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Residents at this address
1822 Baines - Topham John, victualler, Boot and Shoe
1891/Frances Fox/Publican, Widow/62/Briesfield, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Thomas Fox/Son, Farmer/25/Ackworth, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Annie Fox/Daughter/20/Ackworth, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Walter Mervin/Farm Servant/18/Swinderby, Nottinghamshire/Census
1891/William Foulston/Servant, Farm Labourer/64/Ackworth, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Eliza A Lindsay/Servant/18/Sheffield, Yorkshire/Census
The Upper Osgoldcross Division 1899 to 1962 - includes Ackworth
Boot & Shoe, Ackworth, owned by Thomas Topham Fox
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Frances Fox - No date
1901/Frances Fox/Farmer & Publican, Widow/72/Breisfield, Yorkshire/Census
1901/Thomas Topham Fox/Son/35/Ackworth Moor Top, Yorkshire/Census
1901/Frances A Fox/Daughter/30/Ackworth Moor Top, Yorkshire/Census
1901/Florence A Barraclough/Grand Daughter, Barmaid/30/Thongs Birdge, Yorkshire/Census
1901/Harold Barraclough/Grandson, Labourer Cloth finishing department/19/Thongs Birdge, Yorkshire/Census
1901/William Foulstone/Servant, Ag Labourer/77/Ackworth, Yorkshire/Census
1901/William Bean/Servant, Horseman on farm/26/Tickhill, Nottinghamshire/Census
1901/Agnes Weaver/Servant/30/Root, Lincolnshire/Census
1901/Ellen Walker/Servant/15/Hatfield, Woodhouse, Yorkshire/Census
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Thomas Topham Fox 4 July 1903
1911/Thomas Topham Fox/Publican/45/Ackworth, Yorkshire/Census
1911/Frances Annie Fox/Sister, Assistant/40/Ackworth, Yorkshire/Census
1911/Florence Alberta Barraclough/Niece, Assistant/40/Thongs Bridge, Yorkshire/Census
1911/Harold Barraclough/Nephew, Waiter & Celllerman/29/Thongs Bridge, Yorkshire/Census
1911/Fanny Whelpton/Servant/20/Frodingham, Lincolnshire/Census
1911/Arthur Potter/Waggoner of farm/19/Sheringham, Norfolk,/Census
1911/William Henry Robert Walsh/Cow Boy on farm/13/Camblesforth, Yorkshire/Census
1927 Kellys directory - Fox Thomas, Boot & Shoe inn, Moor Top, Ackworth
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Dan Parkin (4 Jul 1903) 10 Mar 1929
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Herbert Parker 19 Sep 1936
At the Boot and Shoe Inn, Ackworth, in 1939 are:
Granville C Oliver, Gardener, born 9 Feb 1910
Herbert Parker, Licensed Victualler, born 9 Feb 1884
Susan Parker, domestic duties, born 29 Jan 1880.
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Susan Parker 10 Oct 1942
West Riding Alehouse Licences has John Cassidy 2 Jan 1943
West Riding Alehouse Licences has William Hudson 6 Jun 1953
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Bernard Stringer 4 May 1951
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Lydia Stringer 19 Aug 1961
In the 1939 electoral register, Thomas Topham Fox is a farmer at Moorville, in Ackworth; this is also named in his probate in 1948.
This is next door to the Boot and Shoe Inn in the register.
2018 - Boot And Shoe, Wakefield Road, Ackworth, Pontefract WF7 7DF