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Elephant, 13 Market place, Pontefract WF8 1AG. 25th April 2019
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Residents at this address
Baines 1822 - New Elephant, John Harrison, Market place
Pigots 1829 - New Elephant, John Harrison, Market place
Pigots 1834 - New Elephant, John Harrison, Market place
1837 Whites - Harrison Jno. New Elephant Inn, Market place
1871/Richard Richardson/Hotel Proprietor/58/Headley, Lincolnshire /Census
1871/Hannah Richardson/Wife/48/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1871/Jane Anne Richardson/Daughter/27/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1871/Mary Richardson/Daughter/18/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1871/Elizabth Tarlow/Servant/42/Hillan, Yorkshire/Census
1871/Jane Jackson/Servant/18/Hardwick, Yorkshire/Census
1871/William Jackson/Boots/23/Croft, Lincolnshire/Census
1871/William Walker/Lodger, Captain 1st Wilt Militia, Widow/38/Bradford, Yorkshire/Census
1881/Mrs Hannah Richardson, Elephant commercial hotel & posting house, ordinary at 1 o'clock daily & an omnibus to meet the trains, Market place/../../Kellys Directory
1891/John Raddings/Hotel Keeper Pub/48/Knottingley, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Anna M Raddings/Wife/50/Antwerp, Belguim/Census
1891/James W Raddings/Son/19/Antwerp, Belguim/Census
1891/Elizabeth Raddings/Daughter/17/Antwerp, Belguim/Census
1891/Benajmin Raddings/Son/13/Antwerp, Belguim/Census
1891/Valina Raddings/Daughter/7/Antwerp, Belguim/Census
1891/Sarah A Broadhead/Waitress/52/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Albert W Kirby/Boots/31/Boston, Lincolnshire/Census
1891/Hannah J Winney/Servant/17/Blyth, Northumberland/Census
1891/Fanny Jenkins/Servant/20/Broad Meadow, Staffordshire/Census
1893/John Raddings, Elephant hotel, Market place/../../Kellys Directory
1901/Arthur Vaux/Inn Keeper/39/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1901/Lilian B Vaux/Wife/34/Thorpe Nr Whitley, Yorkshire/Census
1901/Blanche Lazenby/Barmaid/22/Market Weighton, Yorkshire,/Census
1901/Alice Dubery/Housemaid/25/Lansami, Switzerland, British Subject/Census
1901/Maggie Sullivan/Cook/25/Middlesborough, Yorkshire/Census
1901/Mary Wigglesworth/Servant/16/Castleford, Yorkshire/Census
1901/Joseph Early/Boots/24/Ireland/Census
In 1905, Alehouse Licences list Arthur Vaux, at the Elephant Hotel, Market place, Pontefract.
The Owner is James Fox & Son, Brewers, Barnsley
Alehouse Licences list Edwin A Booth, Oct 1 1906
Alehouse Licences list Mary Ann Buck, June 1 1908
Alehouse Licences list George William Cocker, Feb 1 1909
Alehouse Licences list Herbert Pepper, Feb 7 1919
Alehouse Licences list James Reed Goodill, Oct 4 1915
Alehouse Licences list Charles Pepper, 6 Feb 1922
Alehouse Licences list Ernest Elwell, 10 Aug 1924
1927/Ernest Elwell, Elephant Hotel, Market place, TN 194/../../Kellys Directory
Alehouse Licences list Frederick Brierley, 3 Oct 1927
Alehouse Licences list 13 Jul 1939 Bernard Stringer
Alehouse Licences list 1 Apr 1957 Clara E C Vidler
Register of Licences for 2 Feb 1959 Clara E C Vidler
Register of Licences for 28 May 1962 William Dent
Register of Licences for 15 Jul 1963 Kenneth Roebuck
Register of Licences for 26 Oct 1964 Kenneth Wagstaff