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Wakefield Index
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Wakefield, Yorkshire.
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1822/White Bear, Wm. Clayton, Kirkgate low bridge/../Baines Directory
1829/White Bear, William Clayton, Bridge street/../Pigots Directory
1834/White Bear, William Clayton, Bridge end/../Pigots Directory
1857/James Wallace, White Bear Inn, (& agent for Messrs Singletons, brewers, Leeds), Bridge end/../../../Kellys Directory
In 1871 census at White Bear, Doncaster road
William Tunnicliffe, Innkeeper, aged 61, and born in Thornhill, Yorkshire
Mary Jane Hemingway, Daughter, aged 24, and born in Wakefield, Yorkshire
Alfred Hemingway, Son in Law, Joiner, aged 28, and born in Wakefield, Yorkshire
Ruth Hemingway, Grand Daughter, aged 7 months, and born in Wakefield, Yorkshire
George Tunnicliffe, Son, Joiner, aged 20, and born in Wakefield, Yorkshire
Joe Tunnicliffe, Son, labourer, aged 17, and born in Wakefield, Yorkshire
Isaac Holmes, Servant, Blacksmith, aged 26, and born in Wakefield, Yorkshire
1891/George Tunnicliffe/Inn Keeper/41/Wakefield, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Sarah Tunnicliffe/Wife/41/Dewsbury, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Alpha Tunnicliffe/Daughter/4/Wakefield, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Ellem Smith/Relative, Barmaid/17/Dewsbury, Yorkshire/Census
1891/Annie Lister/Servant/19/Gildersome, Yorkshire/Census
1893/Bridge street, White Bear, George Tunnicliffe/../../Kellys Directory
Wakefield 1910 Alehouse licences
White Bear Hotel, Bridge street - owned by by John Smiths Tadcaster Brewery Co Ltd
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Arthur Pollard
West Riding Alehouse Licences has George Bassindale 1 Oct 1916
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Margaret Senior 2 Oct 1918
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Arthur Longbottom 2 May 1922
1927/2 Doncaster road, White Bear, Arthur Longbottom/../../Kellys Directory
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Augustus Wade 4 July 1928
West Riding Alehouse Licences has James Leadbetter 1 July 1931
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Fred Rigg 4 Jan 1933
West Riding Alehouse Licences : 13 July 1938 Joe Rigg fined £4 supplying liquot to Sidney Lunn outside hours, and also to Frank Oakes and Harry Robertshaw, fined £1 each for the last two.
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Joe Reginald Withers 4 Jan 1939
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Richard Sugden Westwood 2 Aug 1939
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Harold Broom 1 may 1940
West Riding Alehouse Licences has James Chalkley 4 Nov 1942
West Riding Alehouse Licences has David Whiteman 7 July 1943
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Joseph hale 4 Jan 1950
West Riding Alehouse Licences has William Hudson 4 May 1951
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Ernest Ansell temporary licence on 4th May
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Alexander easter 22 June 1953
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Harry Verity 7 May 1954
West Riding Alehouse Licences has Arthur Bradly 7 Jan 1955