Licensees, Northwich, Cheshire, UK:
17th - 20th centuries.
Please note that licenseeships transfered part way through a licencing year are not recorded here, although this often happened; according to business needs of the moment.
Census information or Trade Directory listings, from linked names. (With the exception of George Moore, whose linked details were kindly donated by a member of his family.)
ANGEL
Francis HANSALL 1763-73 Jospeh GIBSON 1807-44
Mary HANSELL 1773-78 Susannah HOLMES 1845
Peter SHAW 1782-86 John HULME 1848-50
Thomas HARRIS 1786-88 Benjamin BURGESS (1851 census) 1853-62
William ALDRIDGE 1789 William EDWARDS 1864-69
Thomas BARLOW 1790-93 Ellen EDWARDS
Census: (1871) (1881)		 1869-1901
William HODGKINS 1793-96 Victoria EDWARDS 1901-14
Samuel WILLIS 1796-1807 Emily EDWARDS 1914-21
Arrows
Robert OAKLEY 1778-79 Thomas GRIFFITHS 1782
Barley Mow
Ann CURBISHLEY 1903-21 F M CARESS 1932-35
James GATLEY 1921-28 Leonard DONE 1935-?
Edward CAIN 1928-32 . .
Bear's Paw (1)
John BURGESS 1783-1802 Thomas RYAN 1869-70
William BURGESS 1802-14 Benjamin BUDDS (1871) 1871-83
George BURGESS 1814-40 Patrick FLANNERY 1884-1916
Robert BOSTOCK (1851 census) 1844-48 Harry HILDITCH 1916-32
James BOSTOCK (1851 census) 1850 Peter BATE 1932-41
John BOWYER 1853-64 William HEARDLY 1941-63
Bear'sPaw (2)
Thomas LATHAM 1763-75 David CLOWES 1848-50
Mrs E LATHAM 1775-78 Richard CAWLEY 1853-57
John LOWE 1778-79 James LAMB 1860
James WALKER 1782 Mary FORD 1864-69
Thomas BURROUGHS 1788-95 John FLANNERY (1871) 1869-83
Thomas MOORE 1795-96 Patrick FLANNERY 1881 1883-84
William TOMKINS 1796-97 John CALLAGHAN 1888
Samuel CLAYTON 1797-98 James WHITEHEAD 1890-92
Thomas HAMLETT 1798-1817 Joseph GLEAVE 1893
Joseph SMITH 1817-23 Mary GLEAVE 1896
James GORST 1823-24 Henry TAYLOR 1901-03
Henry BAILEY 1824-28 William MOORE 1905-07
William ROGERSON 1839-41 . .
Beehive
As the Waterloo
Henry SMITH		 1816-1828 Arthur KENYON 1928-29
As the Beehive
Elizabeth WILKINSON (1851 census)		 1839-51 Sydney HILDITCH 1929-41
Thomas EACHUS (1851 census) 1853-71 Doris GREENWOOD 1941-47
John STEELE 1877-78 William GREENWOOD 1947
Samuel BOHANNA 1878-83 William ASHLEY 1947-53
Thomas TURNER 1885-86 Wilson SMALLEY .
John BROMILEY 1888 Henry KING .
Thomas BLAND 1890-96 Norman DANZEY .
Thomas HART 1900-03 Sybil DANZEY .
Thomas HUNT 1906-28 Philip HOQUARD .
. . Peter WILKINSON .
. . Kevin ROYLE .
Black Bear (1)
George WOOLLEY 1769-80 Thomas RHODES 1815-1827
Ann 'Nancy' WOOLLEY 1780-1815 . .
Black Bear (2)
James HARRISON 1834 William DEAKIN 1888
Thomas HITCHIN 1839-48 George GORST 1890-92
Mary HITCHIN (1851 census) 1848-69 Alice GORST 1892
John HITCHEN
1871		 1869-75 Francis WOODBURY 1896
Enoch NOBLE 1875-78 Thomas HUNT 1897-1904
Samuel WALKER 1881 1880-83 . .
Black Dog
As the Greyhound
George PERCIVAL		 1763-80 Thomas MOORES 1810-12
James PERCIVAL 1782-95 Samuel MOLLINEUX 1812-24
As the Black Dog
Joseph SHAW		 1795-96 James GORST 1824-34
James DIMMILOWE 1796-1803 William BODEN (1841 census) 1839-44
John HAZELHURST 1803-10 Mary (aka Sarah) BODEN (1851 census)* 1845-?50
. (mother and daughter)* Mary BODEN* ?1850-?57
Black Lion
Richard CLARE 1777 Philip WILDING 1778
Bleeding Wolf
Robert BOTTOMS 1776-90 Thomas HEALD
1881		 1881
Willaim GORST 1790-96 David LIDENTON 1883
John PERRY 1796-1800 Edwin PARDOE 1888-91
Margaret PERRY 1800-04 William PARDOE 1892
Richard PERRY Snr 1804-41 William CHADWICK c 1893
Thomas SHARPS 1841-49 James BARKER 1896
Catherine SHARPS (daughter of Richard Perry Snr) 1849 Mary E WORTH 1898-1908
Richard PERRY Jnr. (1851 census) 1853 William ROSE 1909-11
William EDWARDS 1856 Edwin BARKER 1914-24
Thomas DAVENPORT 1857-61 Sarah VERDIN 1924-49
William WOODWARD (1871) 1864-71 Ernest HIGGINS 1949-59
William WILLIAMS 1874-80 Ada HIGGINS .
