Office Directory
1890/Richard Barnes Longland/Proprietor/../../Post Office Directory
1891/Richard Barnes Longland/Hotel Proprietor & Livery Stable
Keeper/54/Leamington, Warwicksshire/Census
1891/Mary Longland/Wife/50/Newington, London/Census
1891/Richard Matthew Longland/Son, Junior Clerk, Secretarys office, GPO/27/Turvey,
Beds/Census
1891/Mary Collins Longland/Daughter/26/Turvey, Beds/Census
1891/Rebecca Amy C Longland/Daughter/23/Central America/Census
1891/Kate Longland/Daughter/20/Harpenden, Herts/Census
1891/Sydney Ernest Longland/Son, Undergraduate Cavendish College
Cambridge/17/Harpenden, Herts/Census
1891/Cecil Francis Longland/Son/13/Harpenden, Herts/Census
1891/Harold Tabernacle/Visitor/8/Muswell Hill/Census
1891/Edward Ridge ReevesHouse Servant/16/Harpenden, Herts//Census
1891/Emily Jane Whitehead/General Servanr/23/Wheathamstead, Herts/Census
1891/Ernest Tabernacle/Slept in my house but was previously entered at
Muswell Hill/../../Census
1895/Richard Barnes Longland/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/Mary Longland/Licensed Victualler & Livery Stable Keeper,
Widow/60/Newington, London/Census
1901/Mary C Longland/Daughter, Insurance Agent/36/Turvey,
Bedfordshire/Census
1901/Rebecca A C Longland/Daughter/33/Nicaragua, Central America/Census
1901/Martha C Longland/Sister in Law/72/Leamington, Warwickshire/Census
1901/Lily Morris/Domestic Servant/21/St Albans, Hertfordshire/Census
1902/Mrs Mary Longland/../../../Kellys Directory **
10 November 1905/The license of the Railway Hotel, Harpenden, has been
transferred from the late Mr R B Longland to Mr Herbert Mayor, recent
purchaser of the freehold. He has given up licenses which he held at
Hastings and Stoke Newington to reside at Harpenden/Luton Times & Advertiser
1911/Herbert Mavor/Hotel proprietor/51/London/Census
1911/Laura Mavor/Wife/32/Seddlecombe, Sussex/Census
1911/Frederick Herbert Mavor/Son/6/London/Census
1911/Nancy Stock/Barmaid/22/St Albans/Census
1911/Alice Mackenzie/Cook, Widow/38/London/Census
1911/Beatrice Collarline/Housemaid/21/Hatfield/Census
1912/Herbert Mavor/& jobmaster/../../Post Office Directory
1922/Henry Thomas Smith/../../../Post Office Directory TN 95
1926/Arthur Frank Wright/../../../Post Office Directory TN 95
1929/Arthur Frank Wright/Proprietor/../../Post Office Directory TN 95
1933/Alfred George McCann/../../../Post Office Directory TN 95
1937/Alfred G McCann/../../../Post Office Directory
1939/Alfred George McCann/../../../Kellys Directory **
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