Odd Fellows Arms, 113 London Road, Apsley End, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
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Odd Fellow Arms, Apsley, Hemel Hempstead - circa 1904
Kindly provided by Trevor Kirby (current tenant)
Odd Fellows Arms, Apsley, Hemel Hempstead - in 2012
Kindly provided by Bernard Lamb
Residents at this address
1861/Henry C Wright/File Cutter, Retailer of Wine, Beer etc/54/St Giles
Crippledate, London/Census
1861/Eliza Wright/Publicans Wife/50/Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire/Census
1861/Sarah Wright/Daughter, Envelope Black Borderer/22/Hemel Hempstead,
Hertfordshire/Census
1861/Henry Wright/Son, Engine Smiths Apprentice/18/Hemel Hempstead,
Hertfordshire/Census
1861/Jane Wright/Daughter, Envelope Folder/16/Hemel Hempstead,
Hertfordshire/Census
1861/Eliza Wright/Daughter/13/Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire/Census
1866/Henry Charles Wright/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1871/George Lucas/Licensed Victualler/47/Petworth, Sussex/Census
1871/Esther Lucas/Wife/49/Godalming, Surrey/Census
1871/Lucy Lucas/Daughter/24/Petworth, Sussex/Census
1881/Comfort A Walker/Licensed Victualler, Widow/55/Tarrington,
Hereford/Census
1881/Eliza Walker/Daughter/30/Wood Walton, Huntingdon/Census
1881/Frederick G Walker/Grandson/6/Long Watting, Cumberland/Census
1881/William A Robinson/Grandson/5/Amptill, Bedford/Census
1881/Thomas Williams/Scholar/7/Blackley, Northampton/Census
1882/Mrs Ann Walker/../../../Post Office Directory
1886/Mrs Ann Comfort Walker/../../../Post Office Directory
1890/Daniel Wooton/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Daniel Wooton/Publican/55/Croughton, Northampton/Census
1891/Mary Wooton/Wife/57/Blakesley, Northampton/Census
1891/Elizabeth Wooton/Daughter/29/Blakesley, Northampton/Census
1891/Edith Wooton/Daughter/23/Blakesley, Northampton/Census
1891/Joseph H Boreham/Boarder, Bridke Cutter/20/Walsall,
Staffordshire/Census
1901/Frederick Charles Cowper/Publican/35/London/Census
1901/Lizzie Cowper/Wife/31/Hornsey, London/Census
1901/Henry Bordsell/Cellerman/40/London/Census
1901/Jessie Davis/Servant/18/London/Census
1911/Frederick Charles Cowper/Licensed Victualler/45/Crouch End,
Middlesex/Census
1911/Lizzie Cowper/Wife/41/St Pancras, London/Census
1911/Percy Arthur Turnbull/Nephew, Ledgers Clerk/18/Harlesden,
Middlesex/Census
1911/Elizabeth Buckley/Servant/38/Middleton, County Cork/Census
1912/Frederick Charles Cowper/../../../Post Office Directory
In 1920, Peggy Hill, the second daughter to Harry and Susan Hill was born at
the Odd Fellows Arms. Harry and Susan were the licensees at the time.
Peggy’s older sister Vera was my mother. They all emigrated to Australia in
1924. *
I am not sure when they bought the pub but they owned it during WW1, where
it was used to billet soldiers from France. *
My guess is that Harry Hill was the licensee for about 5 to 10 years,
finishing in 1924, when the family moved to Australia. They bought a pub at
Holbrook, a little country town between Sydney and Melbourne. You couldn’t
get anything more different. It was hot, and the clientele would have been
very rough. They only lasted a few years and then they moved to Melbourne
where they bought a dairy which they ran very successfully until they
retired. *
1922/Harold Crawley/../../../Post Office Directory
1926/Harold Crawley/../../../Post Office Directory
1929/Frederick W Hardy/../../../Post Office Directory
1933/Frederick W Hardy/../../../Post Office Directory
1937/Mrs Marion Jackson/../../../Post Office Directory
* Provided By Neil Lawson
** Provided By Stephen Harris
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