1 Union Row

The Row dates from 1840 but Durand is our first contact with the trade in 1874 .

It does not show on maps of 1871. Plans for rebuilding, at a provisional cost of £800, were approved in 1903. The licence had changed hands five times between 1894 and 1899.

George Beer would have liked to transfer this licence in 1900 to a pub he intended building on the corner of Wyndham and Goschen Road. He was refused permission so perhaps he spent the money here instead.

A regular event during the days of the large garrisons. John Marsh put his life's savings into the pub in 1923 but misdemeanours at a nearby house gave the military sufficient reason to place the whole area out of bounds to troops and consequently break him.

It closed on 29 December 1923 when the Licensing (Consolidation) Act of 1910 was enforced. It was described as a practically new house, recently rebuilt, and fully licensed. George Beer was compensated with £1,012.10s. and Marsh received £100.

LICENSEE LIST

DURAND Daniel

BURTON George 1876-82

BURTON William 1877

BURTON Mrs Naomi 1891-1895

FRIEND Leonard 1895

GEDDES John 1895

ANDREWS Henry

FLOYDD W. T. 1902 end

CROOK Thomas Henry 1902-04 end

FRIEND Mrs J. 1904

THOMPSON Henry Edward 1904-10 end

FRIEND Mrs Jane E. 1910 dec'd

FRIEND Matthew Adamson 1910 end

BOURNER Mrs Christina D. 1910-15 dec'd

BOURNER W. D. 1915-20

WHIDDETT Percy 1922 end

MOLD or MOULD William Edwin 1922-23 end

MARSH John William 1923 end

From the Post Office Directory 1874

From the Post Office Directory 1882

From the Post Office Directory 1891

From the Kelley's Directory 1899

From the Post Office Directory 1903

From the Post Office Directory 1913

From the Post Office Directory 1922