Enfield pub history index
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Middlesex.
Cricketers, Chase Side, Enfield - date unknown, maybe about 1901
The Cricketers Arms , Enfield probably includes my Great Uncle William Alder who was a beer retailer living there in 1901.
Kindly provided by Ian Hermon
Cricketers, 17 - 19 Chase Side, Enfield - in September 2012
Kindly provided by Dolores Dilley
Residents at this address
1855/James Crampton/Beer Retailer & shopkeeper, Enfield Highway/../../Post Office Directory
1861/James Crampton/Beer Seller/62/Standon, Hertfordshire/Census
1861/Mary Crampton/Wife/59/Thundridge, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Thomas Robins/Beer House Keeper/60/Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Jane Robins/Wife/48/Hertfordshire/Census
1871/John Mills/Nephew/16/Hertfordshire/Census
1881/John Knight/Beer Retailer And Carman/38/Enfield, Middlesex/Census
1881/Ann Knight/Wife/48/Essex/Census
1890/John Wiggett jun/Beer retailer, Chase Side/../../Post Office Directory
1891/John Wiggett/Blacksmith & Beer retailer/36/Enfield, Middlesex/Census
1891/Sarah A Wiggett/Wife/37/Gidding, Henkies/Census
1891/William Pearson/General Servant/17/Enfield, Middlesex/Census
We think that the early photo is of the Cricketers Arms in Enfield and probably includes my Great Uncle William Alder who was a beer retailer living there in 1901, as shown on the census. *
In 1911 he was living in Rose Cottage Parsonage Lane Enfield. He was born in 1874 in Berkshire and died at the age of 51 in Enfield. His Widow was living in 74 Parsonage Lane in 1939
1901/William Alder/Beer Retailer/27/Denchworth, Berkshire/Census *
1901/Amie Alder/Wife/31/Great Canfield, Essex/Census
1901/Percy Alder/Son/3/Enfield, Middlesex/Census
1901/Henry Simmons/Brother in Law, Gardener/23/Alfield, Essex/Census
1901/Thomas Collins/Boarder, Groom/21/Denchworth, Berkshire/Census
Tottenham and Edmonton Weekly Herald 22 March 1907
Enfield and Public Houses - Six Licenses referred.
The adjourned applications for renewal were in respect of the Pike and Anchor, Ponders End ; Cricketers Arms, Chase Side ; The Harrow, Turkey street; The Prince of Wales, Parsonage lane ; The Sultan beerhouse, New road, Ponders End ; The Swan, Ponders End, and The Woodman, Baker street.
The Cricketers Arms, Enfield. James Thomas Hodgkins was the licensee. He was a quarterly tenant, the owners being Messrs McMullens. The license was for a beer only. The rent was £24 a year. Within 220 yards radius were the Crown and Horse Shoes, the Archway Tavern, the Stag, the Old Wheatsheaf, the Old Sergeant and the Prince of Wales. The trade had been a trifle better during the last year, and the premises were in good repair.
Inspector Twigg stated that the house had changed hands three times in seven years. It was one of the cleanest and best conducted houses in the district.
Mr Bodkin, for the brewers, the licensee and freeholders considered that the Act of Parliament was not meant to apply to a licence of any kind. The house did no harm to anyone, and a respectable trade was being carried out there.
If they refused to grant such license as that the time would come when new licences would have to bre created, and moreover, the reduction of such licences would probably mean the creation of clubs, which was most undesirable.
The Bench renewed the licence.
West Middlesex Gazette 06 November 1937 - Diamond Wedding :
Married at Launton Parish Church, Oxon, on November 6, 1877, Mr and Mrs James T Hodgkins, of Oxford villa, Cambridge road, Southall, celebrate their diamond wedding today.
They are at present staying at Felpham, Sussex, with their eldest son, Mr James Hodgkins, who was license of the White Hart, Greenford Park for 21 years. In addition to Mr James Hodgkins and his wife and family, another son, who owns Wray Park Garages, Reigate, and his wife and family will be present at todays celebrations.
Mr Hodgkins senior was born at the Butchers Arms, Fringford, Oxon, on Christmas Day, 1853, and Mrs Hodgkins, a native of Launton, on April 1854. After their marriage they kept a public house in Bucks, and leaving there, Mr Hodgkins carried on his old business of coach builder at Richmond.
Returning to the licensed trade, they took over the Cricketers Arms, Enfield, where they stayed for 15 years, while for 17 years they held the licence of the Duke of Wellington, Uxbridge road, Hanwell, which Mr Hodgkins relinquished at the age of 71.
In 1939, the "cricketers Arms" Chase Side Place, The Ridgeway, Enfield
Ernest H Wiggett, Licensed Victualler, born 3 Oct 1887
Mary I Wiggett, Unpaid Domestic Duties, born 16 Apr 1879
John E (Edward) Clark, born 04 Feb 1928
2017, According to the McMullens site, A London Village pub that’s been a McMullen house since 1919.
2018, The Cricketers, 17-19 Chase Side Place, ENFIELD,EN2 6QA,Enfield
* Provided by Ian Hermon