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Known as the Bird Cage before 1873 ***
Castle, 123 High Street, Waltham Cross - circa 1905
Kindly provided by Michael
Residents at this address.
1806/Mary Wall/Bird Cage/../../Victuallers Recognizances ***
1817/Henry Wiggs/Bird Cage/../../Victuallers Recognizances ***
1822/Henry Wiggs/Bird Cage/../../Victuallers Recognizances ***
1823-24/Henry Wiggs/Bird Cage/../../Pigot's Directory ***
1826-27/Henry Wiggs/Bird Cage/../../Pigot's Directory ***
1828/Henry Wiggs/Bird Cage/../../Victuallers Recognizances ***
1832/Henry Wiggs/Bird Cage, Waltham Cross/../../Trade Directory ***
1838/Charlotte Wiggs/Bird Cage, Waltham Cross/../../Trade Directory ***
1839/Charlotte Wiggs/Bird Cage, Waltham Cross/../../Pigot's Directory ***
1841/Charlotte Wiggs/Victualler/45/Herts/Census ***
1841/Emilia Grimley/../20/../Census
1841/Mary March/../15/../Census
1841/Sarah Dannant/FS/15/Herts/Census
1841/John Cornel/Ag Lab/70/../Census
1841/John Dannant/Labourer/20/Herts/Census
1841/John Harvey/Labourer/50/Herts/Census
1841/Maria Harvey/../50/Herts/Census
1841/William Welch/Labourer/55/Herts/Census
1841/William Stanley/Labourer/50/Herts/Census
1845/Mrs Charlotte Wiggs/Bird Cage, Waltham Cross/../../Post Office
Directory ***
1851/Mrs Charlotte Wiggs/Bird Cage, Waltham Cross/../../Post Office
Directory ***
1851/Charlotte Wiggs/Licensed Victualler/60/Cheshunt, Herts/Census ***
1851/Mary Ann L March/Niece, Barmaid/30/Southwark, Surrey/Census
1851/Emilia Grimley/Visitor, Ladies Maid/35/Edmonton, Middx/Census
1851/Willm Dye/Ostler/63/Northaw, Herts/Census
1851/Maria Dollings/Servant, Genl Servant/18/Cheshunt, Herts/Census
1851/Thos Gough senr/Traveller, Sper Manufacturer/54/Thringstone,
Leics/Census
1851/Thos Gough junr/Traveller, Sper Manufacturer/23/Thringstone,
Leics/Census
1851/William Gough/Traveller, Sper Manufacturer/21/Thringstone, Leics/Census
1851/James Barnes/Traveller, Printer/25/Hertford, Herts/Census
1851/George Cavington/Lodger, Harness Maker/48/Stock, Essex/Census
1851/Wm Abrams/Lodger, Farmers Servant/27/Langley, Essex/Census
1851/George Groves/Visitor, Carpenter/37/Maidenhead, Berks/Census
1855/(Miss) Emilia Grimley/Birdcage, Waltham Cross/../../Post Office
Directory ***
1859/Joseph Baker/Bird Cage, Waltham Cross/../../Post Office Directory ***
1861/Joseph Baker/Licensed Victualler/30/Edmonton, Middx/Census ***
1861/Emilia Baker/Wife/40/Cirencester, Gloucs/Census
1861/Charlotte E Baker/Daur/4/Cheshunt, Herts/Census
1861/Annie S Baker/Daur/1/Cheshunt, Herts/Census
1861/Ann Smith/Servant, House Servant/49/Folkstone, Kent/Census
1861/John Craigie/Lodger, Greenwich Pensioner/33/Portsea, Hants/Census
1861/Jane Craigie/Lodger/32/Portsea, Hants/Census
1861/James Mitchell/Lodger, Traveller Com/23/Roydon, Herts/Census
1861/William Palmer/Lodger, Shoemaker/36/Bungay, Norfolk/Census
1862/Joseph Baker/Bird Cage, Waltham Cross/../../Post Office Directory ***
1867/Joseph Baker/Bird Cage/../../Post Office Directory ***
1870/Joseph Baker/Bird Cage/../../Post Office Directory ***
1871/Joseph Baker/Licensed Victualler, Widower/36/Cirencester, Gloucs/Census
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1871/Charlotte Emilia Baker/Daur/14/Cheshunt, Herts/Census
1871/Annie Sophia Baker/Daur, Scholar/11/Cheshunt, Herts/Census
1871/William Brown/Lodger, Hustler/38/Cheshunt, Herts/Census
1871/John Howard/Casual Lodger, Labourer/36/Cheshunt, Herts/Census
