Landlords, legends, census records, and lost taverns.
Earliest mention is in 1768 with a new licensee. Bought by J J Hunt from the Masters in Lunacy on 21 November 1899. On 1 April 1937 it was transferred from the Tadcaster Division on the extension of the York boundaries. *HM
1851, J. Pearson, Cross Keys, Dringhouses
In 1891 at the Cross Keys Inn, Town Street, Dringhouses, York
Walter William Glover, Publican aged 28 and born in Derby, Derbyshire
Ellen Glover, Wife aged 30 and born in Malton, Yorkshire
Sidney Glover, Son aged 3 and born in Dringhouses, Yorkshire
Vera Glover, Daughter aged 1 and born in Dringhouses, Yorkshire
Alice Allen, Domestic servant aged 27 and born in Malton, Yorkshire
William Barker, Domestic groom 32 and born in Malton, Yorkshire
1895, Cross Keys, Mrs. Mary Ann Wilkinson, Dringhouses,
In 1901 at the Cross Keys Inn, Dringhouses Main Road, Dringhouse
John Wilkinson, Inn keeper aged 55 and born in Linton on Ouse, Yorkshire
Mary Ann Wilkinson, Wife aged 49 and born in Rochdale, Lancashire
William Wilkinson, Son, Grocer's apprentice aged 17 and born in Linton on Ouse, Yorkshire
Samuel Wilkinson, Son, Telegraph clerk aged 15 and born in Linton on Ouse, Yorkshire
Gertrude Wilkinson, Daughter aged 14 and born in Linton on Ouse, Yorkshire
Mary Wilkinson, Mother, Widow aged 78 and born in Copmanthorpe, Yorkshire
James Stamp, Boarder, Coach man aged 28 and born in Holey, Oxfordshire
Albert Haygraves, Boarder, Groom aged 21 and born in Nelson, Lancashire
William Spencer, Boarder, Groom aged 19 and born in Cracoe, Yorkshire
In 1911 at the Cross Keys Dringhouses York, Dringhouses
John Wilkinson, Inn keeper aged 65 and born in Linton on Ouse, Yorkshire
Mary Ann Wilkinson, Wife aged 59 and born in Rochdale, Lancashire
Samuel Wilkinson, Son, Assisting in the business aged 25 and born in Linton on Ouse, Yorkshire
Gertrude Mary Wilkinson, Daughter, Assisting in the business aged 24 and born in Linton on Ouse, Yorkshire
1955, Cross Keys, Mrs Alice Johnson, 32 Tadcaster road, Dringhouses
*HM - Hugh Murray Directory of York Pubs 1455-2003