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Rose & Crown Hotel, High Street, Watford, Hertfordshire
Kindly provided by Peter Wonnacott
Rose & Crown Hotel, High Street, Watford, Hertfordshire
Kindly provided by John Carnaby
The Nat West replacing the Rose & Crown, High Street, Watford in 2017
Kindly provided by John Carnaby
Residents at this address
1851/James Toovey/Rose & Crown commercial inn/../Post Office Directory
1851/James Toovey/Inn Keeper/51/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census
1851/Sarah Toovey/Wife/40/Kemsworth, Hertfordshire/Census
1851/James Toovey/Son, Clerk/16/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census
1851/Joseph Toovey/Son, Clerk/15/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census
1851/Mary Ann Toovey/Daughter/13/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census
1851/Emily Toovey/Daughter/11/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census
1851/Kate Toovey/Daughter/8/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census
1851/Jane Toovey/Daughter/6/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census
1851/Rose Toovey/Daughter/5/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census
1851/Alice Toovey/Daughter/5/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census
1851/Jessie Toovey/Daughter/3/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census
1851/Fanny Toovey/Daughter/2/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census
1851/John Toovey/Brother, Superintendant of Railway/43/Watford,
Hertfordshire/Census
1851/Sarah Toovey/Sister in Law/45/Tewin, Hertfordshire/Census
1851/Annie Toovey/Niece/22/Mortlake, Surrey/Census
1851/Thomas Clayton/Boots/22/Stanmore, Middlesex/Census
1851/Ann Hopkins/Nurse/55/Tempsford, Bedfordshire/Census
1851/Ann Collier/Kitchenmaid/21/Uxbridge, Middlesex/Census
1851/nn Burgess/Waitress/20/Chalfont, Buckinghamshire/Census
1851/Thomas Tilbury/Tapster/26/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census
1851/Allice Tilbury/Tapstress/21/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census
1855/James Toovey/Rose & Crown family hotel, commercial inn & posting
house/../../Post Office Directory
1861/James Clubb/Hotel Keeper Rose & Crown/52/Isle of Man/Census
1861/Mary Ann susannah Clubb/Wife/38/London, Middlesex/Census
1861/Robert James Clubb/Son/11/London, Middlesex/Census
1861/Elizabeth Clubb/Daughter/9/London, Middlesex/Census
1861/Mary Ann Luck/Cook/40/Yorkshire/Census
1861/Mary Ann Pales/Housemaid/14/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census
1861/Ellen Searing/Barmaid/18/Kent/Census
1861/William Pales/Fly Man/17/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census
1866/John Read/Rose & Crown/../../Post Office Directory
1871/John Read/Hotel Keeper/31/Hatfield, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Hannah Read/Wife/29/Ridge, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Alice Read/Daughter/8/London, Middlesex/Census
1871/Annie Read/Daughter/7/London, Middlesex/Census
1871/John W Read/Son/5/South Mims, Middlesex/Census
1871/Henry W Proctor/Domestic Servant/18/Redbourne, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Margaret Joiner/Domestic Servant/20/Parsgrove Wood, Oxfordshire/Census
1871/Elizabeth Haynes/Domestic Servant/16/Apperton, Middlesex/Census
1871/Henry Coles/Domestic Servant/15/../Census
1871/Emily Brandy/Barmaid/30/Coventry, Warwickshire/Census
1881/John Read/Hotel Proprietor/42/Hatfield, Hertford/Census
1881/Hannah Read/Wife/39/Ridge, Hertford/Census
1881/Alice Read/Daughter/18/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Anna Read/Daughter/17/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Henry E Read/Brother/27/South Mims, Middlesex/Census
1881/Henry Reynolds/Boarder, Independent/19/Moravia (B S), Austria/Census
1881/Whitney Frank/Boarder, Independent/49/New York, America/Census
1881/Fannie Frank/Boarder, Independent/40/New York, America/Census
1881/Richard Hughes/Boarder, Omnibus Proprietor/21/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Eliza Coomber/Cook/44/Canterbury, Ken/Census
1881/Arthur Coomber/Boots/14/Wandsworth, Surrey/Census
1881/Sarah Schoofield/Chambermaid/24/Earl Soham, Suffolk/Census
1881/John Percival/Waiter/25/Bugbrook, Northampton/Census
1881/William Wallis/Nephew/11/Shenley, Hertford/Census
1882/John Read/../../../Post Office Directory
1890/John Read/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/John Read/Hotel Proprietor/51/Hatfield, Herts/Census
1891/Hannah Read/Wife/49/Ridge, Herts/Census
1891/John W Read/Son, Assistant Jobmaster/25/South Mimms, Middlesex/Census
1891/Alfred C Bailey/Boarder, Independant/42/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1891/Vincer F Eck/Visitor, Surgeon/50/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1891/Maria Eck/Visitor/29/Penge/Census
1891/Clara R Eck/Visitor/16/Peru, British Subject/Census
1891/James V Eck/Visitor/9/Peru, British Subject/Census
1891/Minnie A Boosey/Barmaid/21/Runwell, Essex/Census
1891/Eliza Gower/Cook/53/Canterbury, Kent/Census
1891/Fanny Childews/Chamber Maid/25/Lambeth, Middlesex/Census
1891/Eliza Cane/Kitchen Maid/21/Tunbridge Wells, Kent/Census
1891/George Clarke/Waiter/20/Watford, Herts/Census
1891/William Lilley/Boots/26/Great Glemsford, Essex/Census
1895/John Read/../../../Post Office Directory
1912/Alexander Hicks/../../../Post Office Directory
1937/Bradlings Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory TN 3241
I received the transfer details which show a Richard Gooding took over the
Parrs Head at 73
Plender street, Camden Town in May 1971
and was earlier at the Roebuck, Pond Street NW3 and the Rose and Crown, Market
street, Watford Hertfordshire. This was when my Father left the Parrs Head in
1971. ***
** Provided By Stephen Harris
*** Provided By John Carnaby