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The history of the Robin Hood / Little John / Blue Boar, 5 Castlegate, York YO1 9RN

York Pubs history

1823 Pigots, Frances Clayton, Robin Hood, Castlegate

1829 Pigots, Frances Clayton, Robin Hood, 22 Castle gate

1840 Pigots, John Holyday, Robin Hood, 22 Castlegate

1851, D. Addison, Robin Hood, 22 Castlegate

In 1870, Robert Dempsey, Widow marries Bessy Welborn at St Dennis, York

In 1871 at Robin Hood Inn, Castlegate St Mary, York
Robert Dempsey, Licensed victualler, aged 65 and born in Dalton N? Hudderfield, Yorkshire
Bessy Dempsey, Wife, aged 33 and born in Sowerby, Yorkshire
Robert D Welborn, Son, aged 6 and born in Yorkshire
Julia Dempsey, Daughter, aged 2 and born in Yorkshire
Emma Shaw, General servant, aged 15 and born in Yorkshire
Mary Fell, Visitor, aged 71 and born in Hull, Yorkshire

1872, Robert Dempsey, Robin Hood Hotel, 5 Castlegate
1885, Thomas Todd, Robin Hood, 4 Castlegate

1895, John Abell,Little John, 5 Castlegate

In 1911 at Little John Hotel Castlegate York, York, Yorkshire
Tom Martin, Inn keeper, aged 47 and born in York Yorkshire
Ann Martin, Wife, aged 54 and born in York Yorkshire
Lotty Heck, Niece, Barmaid, aged 21 and born in York Yorkshire
Florrie Heck, Niece, Apprentice dressmaker, aged 14 and born in York Yorkshire
Lilly Ward, Servant, aged 17 and born in York Yorkshire
Arthur W Hayward, Boarder, Mercantile clerk, aged 52 and born in Margate Kent
Harrie Obrian, Boarder, Mercantile clerk, aged 29 and born in Cork Ireland
Thomas Foster, Boarder, Mercantile clerk, aged 32 and born in Lincoln Lincolnshire

1913, Tom Martin, Little John, 5 Castle gate

1936, Little John, Castlegate, G W Thompson

1953, James Bell, Little John, 5 Castlegate

2018, Blue Boar, 5 Castlegate, York YO1 9RN


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