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Wakefield Index
The address in the 1891 census is 12 Kirkgate, and varies at other times.
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Wakefield, Yorkshire.
Residents at this address
1822/George Inn, Joseph Sykes, (excise office) top of Westgate/../Baines Directory
1829/George (& commercial and excise office) Margaret Sykes, Westgate/../Pigots Directory
1834/George Hotel (commercial) Margaret Sykes, Westgate/../Pigots Directory
1857/Joseph William Haworth, George commercial & family hotel, & inland revenue office, Westgate/../../../Kellys Directory
In 1871 census at Southgate - not named
Phineas R Lowther, Hotel Proprietor, aged 55, and born in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire
Jemima Lowther, Wife, aged 53, and born in Brigg, Lincolnshire
Ann Bartle, Sister in Law, aged 50, and born in Brigg, Lincolnshire
Alice Towler, Servant, aged 13, and born in Castleford, Yorkshire
Kate Carrol, Servant, aged 40, and born in Cork, Ireland
Bridget Allan, Servant, aged 26, and born in Cork, Ireland
Mary E Firth, Servant, aged 16, and born in Alverthorpe, Yorkshire
Ann Turner, Servant, aged 22, and born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire
Charlotte A Firth, Servant, aged 21, and born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire
Henry Barratt, Boarder, Gardener, aged 37, and born in Wakefield, Yorkshire
James ONeil, Boots, aged 21, and born in Dublin, Ireland
Thomas Marriott, Billiard Marker, aged 30, and born in Mirfield, Yorkshire
Wakefield 1886 Alehouse licences
George Hotel, Southgate
West Riding Alehouse Licences has William Fielding
West Riding Alehouse Licences : Dec 12 1888 William Fielding fined 20 shillings with 10 shillings costs for permitting gaming on the premises
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Benjamin Sherwood Mar 6 1889
1891/Benjamin Sherwood/Hotel Proprietor/43/Wakefield, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Fanny Sherwood/Wife/42/Dewsbury, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Mary Bell Sherwood/Daughter/19/Dewsbury, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Emily Sherwood/Daughter/15/Wakefield, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Ernest Watson Sherwood/Son/14/Wakefield, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Thomas Turton Peterson Sherwood/Son/10/Wakefield, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Annie Kawson Sherwood/Daughter/9/Wakefield, Yorkshire/Census
1891/William Ward/../55/Horbury, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Lavinia Kell/Barmaid/25/Holme, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Annie Jenkins/Barmaid/22/Leeds, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Eliza Holland/Barmaid/22/London, Middlesex/Census
1891/Charles Fletcher/Ostler/20/London, Middlesex/Census
+ Lodgers unknown
1893/12 Kirkgate, George Commercial Hotel, Benjamin Sherwood/../../Kellys Directory
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Isabella Atherton Nov 4 1896
Wakefield 1910 Alehouse licences
George Hotel, Southgate - owned by Isabella France, then Wakefield Company then by John Smiths Tadcaster Brewery Co Ltd and latterly Bentleys Yorkshire Breweries Ltd
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Herbert Harrison
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Alfred Whitehead Hudson 5 July 1922
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Harry William Hewitt 4 July 1923
West Riding Alehouse Licences has George Johnson 1 Oct 1924
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Eric Tyrrell Young 7 Oct 1925
1927/Southgate, George Hotel, Eric T Young/../../Kellys Directory
West Riding Alehouse Licences has John William Page 4 Jan 1928
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Herbert Wood 2 jan 1929
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Cyril Fox Hill 1 Jan 1930
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Harry Stanley Blakey 3 Feb 1932