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Royston Crow, 45 Baldock Street, Ware - in June 2009
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Residents at this address
1870/Charles Storey/../../../P.O. Directory **
1871/Charles Storey/Maltmaker/33/Ware, Hertford/Census
1871/Jane Storey/Wife/34/Ware, Hertford/Census
1871/Thomas C Storey/Son/11/Ware, Hertford/Census
1871/Hannah J Storey/Daughter/9/Ware, Hertford/Census
1871/Susannah J Storey/Daughter/6/Ware, Hertford/Census
1871/Herbert Storey/Son/4/Ware, Hertford/Census
1871/Annie F Storey/Daughter/1 month/Ware, Hertford/Census
1874/Michael Patrick Ryan/../../../P.O. Directory **
October 1879/John Dodson/outgoing license/../../Hertford Mercury & Reformer
October 1879/Joseph Cook/incoming license/../../Hertford Mercury & Reformer
1881/Joseph Cook/Publican/31/Radcliffe, Leicestershire/Census
1881/Annie Cook/Wife/32/Middlesex/Census
1882/Jonathan Jordan/../../../Post Office Directory
1886/Miss Harriett Parker/../../../Post Office Directory
1890/Samuel Popkin/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Samuel Popkin/Licensed Victualler/26/Bermondsey, London/Census
1891/Jane Popkin/Wife/24/Suckley, Worcestershire/Census
1894/James Griffin/../../../Kelly’s Directory **
1895/James Griffin/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Robert Smith/../../../Kelly’s Hertfordshire Directory **
At a lecture at New Scotland Yard on “The Moat Farm Murder” of 1899-1903; in
which he mentioned that
Samuel Herbert Dougal the murderer was in about 1889 the licensee of a pub
at Ware called “the Royston Crow.” It is not clear whether this is the same
building or one to which the licence was later transferred.
A Hertfordshire newspaper of that time, reporting Dougal’s trial and
acquittal at Hertford Assizes. The nub of the
case was that Dougal had set fire to The Royston Crow whilst the landlord on
3rd August 1899 and had made a false insurance claim. Details of the
case can be found at the
Essex Police Museum site. ***
1902/Frederick J Downes/../../../Post Office Directory
1908/Robt. Hartley Harris/../../../Kelly’s Hertfordshire Directory **
1912/Robert Hartley Harris/../../../Post Office Directory
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