Blue Barrel
?John BANKS 1632-36 John HEATH 1860-61
John MADDOCKS 1743 William LAMBERT 1865-69
Thomas CHANTLER 1792-1811 Thomas HILTON 1869
Robert WRENCH 1811-22 Peter MALAM 1871-74
Daniel THOMPSON 1822-34 Luke UPTON 1874-80
Thomas EARLAM 1839-40 John BARTON Snr.
1881		 1880-97
George BROWN 1841 John BARTON Jnr 1897-1923
John HEWART 1850 Sarah BARTON 1923-38
William COOKSON (1851 census) 1851 Clifford HARPER 1938-60
John STONES 1853-56 Gerald CROSS .
George GLOVER 1857 Joseph LEE .
(for the Board-see Victoria Vaults)
Boilermaker's Arms
As the Butchers Arms John WHITEHEAD 1844 John FRANCIS 1878-81
William MUSGRAVE 1848 John LITTLER
1881		 1881
James MUSKETT 1850 John MAGUIRE 1881-83
James PRESTON 1853-59 William LEATHER 1888-91
As the Boilermakers Arms Henry MALAM 1859-67 Samuel LEATHER ?1892-95
Elizabeth MALAM 1867-69 Henry COKER 1896
Samuel BOHANNA
1871		 1869-76 James LEE 1901
. . William EDGE 1901-07
Bowling Green (1)
As the Rifleman Samuel PICKERING (1851) 1851 William FLETCHER 1896-1901
As the Bowling Green John W NEWALL (1871) 1870-80 Fanny FLETCHER 1901-03
Thomas HURST 1881 1881-1883 Benjamin BISHOP 1906-08
George HILDITCH 1885 Harry HARPES 1909-32
Thomas BIRTWHISTLE 1885 Eddie KETTLE 1932-35
Edward KELLY 1888 Mary KETTLE 1935-51
Herbert PENKETH 1890 Eric WAY .
Richard CAWLEY 1891-92 Francis BAILEY .
. . GM KITE .
Bowling Green (2)
George WEBB 1772-86 Samuel EACHUS 1850
Jospeh KENNERLEY 1786-98 John BIRKENHEAD 1853
Mary KENNERLEY 1798-1814 Charles HOLLAND 1856-76
Edward EARDLEY 1814-19 Thomas WINLAW 1881 1878-8(?1)
William HOLLAND 1819-20 Thomas WOOD 1883-97
Willaim BAXTER 1820-26 Edward BUTTERWORTH 1897-1919
John ELLISON 1826-28 John HARRISON 1919-36
Samuel LAMB 1828-31 William KENNEDY 1936-58
George ROBERTS 1834 Olive KENNEDY .
Sarah ROBERTS 1839-48 Leslie SLATER .
Margaret SLATER 1971-74 Kathleen THOMAS .
Gordon THOMAS . John SOUTHERTON .
(Brass Rods-see Weaver Inn)
(Brickstters Arms-see Foresters Arms)
Bridge Inn
Richard KINGSTON 1869-78
William BRADLEY
1881		 1878-98
Charles CHINNERY 1898-1912
(Britannia(1)-see Prince of Wales)
Britannia (2)
Henry SMITH 1660 Patrick M'GOUGH (1851 census) 1851-56
As the Royal Oak:-
Thomas DOBELL		 1772-75 Job ASHLEY 1857
John DOBELL 1775-78 Jabez ANDERSON 1860
William STELFOX 1778-79 William FOWLES 1864-68
Samuel MADDOCK 1789-92 As the Britannia:-
Mary FORD		 1869
Allen PIERPOINT 1792-94 John STEELE
1871		 1871-76
As the Lamb:-
Thomas RHODES		 1794-1834 Thomas WOOD 1881 1878-81
Philip PIGOTT 1839-41 Edward SUMNER 1883
Richard RICHARDSON 1844 Samuel PEOVER 1888
George BLOOR 1848-50 William PICKERING 1890
. . Francis WOODBURY 1891-93
Bull's Head
Elizabeth SUTTON 1782-99 John BROWN 1883
Richard SUTTON 1799-1806 David BURGESS 1885-88
John BRADBURN 1806-14 Elizabeth BURGESS
(according to Kelly's directory,
Mrs. Eliza ROWBOTHAM was the
resident at the Bull's Head in 1892)		 1888-1923
Jospeh TOLLETT 1814-15 Thomas BURGESS 1923-27
Samuel EACHUS 1815-61 Frederick HEARDLEY 1927-35
William SUMNER
1871		 1864-78 Mary HEARDLEY 1935-50
J BRISCOE 1880 Edward BRENT .
