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Pigots 1829 - Starkie's Arms, William R. Shepherd, Church lane
Pigots 1834 - Starkie's Arms, Richard Thompson, Church lane
1837 Whites - Webster Chl. Starkies' Arms, Church lane
1851/Richard Richardson/Printer & Inn Keeper/38/Keady, Gloucestershire/Census
1851/Hannah Richardson/Wife/29/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1851/Jane A Richardson/Daughter/10/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1851/Maria Richardson/Daughter/9/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1851/Thomas Richardson/Son/7/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1851/Richard Richardson/Son/4/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1851/Sarah Richardson/Daughter/1/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1851/George Thornton/Lodger, Plumber & Glazier/44/Methley, Yorkshire/Census
1857 Post Office directory - Richard Richardson, Starkies Arms, & printer, Church lane
1861/Richard Richardson/Victualler and Printer/48/Keadby, Lincolnshire/Census
1861/Hannah Richardson/Wife/38/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1861/Jane Ann Richardson/Daughter/20/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1861/Maria Ingham Richardson/Daughter/19/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1861/Thomas David Richardson/Son/17/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1861/Richard Richardson/Son/13/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1861/Mary Richardson/Daughter/8/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1861/David Sheppard/Nephew, Plumbers Apprentice/19/Leeds, Yorkshire/Census
1893/Edwin Moorhouse, Starkies Arms, Church lane/../../Kellys Directory
In 1905, Alehouse Licences list Edwin Moorhouse, at the Starkies Arms, Church lane, Pontefract.
The Owner is The Tadcaster, Brewery Co Ltd, Tadcaster
1911/Edwin Moorhouse/Inn Keeper/66/Knottingley, York/Census
1911/Mary Moorhouse/Wife, Assistant/54/Newport, Yorkshire/Census
1911/Edwin Albert Moorhouse/Son/16/Pontefract, York/Census
1911/Jennie White/Servant/24/Fulhan, London/Census
1911/William Sedgwick/Visitor, Coal Miner Hewer/44/Sheffield, York/Census
1911/Sarah Elizabeth Sedgwick/Visitor/40/Knottingley, York/Census
Alehouse Licences list James Shields, June 2 1913
Alehouse Licences list John Henry Briscoe, Dec 4 1916
Alehouse Licences list Ernest Booth, Oct 4 1926
1927/Ernest Booth, Starkies Arms, Church lane/../../Kellys Directory
Alehouse Licence Not Renewed