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There has been an inn on this site since the seventeenth century, named the Crosse Swords until at least the 1770s and the Flying Horse since at least 1839. This pub was renamed the Eastgate Hotel in 1880 and rebuilt in its present form in 1900. ** The address is the Eastgate Hotel, 27 Merton street in the 1911 census.
Flying Horse / Eastgate Hotel, 73 High Street, Oxford - in November 2011
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Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Oxfordshire. The Oxfordshire listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1839/Mary Smith/../../../Robson’s Commercial Directory **
1842/Mary Smith/../../../Pigot’s Directory **
1844/Mary Smith/../../../Pigot’s Directory **
1846/Mathias Popple/../../../Hunt’s Directory **
1852/Mathias Popple/../../../Gardner’s Directory **
1854/William Webb/../../../Post Office Directory **
1864/J Durran/../../../Post Office Directory
1869/J Durran/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/Job Durran/Licensed Victualler & Fly Man/50/Adderbury,
Oxfordshire/Census
1871/Maria Durran/Wife/47/Deanshanger, Northampton/Census
1871/William Durran/Son, Fly Man/24/Leamington, Warwickshire/Census
1871/Annie Powell/General Servant/15/Charlton Otmoor, Oxfordshire/Census
1876/Job Durran / Cab Proprietor & Livery Stable Keeper /../../Harrod & Co’s
Directory **
1881/Fred Birmingham/Licensed Victualler/38/Oxon, Oxford/Census
1881/Augusta Birmingham/Wife/35/Oxon, Oxford/Census
1881/Louisa Birmingham/Daughter, Barmaid/18/Oxon, Oxford/Census
1881/Fredk Birmingham/Daughter/15/Oxon, Oxford/Census
1881/William Birmingham/Son/13/Oxon, Oxford/Census
1881/Edwin Birmingham/Son/10/Oxon, Oxford/Census
1881/David O Adams/Boarder/28/Ireland/Census
1891/Henry J Beechey/Licensed Victualler/34/Oxford, Oxfordshire/Census
1891/Mary E Beechey/Wife/33/Oxford, Oxfordshire/Census
1891/Henry W Beechey/Son/10/Oxford, Oxfordshire/Census
1891/Minnie F Beechey/Daughter/8/Oxford, Oxfordshire/Census
1891/Herbert R Beechey/Son/5/Oxford, Oxfordshire/Census
1891/Mabel L Beechey/Daughter/2/Oxford, Oxfordshire/Census
1891/Jessie M Hardings/Barmaid/17/Scotland/Census
1891/Rose A Combes/General Servant/17/Oxford, Oxfordshire/Census
1891/Frederick C Hubber/Boarder, Waiter/36/Exeter, Devon/Census
1895/Eastgate Hotel/Hy. J Beechey jun./../../../Kelly’s Directory of
Oxfordshire **
1901/Henry J Beechey/Hotel Proprietor/44/Oxford, Oxon/Census
1901/Maria E Beechey/Wife/43/Oxford, Oxon/Census
1901/Minnie F Beechey/Daughter, Barmaid/18/Oxford, Oxon/Census
1901/Herbert R Beechey/Son/15/Oxford, Oxon/Census
1901/Mabel L Beechey/Daughter/12/Oxford, Oxon/Census
1901/Alice L Green/Barmaid/24/Oxford, Oxon/Census
1901/Ada L Boyce/Housemaid/20/Oxford, Oxon/Census
1901/Bertie E Cox/Waiter/17/Oxford, Oxon/Census
1901/Walter J Wilkins/House Boy/15/Oxford, Oxon/Census
1903/Henry John Beechey/East gate Hotel, 73 High Street/../../Kellys Directory
1907/Eastgate Hotel/Hy. Jn. Beechey/../../../Kelly’s Directory of
Oxfordshire **
1911/Eastgate Hotel/Henry John Beechey/../../../Kelly’s Directory of
Oxfordshire **
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