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Cow Roast is a hamlet within the parishses of Northchurch and Wigginton. It is a rich area for Roman and earlier settlements, and was Grade II listed in 1986, although the buildings probably only date back to 1800, and replace an earlier coaching inn. There is still a restaurant at this site.
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Cow Roast, London Road, Cow Roast, Hertfordshire - in November 2008
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Residents at this address
In 1841 at the Cow Roast, Wigginton, Berkhampstead
Thomas Landon, Inn Keeper aged 25 and born in Hertfordshire
Mary Landon, Female aged 20 and born in Hertfordshire
Thomas Watson, Male Servant aged 35
James Halsey, Ag Labourer aged 15 and born in Hertfordshire
Fredrick Welch, Male Servant aged 10
Ann Lancaster, Female Servant aged 20
In 1851 at the Cow Roast Inn, Wigginton, Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire
Thomas Landon, Farmer & innkeeper aged 39 and born in Wigginton, Hertfordshire
Mary Landon, Wife aged 36 and born in St Albans, Hertfordshire
Hannah Wilson, Wife's sister, Barmaid, Widow aged 39 and born in St Albans, Hertfordshire
John Wilson, Nephew aged 3 and born in Derbyshire
Mary Ann Sear, Servant aged 22 and born in Hertfordshire
Richard Jilson, Tap boy 13 and born in Tring, Hertfordshire
William Johnson, Hostler inn aged 48 and born in Aldbury, Hertfordshire
Elizabeth Swabey, Laundress aged 61 and born in Hertfordshire
Sarah Baker, Laundress aged 59 and born in Aldbury, Hertfordshire
John Fletcher, Boatman aged 36 and born in Staffordshire
William Spencer, Unmarried aged 48 and born in Audley, Staffordshire
1855, Cow Roast, T LANDON snr, Northchurch
Bucks Advertiser & Aylesbury News. 07 January 1860
Cow Roast, from the Executors of the late T Landon to Mrs Landon
In 1861 at the Cow Roast Public House, Heath End, Wigginton
Mary Landon, Inn keeper, Widow aged 39 and born in St Albans, Hertfordshire
Martha Ann Holt, Sister in law, Widow aged 39 and born in Hertfordshire
John Wilson, Nephew aged 13 and born in Derby, Derbyshire
William Garsell, Nephew aged 10 and born in Bedfordshire
Franz Holt, Nephew aged 8 and born in Holloway, Middlesex
Ellen Maria Holt, Niece aged 7 and born in Holloway, Middlesex
James Holt, Nephew aged 5 and born in Marlow, Hertfordshire
Winifred Sarah Holt, Niece aged 3 and born in Marlow, Hertfordshire
Emma White, House Servant aged 23 and born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
James Halsey, Ostler aged 44 and born in Ostler and born in Northchurch, Hertfordshire
1882/William Jellis/../../../Post Office Directory
1886/William Jellis/../../../Post Office Directory
1890/William Jellis/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/William Jellis/Inn Keeper/43/Pitstone, Herts/Census
1891/Emma Jellis/Wife/43/Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire/Census
1891/Janet Jellis/Servant/20/Ivinghoe Aston, Buckinghamshire/Census
1912/Walter Thomas Chandler/../../../Post Office Directory
1922/Francis James Witts/../../../Post Office Directory
1926/George Osborne/../../../Post Office Directory
1929/Fredk Geo Weedon/../../../Post Office Directory
1933/Walter Saunders/../../../Post Office Directory
1937/Geo McNab/../../../Post Office Directory
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