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Napoleon Hotel, 23 Farnham Road, Guildford, Surrey

Guildford pub history index

Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Surrey .

Residents at this address.

1867/J Smith, Napoleon, Farnham road Guildford/../../Kelly’s Directory

1878/George Fuller Cripps/.. /../../Kelly’s Directory

1881/George Fuller Cripps/Hotel Keeper/55/City Of London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Catherine Ann Cripps/Wife/54/Knottingley, York/Census
1881/Edward Fuller Cripps/Son/20/Westerham, Kent/Census
1881/Mary Elizabeth Cripps/Daughter/19/Westerham, Kent/Census
1881/Catherine Blennberassett Cripps/Daughter/18/Westerham, Kent/Census
1881/Richard Cripps/Son/16/Romford, Essex/Census
1881/Louis Other Cripps/Son/13/Romford, Essex/Census
1881/Sarah Simmonds/Domestic Servant/22/Compton, Surrey/Census
1881/Henry Ogston/Boots/16/Guildford, Surrey/Census

In 1911 at The Napoleon Hotel Guildford, Guildford
James Davies, Hotel proprietor aged 44 and born in Monmouthshire
Alice Kathleen Davies, Wife aged 36 and born in Portmouth Hampshire
Alice Julia Davies, Daughter aged 15 and born in Aldershot Hampshire
James Victor Davies, Son aged 13 and born in Pembroke Dock
Edith Minnie Vigars, Barmaid aged 21 and born in Effingham Surrey
George William Cooke, Billiard marker aged 30 and born in Bath Somerset
Mary Anne Dickenson, Servant, General domestic servant, Widow aged 42 and born in Aldershot Hampshire
Charles Ashongton, Boarder, Commercial traveller aged 25 and born in Godstone Surrey

1913/James Davies/../../../Kelly’s Directory

1937/Catering Houses Ltd/.. /../../Kelly’s Directory



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