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Listed as the Wheatsheaf, West Street in 1861 census and 1866; then the White Lion & Wheatsheaf in the 1871 census. This pub is long-closed and the premises now in use as a chemist’s shop. The 1881 census lists this as the Lion & Wheatsheaf, Market Place. **
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Lion & Wheatsheaf, 66 High Street, Ware - in June 2009
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Residents at this address
1847/Henry Hoy/../../../Post Office Directory
1855/Charles Williams/../../../P.O. Directory **
1861/Thomas Smith/Licensed Victualler/62/Ware, Hertfordshire/Census
1861/Ann Smith/Wife/40/Ware, Hertfordshire/Census
1861/Annie Smith/Daughter/10/Ware, Hertfordshire/Census
1861/Thomas Smith/Son/9/Ware, Hertfordshire/Census
1861/Ruth Smith/Daughter/7/Ware, Hertfordshire/Census
+ Lodgers
1866/G Pewter/../../../Post Office Directory **
1870/Geo. Powter / & Cooper /../../../P.O. Directory **
1871/Elizabeth Powter/Inn Keeper, Widow/48/Standon, Herts/Census
1871/Ann Powter/Daughter/21/Ware, Herts/Census
1871/Fanny Powter/Daughter/17/Ware, Herts/Census
1871/James Stringer/Boarder, Shoemaker/44/Standon, Herts/Census
1871/Henry Monk/Boarder, Cooper/31/Whitechapel, Middlesex/Census
1874/Thomas Martinson/../../../P.O. Directory **
1881/Walter Mason/Licensed Victualler/38/Lincoln, Lincolnshire/Census
1881/Eliza Mason/Wife/38/High Holborn, London/Census
+ Boarders
1890/Frederick Fincham/../../../Post Office Directory
1894/William Rayner/../../../Kelly’s Directory **
1899/Augustus Wilkinson/../../../Kelly’s Hertfordshire Directory **
1891/Frederick Fincham/Licensed Victualler, Cab Proprietor, Cab
Driver/32/Islington, London/Census
1891/Emily Louisa Fincham/Wife/38/Cubitt Town, London/Census
1891/George William Burgess/Stepson/14/Cubitt Town, London/Census
1891/Mercy Fox/Cousin, Housemaid/22/Handside, Herts/Census
1891/Isaac Norman/Lodger, General Labourer/52/Tottenham, Middlesex/Census
1891/David Carpenter/Lodger, General Labourer/50/Stevenage, Herts/Census
1891/Charles Wray/Lodger, General Labourer/35/Stevenage, Herts//Census
1891/George Odell/Lodger, General Labourer/53/Stevenage, Herts//Census
1891/Benjamin Clarke/Lodger, General Labourer/50/Stevenage, Herts//Census
1891/Charles Utting/Lodger, Watchmaker/32/Norwich, Norfolk/Census
1901/William Gillingwater/Public House Keeper/39/Porland, Norfolk/Census
1901/Mary Ann Gillingwater/Wife/40/Kirstead, Norfolk/Census
1901/Daisy Gillingwater/Daughter/8/Canning Town, Essex/Census
1901/Rose Gillingwater/Daughter/2/Canning Town, Essex/Census
1901/Henry Sheppard/Lodger, General Labourer/23/Ware, Hertfordshire/Census
1908/Harry Watson/../../../Kelly’s Hertfordshire Directory **
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