Blackamoor Head / Ponty Tavern, 2 Corn Market, Pontefract WF8 1BJ
Pontefract pub history index
Latest name is the Ponty Tavern, aka Blackie Moor
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The Blackamoor Head Public House ( The half timbered building on the right) and the Green Dragon Public House next door. 29 August 2006
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Residents at this address
Baines 1822 - Black-a-moor's Head, John Robinson, Corn market
Pigots 1829 - Black Moor's Head, John Robinson, Corn market
Pigots 1834 - Black Moor's Head, James Shilleto, Beast fair
1837 Whites - Hayes Jno. BlackMoors' Heed, Corn market
1857 Post Office directory - William Nicholson, Blackamoor Head, & harness maker, Corn market
1861/William Nicholson/Victualler, Widow/42/Leeds, Yorkshire/Census
1861/Elizabeth Ann Nicholson/Daughter, Assistant/20/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1861/Fanny Nicholson/Daughter, Assistant/16/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1861/Mary Nicholson/Daughter, Milliner/15/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1861/Martha Nicholson/Daughter/13/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1861/John Thomas Nicholson/Son/9/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1861/John Hatfield/Ostler/30/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1861/John Wallbanks/Lodger, Groom/31/Tarleton, Lancashire/Census
1871/Ann Blanchard/Licensed Victualler, Widow/60/Bedale, Yorkshire/Census
1871/Martha Nicholson/Niece, Licensed Victuallers Daughter/23/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1871/Thomas Nicholson/Nephew, Waiter/18/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1871/John Morris/Lodger, Printer/33/Ceylon/Census
1871/Emma Sharp/Servant/15/Burton Salmon, Yorkshire/Census
+ Lodgers
1881/Abraham Carr, Blackamoors Head, Corn market../../Kellys Directory
1891/Abraham Carr/Inn Keeper/42/Glasshaughton, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Fanny Carr/Wife/44/Knottingley, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Thomas William Carr/Son/13/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Henry Carr/Son/12/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Mary Hannah Carr/Daughter/8/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Sarah Alice Metcalf/Servant/15/Huddersfield, Yorkshire/Census
1891/William Fozard/Groom, yard keeper/16/Knottingley, Yorkshire/Census
1893/Abraham Carr, Blackamoor Head, Corn market
In 1905, Alehouse Licences list Catherine Rodley at the Blackmoor Head, Corn Market, Pontefract.
The Owner is Leeds & Wakefield Breweries Ltd, Melbourne Brewery, Leeds
Other licensee to follow :
Alehouse Licences list William Blackburn by October 2 1905
Alehouse Licences list Charles Walker by December 5 1910
Alehouse Licences list Arthur Walker by December 6 1920
Alehouse Licences list Harold Goodall by July 3 1930
Register of Licences for 13 July 1939 Harold Goodall
Register of Licences for 2 Feb 1959 Harold Goodall
Register of Licences for 1 Feb 1965 John Briggs
Register of Licences for 8 Jan 1965 Conveyed from Melbournes Brewery (Leeds) Ltd to Joshua Tetley & Son
2018 - The Ponty Tavern, 2 Corn Market, Pontefract WF8 1BJ
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