Wakefield Index
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Wakefield, Yorkshire.
Residents at this address
1822/Strafford Arms, (posting house) James Tyler, Market place/../Baines Directory
1829/Strafford Arms (& posting-house) William B. Smith, Market place/../Pigots Directory
1834/Strafford Arms (commercial & posting) William Baiston Smith, Market place/../Pigots Directory
1857/Miss Elizabeth Rhodes, Strafford Arms, commercial & family hotel & posting house, Market place/../../../Kellys Directory
In 1871 census at Strafford Arms, Market Place, Wakefield
William Coggin, Hotel Keeper, aged 34, and born in Badsworth, Yorkshire
Sarah Ann Coggin, Wife, aged 28, and born in Dawlish, Devon
Charles L Coggin, Son, aged 5 months, and born in Wakefield, Yorkshire
Mary Clerk, Cook, aged 30, and born in Liverroyd Hill, Yorkshire
Herbert Ashton, Messenger, aged 19, and born in Newton Lane End, Yorkshire
Eliza Brereton, Kitchenmaid, aged 19, and born in Chester, Cheshire
Thomas Allinson, Second Waiter, aged 21, and born in Abberford, Yorkshire
Eliza Lynch, Housemaid, aged 26, and born in Dublin, Ireland
Emma Smith, Second Housemaid, aged 20, and born in Garforth, Yorkshire
Hannah Sidebottam, Stillroom maid, aged 18, and born in Hatfield, Yorkshire
Emily Ashton, Nursemaid, aged 15, and born in Newton, Yorkshire
Wakefield 1886 Alehouse licences
Strafford Arms, Market place
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Edward Stocks
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Mary Ann Botting Jan 2 1889
1891/Mary Ann Botting/Hotel Proprietor/47/Pelton, Warwickshire/Census
1891/Emma Jane Botting/Daughter/22/Brompton, London/Census
1891/Henry Wilfred Botting/Son/7/Bournemouth, Hampshire,/Census
1891/Fanny Elizabeth Roberts/Niece/13/West Bromwich, Staffordshire/Census
1891/Constance Mary Clark/Bookkeeper/22/Hook, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Jessie James Poppleton/Chambermaid/29/Bedwell, Cambridgeshire/Census
1891/Hannah Mabel Shelton/Servant/20/Heage, Derbyshire/Census
1891/Parthenia Myers/Barmaid/24/Stockton on Tee, Durham/Census
1891/Betsy Cottam/Servant/18/Conisbrough, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Mary Elizabeth Donelly/Cook/28/Boston, Lincolnshire/Census
1891/Sarah Barrows/Kitchenmaid/28/Willinghall, Staffordshire/Census
1891/Isabella Cooper/Scullerymaid/16/Norwich, Norfolk/Census
1891/Mary Ann Gaffney/Scullerymaid/45/Rethoe Co Carlow Lemther, Ireland/Census
1891/Nora Carney/Scullerymaid/18/Rochdale, Lancashire,/Census
1891/Thomas Edward South/Billiard Marker/20/Hull, Yorkshire,/Census
1891/Augustus Francis Wilson/Head Waiter/25/Kingston on Thames, Surrey/Census
1891/George Henry Sargus/Boots/19/Leeds, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Henry Wilkinson/Boots/24/Boston, Lincolnshire/Census
1891/John Briars Cullingworth/Second Waiter/19/ Follifoot, Yorkshire,/Census
1893/Market place, Strafford Arms Hotel, Mrs Mary Ann Botting/../../Kellys Directory
West Riding Alehouse Licences has William Robertson Nov 2 1892
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Ellen Emma Robertson July 3 1895
West Riding Alehouse Licences has William Gilchrist Nov 3 1897
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Benj J Stone May 4 1898
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Josh Jno Hulbert July 5 1899
West Riding Alehouse Licences has John Chambers July 3 1901
Wakefield 1910 Alehouse licences
Strafford Arms Hotel, Market place, or Bull ring - owned by Claude Norton, then Strafford Arms Hotel Ltd, and then by December 130 Bass Ratcliffe & Gretton Ltd, Burton on Trent
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Arthur Hudson
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Harry Brigg Avison Whitehead 5 July 1911
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Frederick Leblond 1 jan 1913
West Riding Alehouse Licences has John Henry Beckwith 5 May 1915
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Fred Wormald 6 July 1921
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Harold Claude Burt 3 May 1922
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Albert Edward Boyton Furby 2 May 1923
1927/Bull Ring, Strafford Arms hotel, A Furby, manager/../../Kellys Directory
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Arthur Laheslm Williams 1 Aug 1928
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Phoebe May Compton Janckson 7 Jan 1931
2018 - Strafford Arms, 4A Bull Ring, Wakefield WF1 1HA
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