Landlords, legends, census records, and lost taverns.
York from the Scotland NLS site in 1852..
1823 Pigots, Robert Smith, Shakespeares Tavern, Little Blake street
1829 Pigots, Robert Smith, Shakespear Tavern, Little Blake street
1840 Pigots, Robert Smith, Shakespeare, Little Blake Street
In 1841 at Little Blake Street, St Wilfred, York, Yorkshire
Robert Smith, Innkeeper aged 60 and born in Yorkshire
Elizabeth Smith, Female aged 50 and born in Yorkshire
Ellen Ripley, Female Servant aged 18 and born in Yorkshire
1851, William Braithwaite, Shakespear, 10 Little Blake street
1858, Shakespere,, W Miles, 10 Little Blake street, York
Yorkshire Gazette. 09 February 1867
Caution to Domino Players - William Shepherd, landlord of the Shakespeare Tavern, Little Stonegate, was summoned for allowing domino playing in his house on the 31st January last. Guilty and charged 10 shillings and costs.
1872, William Shepherd, Shakespeare Tavern, 4 Little Stonegate
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