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1822 Baines - Booth Wm. victualler, Brown Cow
1891/Catherine Waller/Inn Keeper, Widow/46/West Hardwick, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Ada Boocock/Servant/15/Ackworth, Yorkshire/Census
The Upper Osgoldcross Division 1899 to 1962 - includes Ackworth
Brown Cow, Ackworth - owned by John Smiths Tadcaster Brewery Co Ltd
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Harry Sizer 3 Nov 1900
Harry Sizer and his young family are living in Wombwell in 1891, when he is a coal miner.
His probate of 1935 lists him at High Beech House, Ackworth.
1901/Harry Sizer/Licensed Victualler/42/Peterborough, Northamptonshire/Census
1901/Mary Sizer/Wife/36/Alfreton, Derbyshire/Census
1901/Harry Sizer jun/Son/17/Wombwell, Yorkshire/Census
1901/Elsie Moreton/Niece/6/Nostell, Yorkshire/Census
1901/Annie Ward/Servant/22/Lofthouse, Yorkshire/Census
1911/Harry Sizer/Licensed Victualler/52/Peterborough, Northamptonshire/Census
1911/Mary J Sizer/Wife, Assistant/46/Alfreton, Derbyshire/Census
1911/Nelson Sizer/Son, Engineering Student/20/Wombwell, Yorkshire/Census
1911/Cleasby H Sizer/Son/6/Ackworth, Yorkshire/Census
1911/Susannah Sizer/Daughter in Law, Housekeeper, Widow/25/Ackworth, Yorkshire/Census
1911/Elizabeth A Bellairs/Housemaid/23/London/Census
1911/Elsie Moreton/Niece, General Help/16/Nostell, Yorkshire/Census
1911/Hilda Wall/Kitchen Girl/15/Walsall, Staffordshire/Census
1911/Robert Swift/Boarder, Engineers Mechanic/25/Cork, Ireland/Census
1911/Lucy Hawkins/Aunt, Widow/77/Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire/Census
West Riding Alehouse Licences has James Wagstaffe 3 Feb 1926
1927 Kellys directory - Wagstaff Jas. Cyril, Brown Cow inn, Ackworth T N 35
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Susannah Camplin (3 Nov 1900) 29 Dec 1928
West Riding Alehouse Licences has James Cyril Wagstaffe 19 Nov 1932
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Fred Robinson 2 Jan 1937
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Ernest Eilson Lee 29 Apr 1950
West Riding Alehouse Licences has James Alphonsus Keenan 6 Jun 1953
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Harold Sawyer 28 Sep 1963
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