Landlords, legends, census records, and lost taverns.
York from the Scotland NLS site in 1852. ; the map describes this as the Bird in Hand PH or St. Leonard's Hotel.
1818, Mary Driffield, Bird-in-Hand, Bootham
1823, Mary Driffield, Bird-in-Hand, Bootham bar
1829, Mary Driffield, Bird in Hand, Bootham bar
1840, Ann Morley, Bird in Hand, Saint Leonard’s place
1849, Ann Morley, Bird-in-Hand, Bootham
1851, St. Leonard's Hotel, (Bird-in-Hand,) Ann Morley, St. Leonard's place
1858, St Leonards Hotel, R Whitty, St Leonards place, York
1861, Bird in Hand Inn, Wulliam Skillbeck, St. Leonard's place
1872, John Brown, Bird in Hand Inn, St. Leonard's place
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