Landlords, legends, census records, and lost taverns.
Mentioned in 1764. Known as the Reubens Head between 1841 and 1849 and kept by the licensee who had previously had a house of that name at 3 Shambles. Referred for compensation on 10 March 1925; and closed shortly afterwards. *HM
1851, R. Hicks, Eagle and Child, 15 Great Shambles
1858, Chas Barker, Eagle and Child, Chop and Dining House, 15 Great Shambles, York
1861, Miss E Hartley, Eagle and Child, 15 Great Shambles
1872, Joseph Fowler, Eagle and Child, 16 Shambles
1876, Charles Jewitt, Eagle and Child Inn, 16 Shambles
1885, Thomas Rafton, Eagle and Child, Shambles
1895, William Wilson, Eagle & Child, 15 Shambles
1902, W Wilson, Eagle and Child, The Shambles
Objections were received from ratepayers against twenty houses; Mr W Matterson, of St Saviourgate, on behalf of the local temperance party objected to the following:
Eagle and Child, the Shambles
See the York Temperance movement in1903 and renewal of licensed houses in York.
1911, Public House, 16 Shambles, Wilson - Eagle and Child
1913, Eagle and Child, 16 Shambles, William Wilson
1920, Eagle and Child, Shambles – F Waddington
*HM - Hugh Murray Directory of York Pubs 1455-2003