1871/James Philp/Casual Lodger, Glass & China Mender/26/Petworth,
Sussex/Census
1871/William Oxford/Casual Lodger, Glass & China Mender/22/Kingston on
Thames, Surrey/Census
1871/William Jones/Casual Lodger, Shoemaker/68/Gloucs/Census
1871/Joseph Willis/Casual Lodger, Labourer/40/Enfield, Middx/Census
1874/Walter Dawson/Castle/../../Post Office Directory ***
1878/Walter Dawson/Castle/../../Post Office Directory ***
1881/John Cumber/Licensed Victualler/55/Whitechapel, Middx/Census ***
1881/Matthew Cumber/Son/28/Bromley, Middx/Census
1881/Hannah Cumber/Daughter/26/Bromley, Middx/Census
1881/John J Cumber/Son/22/Bromley, Middx/Census
1881/Alice Cumber/Daughter/15/Bromley, Middx/Census
1882/John Cumber/../../../Post Office Directory
1886/William Milam/../../../Post Office Directory
1890/William Milam/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Catherine M Pullen/Manageress, Barmaid/21/Waltham Abbey, Essex/Census
1891/Eliza Pullen/Visitor/54/Topsham, Devonshire/Census
1891/Harriett Milam/Visitor, Living on own means/78/Hampton Wick,
Middlesex/Census
1895/William James Russell/Castle PH, High Road/../../Post Office Directory
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1898/William James Russell/Castle PH, High Road/../../Post Office Directory
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1901/Rufus Ranger/Publican/47/Stepney, London/Census ***
1901/Millicent Ranger/Wife/48/Paddington, London/Census
1901/Millicent Drew/Niece, Barmaid/17/Bath, Somerset/Census
1901/Maud Saltwell/Serv, Barmaid/20/Harlow, Essex/Census
1901/Rose Green/Serv, Cook Domestic/22/Hoddesdon, Herts/Census
1901/Annie Pears/Serv, Sick Nurse/36/Mere, Lincs/Census
1902/Rufus Ranger/Castle PH, High Road/../../Post Office Directory ***
1906/Rufus Ranger/Castle PH, High Road/../../Post Office Directory ***
1908/Hy Robt Smith/Castle PH, High Street/../../Post Office Directory ***
1910/Hy Robt Smith/Castle PH, 123 High Street/../../Post Office Directory
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1911/Henry Robert Smith/Licensed Victualler/54/Stratford, Essex/Census ***
1911/Elizabeth Smith/Wife, Assisting in Business/51/Stratford, Essex/Census
1911/Hilda Smith/Daugther, Assisting in Business/19/Stratford, Essex/Census
1911/Harry Smith/Son, Clerk/16/Poplar, London/Census
1911/Emma Agnes Watson/Servant, Domestic General Servant/19/Bush Hill Park,
Middx/Census
1912/Hy Robert Smith/../../../Post Office Directory
1914/Hy Robt Smith/Castle PH, 123 High Street/../../Post Office Directory
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1917/Hy Robt Smith/Castle PH, 123 High Street/../../Post Office Directory
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1922/Charles Webster/../../../Post Office Directory
1926/Arthur Moloney/../../../Post Office Directory
1929/Edward Flower/../../../Post Office Directory
1933/Stanley Walker/../../../Post Office Directory
1937/W H Salmon/../../../Post Office Directory
1944-45/G H Abbott/Proprietor, Castle, 123 High Street/../../Town & County
Directory ***
2-Dec-1983/Castle Pub To Be Closed/Lea Valley Mercury newspaper/
"The Castle public house, in Waltham Cross High Street, is to be closed some
time in the new year. It could be replaced by a shop. Ind Coope, the brewery
that owns the public house, has agreed a deal for the sale" ***
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