Roebuck Vaults, 46 High Street, Leicester

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In 1861, the Roebuck Vaults was managed by Daniel Brown, of Sileby, and his wife Elizabeth; plus Sarah Allen, Barmaid aged 22 from Northampton; with Elizabeth Gamble, aged 18 and Edwin Newton, who were both 18 and local. Prior to this, in 1851, Daniel had been managing a pub in Silver Street, probably the one that backed onto the Roebuck. He was quite a young landlord, having taken over his first pub, with his wife, in his twenties.  *

He must have made quite a bit of money, because at the age of 49 he retired to a house facing Victoria Park, where he lived with a servant or two. His wife lived on after his death in the 1890s, and she died in 1910. She was probably from Bethnal Green, in London. A relative of mine, Elizabeth Grant, who had previous experience in the pub trade herself, acted as Mrs Brown’s housekeeper at about the turn of the twentieth century. *

1861/Daniel Brown/Inn Keeper/39/Sileby, Leicester/Census *
1861/Elizabeth Brown/Wife/39/London/Census
1861/Elizabeth Brown/Mother, widow/76/Sileby, Leicester/Census
1861/Sarah Allen/Barmaid/22/Northampton/Census
1861/Elizabeth Gamble/General Servant/18/Leicester, Leicester/Census
1861/Edwin Newton/General Servant/18/Leicester, Leicester/Census

1870/Thomas McDowall/../../../Leicester Directory

1878/George Alfred Meadows/../../../Wrights Directory

1881/George A Meadows/Licensed Victualler/36/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1881/Hannah Goodman/Housekeeper, Widow/63/Somerby, Leicester/Census
1881/Elizabeth Goodman/Grand Daughter, General Servant/15/At Sea/Census

1887/Geo Alfred Meadows/../../../Wrights Directory

1899/William Oakey/../../../Wrights Directory



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