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Listed as the Australia Hotel in the 1881 census at this address.
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Wiltshire. The Wiltshire listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
Old Bell Inn, 13 Market Place, Warminster - in September 2012
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1822/Wm Reeves/Bell, Market Place/../../Pigots Directory
1830/John Evans/Bell, Market Place/../../Pigots Directory
1839/James Welch/Bell, Market Place/../../Pigots Directory
1842-44/James Welch/Bell, Market Place/../../Pigots Directory
1848/James Welch/Bell, Market Place/../../Hunt & Co Directory
1861/Charles Dredge/Inn Keeper/47/Horningsham, Wiltshire/Census
1861/Emma Dredge/Wife/40/Warminster, Wiltshire/Census
1861/Eliza Dredge/Daughter, Barmaid/17/Warminster, Wiltshire/Census
1861/Emma Dredge/Daughter/16/Warminster, Wiltshire/Census
1861/Louisa Dredge/Daughter/13/Warminster, Wiltshire/Census
1861/Charles Dredge/Son/11/Warminster, Wiltshire/Census
1861/Ellen Edwards/House Servant/18/Horningsham, Wiltshire/Census
1861/John Henney/Boarder, Commercial Traveller/45/County Armagh,
Ireland/Census
1861/Ellen Henney/Boarder/32/County Down, Ireland/Census
1861/Peter Henney/Boarder/15/County Down, Ireland/Census
1861/Charles Cooper/Boarder, Commercial Traveller/43/Birmingham,
Warwickshire/Census
1867/Charles Dredge/Old Bell Inn, Market Place/../../Kellys Directory
1871/Charles Dredge/Inn Keeper/58/Horningsham, Wiltshire/Census
1871/Emma Dredge/Wife/50/Warminster, Wiltshire/Census
1871/Maria Dredge/Daughter/20/Warminster, Wiltshire/Census
1871/Thomas Dredge/Son/15/Warminster, Wiltshire/Census
1871/Elizabeth Mead/Domestic Servant/19/Easterton, Wiltshire/Census
1871/Patrick McFastin/Lodger, Commercial Traveller, Widow/35/Bellaret,
Ireland/Census
1871/Israel Wells/Lodger, Servant/42/Frome, Somerset/Census
1875/Charles Dredge/Bell & Railway Hotel, Market Place/../../Post Office Directory
Australian Hotel, 13 Market Place :
1881/Henry Ling/Publican/49/Hundon, Suffolk/Census
1881/Sarah Ling/Wife/50/Warminster, Wiltshire/Census
1881/Sarah E Dredge/Niece, barmaid/22/Warminster, Wiltshire/Census
1881/Ellen Sophy Cox/General Servant/37/Heytesbury, Wiltshire/Census
1891/William Wilcox/Hotel Keeper/39/Westbury, Wiltshire/Census
1891/Eleanor A Wilcox/Wife/32/Ulverton, Lancashire/Census
1891/Sarah E Wilcox/Daughter/5/Bradford, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Mary E Bufford/Barmaid/21/Ulverton, Lancashire/Census
1891/Sierra Adlam/Domestic Servant/16/Frome, Somerset/Census
1895/William Willcox/Old Bell Inn, Market Place/../../Kellys Directory
1907/Thomas Henry Humphrey/../../../Kelly’s Directory of Wiltshire **
1911/James Lidbury/Inn Keeper/64/Leigh Mendip, Somerset/Census
1911/E Ann Lidbury/Wife, Assistant/64/Shepton Mallett, Somerset/Census
1911/John T Lidbury/Son, Assistant/22/Shepton Mallett, Somerset/Census
1911/Ada Lane/General Servant/18/Swindon, Wiltshire/Census
1915/James Lidbury/../../../Kelly’s Directory of Wiltshire **
1920/Herbert L S Lidbury/../../../Kellys Directory
1927/H L S Lidbury/proprietor/../../Kellys Directory
1939/H T Lance/../../../Kellys Directory
** Provided By Stephen Harris