Britannia, Western Road, Tring, Hertfordshire
Tring pub history index
At Aylesbury Road in 1861 census.
Britannia, Western Road, Tring - in 2012 (Closed, now a private house)
Kindly provided by Bernard Lamb
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Hertfordshire .
Residents at this address
1855/Mrs Mary Tompkins/Britannia/../../Post Office Directory
1861/John Ray/Inn Keeper/49/Adstock, Buckinghamshire/Census
1861/Elizabeth Ray/Wife/48/East Claydon, Buckinghamshire/Census
1861/James Ray/Son, Confectioner/19/Maids Morton, Buckinghamshire/Census
1861/Henry Ray/Son/11/Thornborough, Buckinghamshire/Census
1861/Albert Ray/Son/9/Thornborough, Buckinghamshire/Census
1861/Mark Ray/Son/7/Adstock, Buckinghamshire/Census
1866/James Edwin/../../../Post Office Directory
1881/William Bly/Inn Keeper/24/Tring, Hertfordshire/Census
1881/Alice Bly/Wife/24/Tring, Hertfordshire/Census
1881/George Bly/Son/2/Tring, Hertfordshire/Census
1881/Annie Green/Sister/14/Tring, Hertfordshire/Census
1882/William Bly/../../../Post Office Directory
1886/William Bly/../../../Post Office Directory
1890/Job Archer/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Job Archer/Licensed Victualler/52/Tring, Herts/Census
1891/Rebecca Archer/Wife/35/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1891/Mary Nash/General Servant/18/Tring, Herts/Census
1895/Joseph Watson/../../../Post Office Directory
1911/Ernest Hughes/Publican/30/Harrow Eald, Middlesex/Census
1911/Ester Hughes/Wife/28/Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire/Census
1911/Ernest Ronald William Hughes/Son/3/Tring, Hertfordshire/Census
1911/Phyllis Evelyn Hughes/Daughter/1/Tring, Hertfordshire/Census
1911/Bertha Louisa Rance/General Servant/15/Tring, Hertfordshire/Census
1912/Harry Howard/../../../Post Office Directory
1922/Harry Howard/../../../Post Office Directory
1926/Harry Howard/../../../Post Office Directory
1929/Harry Howard/../../../Post Office Directory
1933/Harry Howard/../../../Post Office Directory
1937/Mrs M Howard/../../../Post Office Directory
In the 1939 list, I found three occupants – Mrs Maria Howard (widowed),
William C. Taylor (civil servant Air Ministry), and Florence May Taylor
(unpaid domestic duties). Mrs M Howard’s daughter Florence May and her
husband took over the pub after her. Florence May had married William C.
Taylor in 1927. She ran it until the 1970s. It had not been a pub for two
years when we bought it in 1980. Mrs Howard died in Tring in 1984. *
The Britannia was previously owned by Benskins. Benskins was taken over by
Ind Coope, who sold the property to us in September 1980. *
* Provided By Mrs Sue Williams
** Provided By Stephen Harris
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