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Baines 1822 - Turk's Head, John Heseltine, Gillygate
Pigots 1829 - Turk's Head, Robert Arundall, Gillygate
Pigots 1834 - Turk's Head, Thomas Whitaker, Playhouse yard (or Lane)
1837 Whites - Whitaker Thomas, Turk's Head, Gillygate
1871/Joseph Wilson/Inn Keeper & Gardener/32/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1871/Ann Wilson/Wife/32/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1871/Thomas Wilson/Son/8/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1871/Arthur Wilson/Son/1/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1871/Walter Wilson/Son/4 months/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1871/Eliza Ibbotson/Niece, Servant/14/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1871/William Heckingbottom/Lodger, Gardener/55/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1881/_ Mitchell, Turks Head, Baxtergate/../../Kellys Directory
1891/William Calvert/Inn Keeper/44/Sheldon, Durham/Census
1891/Mararet A Calvert/Wife/45/Thornley, Durham/Census
1891/Annie Calvert/Daughter/11/Clanley, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Thomas Wilkinson/Father in Law, Joiner, Widow/84/Castle Eden, Durham/Census
1891/Georgina M Swinburne/Barmaid/22/Cassop, Durham/Census
1891/Polly Schofield/Servant/16/Glass; Houghton, Yorkshire/Census
1893/William Calvert, Turks Head, Gillygate/../../Kellys Directory
1901/William Calvert/Inn Keeper/52/Shildon, Durham/Census
1901/Margaret A Calvert/Wife/35/Newbiggin, Durham/Census
1901/William Calvert/Son/5/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1901/Elizabeth Calvert/Daughter/3/Pontefract, Yorkshire/Census
1901/Stanley Baker/Stepson/4/Appleby, Westmorland/Census
1901/Annie Graydon/Barmaid/21/Stanley, Yorkshire,/Census
1901/Frances Nicholson/Servant/20/Ryhope Colbery, Durham/Census
In 1905, Alehouse Licences list William Calvert, at the Turks Head, Gillygate, Pontefract.
The Owner is Carters Knottingley Brewery Co Ltd, Knottingley
Alehouse Licences list George William Whitehead, Oct 3 1904
Alehouse Licences list George Basssindale, Aug 10 1908
Alehouse Licences list James Holygate, Oct 2 1916
Alehouse Licences list Tom Green, W E Rogers, Oct 2 1922
Alehouse Licences list John William Ingram, June 8 1925
1927/Jn William Ingram, Turks Head, Gillygate/../../Kellys Directory
Alehouse Licences list Amy Florence Ingram, Aug 6 1928
Alehouse Licences list Percy Bunting, Oct 7 1929
Alehouse Licences list 13 Jul 1939 George Jackson
Alehouse Licences list 1 May 1939 Henry Philpott
Alehouse Licences list 18 Feb 1946 George Dixon
Alehouse Licences list 19 Jul 1948 Ernest Whittaker
Alehouse Licences list 11 Jan 1954 Roland Arthur Haigh
Alehouse Licences list 13 Jun 1955 Roland Arthur Haigh supplying liquor in non permitted hours fined £5
Alehouse Licences list 23 Mar 1959 Thomas Banks
Alehouse Licences list 1 Jun 1959 Ethel Banks
Register of Licences for 2 Feb 1959 Robert Arthur Haigh
Register of Licences for 13 Apr 1959 Thomas Banks
Register of Licences for 1 Jun 1959 Ethel Banks
Register of Licences for 18 Jan 1960 Samuel Smith
Register of Licences for 5 Feb 1962 Harry Bennett
Register of Licences for 4 Feb 1963 Joseph Hopton
Register of Licences for 6 Apr 1964 Eric Widdop
Register of Licences for 5 Jun 1967 Tom Britton
Register of Licences for 29 Jul 1968 George Howarth