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Blackbirds, 5 Castle Street, Hertford, Hertfordshire

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At 17 Parliament Square in 1933 and later; This pub was established by 1621, initially as the Magpie or Magpye.  By 1710 it had become the Blackbirds, or sometimes Three Blackbirds.  In All Saints parish. **

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Blackbirds, 15-17 Parliament Square, Hertford - in June 2008

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Residents at this address

1871/Robert Jarvis/Inn Keeper/60/Lincolnhire/Census
1871/Harriet Jarvis/Wife/45/Watton, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Mary Rose/Visitor, Widow/85/Sacombe, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Katherine Rose/Visitor/16/Oxton, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Henry Meeks/Ostler/21/Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire/Census
1871/Joseph Varley/Boarder, Cutler/37/Stamford/Census
1871/Elizabeth Varley/Boarder/33/, Hertford, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/John Holloway/Boarder, Musician/17/Great Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/George Flight/Boarder, Musician/18/Bengeo, Hertfordshire/Census

1881/Robert Jarvis/Licensed Victualler & Tailor/68/Brigg, Lincoln/Census
1881/Harriet Jarvis/Wife/57/Watton, Hertford/Census
1881/Esther Marsden/Sister/75/Brigg, Lincoln/Census
1881/Eleanor J Scale/Daughter/29/Hertford, Hertford/Census
1881/Alice M Jarvis/Grand Daughter/8/Ledbury, Hereford/Census
1881/George Lebish/Nephew, Silk Salesman/21/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1881/Annie Tong/Barmaid/18/Enfield, Middlesex/Census
1881/Elizabeth Hart/General Servant/19/Haultwick, Hertford/Census
1881/Thomas Little/Boarder, Farm Labourer/48/Good Easter, Essex/Census

1882/Robert Jarvis/../../../Post Office Directory

1891/Henry G Jarvis/Publican/38/Cromer, Norfolk/Census
1891/Maria J Jarvis/Wife/28/Norfolk, Norfolk/Census
1891/Emily Hart/General Servant/18/Waterford, Herts/Census

1895/Francis Bayley/../../../Post Office Directory

1899/W C Temple Hope/../../../Kellys Directory **

1902/John Turner/../../../Kellys Directory **

1908/George Chapman/../../../Kellys Directory **

1912/Alfred Cottage/../../../Post Office Directory

1914/Charles Ernest Schlimper/../../../Kellys Directory **

1922/Charles Ernest Schlimper/../../../Post Office Directory

1926/Wm Jones Hodgkinson/../../../Post Office Directory

1929/Wm Jones Hodgkinson/../../../Post Office Directory

1933/Edward Perry/../../../Post Office Directory

1937/Arth Stephen Smith/../../../Post Office Directory

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