Albert HUGHES
1881		 1881 Albert WILKINSON .
(Butchers Arms-see Boilermakers Arms)
(Carpenters Arms-see Ship(1))
Castle Tavern
James GERRARD 1869-88 William TOMKINSON 1901-13
Joseph TOMKINSON 1888-92 Samuel JACKSON 1914-21
Esther TOMKINSON 1896 Alice JACKSON 1921-59
Chaise and Pair
John HAND 1759 Mary HAND 1776-77
Cheshire Cheese
Robert EARLAM 1853-65 Jane EARLAM 1869-83
Church Inn
John JOHNSON 1869-70 Timothy EVOY .
Joseph DEAN
1881		 1871-81 George WILKINSON .
John WEBB 1881-?1922 J A SCOTT .
Harry WILDING ?1922-48 Olive DRINKWATER* .
Jane WILDING 1948-51 nee SCOTT* .
(Clock-see Fox & Goose)
(Coach & Horses-see Fox)
The Cock
Sarah BRELSFORD 1794-1800 John PALIN 1839-41
Joseph BRELSFORD 1800-15 George THOMPSON 1844-48
Philip WILDING 1815-34 William TAYLOR 1853-?56
Cock o' Witton
(known previously as the 'Game Cock Hotel')
Richard BIRKENHEAD 1767-69 Henry BATES 1860
John BIRKENHEAD 1769-79 John GRIFFITH (1871) (1881) 1864-83
Mary BIRKENHEAD 1779-85 William FERNIE 1883-1910
Henry HOLT 1787-90 George MOORE (his part in the Clay Pipe Industry)
(see also at The Fox, below)		 1913-32
Benjamin DOBELL 1792-1808 Harry HARPER 1932-47
John LEA 1808-18 Martha HARPER 1947-49
John DAVIES 1818-25 Joseph DODD 1949-68
Mark TOPHAM 1825-28 Florrie DODD .
Charles GORST 1834 Kenneth TAYLOR .
Charles EDWARDS 1841-50 W J APPLETON .
Thomas GOUGH (1851) 1851 Shane O'NEILL .
Samuel PARKES 1853-56 Roland HILL .
Thomas OAKES 1857 . .
Corner Cupboard
John PIERCY 1773-76 William SHAW 1782
Sarah PIERCY 1777-79 . .
(for the Cross Keys-see Dog & Duck)
The Crown
William PALIN 1778-90 Thomas HASLAM (1871) 1871-76
Mary PALIN 1790-92 James DAVIES 1876
James BOYD 1792-96 William ANDERSON 1878-79
Mary BOYD 1796-99 Thomas WALMSLEY 1881 1880-81
Humphrey ADAMS 1799-1828 George ATKINSON
(George ATKINS, in Kelly, 1892)		 1885-91
Elizabeth ADAMS 1839-44 Harriet BRAIN 1895-1914
Thomas JONES (1851 census) 1845-50 James BRAIN 1921-31
Samuel WHARTON 1853 John MOLYNEUX 1931-51
Benjamin BURGESS 1856-57 Hilda MOLYNEUX .
Joseph JACKSON 1860 Fredrick DOBSON .
Richard BAKER 1864-69 Gordon THOMAS .
Samuel MASSEY 1869 D M BLACK .
Crown and Anchor
John GOULDING 1796-1803 William CLARK 1922-30
John GIBSON 1803-24 John TYSON 1930-46
James GIBSON 1824-41 Mary WYETT 1946
Thomas WILLIAMS 1844 Arthur WYETT 1946-48
James GIBSON (1851 census) 1848-53 Walter WEBB 1948-51
John ROBERTS 1856-61 William CLEGG .
William TOOTELL (1871) (1881) 1864-87 Thomas CATON .
German H WALLIS 1887-1922 . .
Cumberland Arms
No sign
Richard PERRY		 1834 Henry HATTON 1896
As the Star
James STELFOX		 1859-71 Robert SHILLIDAY 1898-1932
Ann STELFOX 1876-83 Florence CARESS 1932
As the Cumberland Arms
William CREW		 1888 Clarence PERRY 1932-41
R D NICHOLSON 1890-92 Mary PERRY 1941
. . William BROOKES 1941-54
. . Walter HOLLINSHEAD .
. . Albert HEAPS .
Dog and Duck
As the Dog and Duck
John BURGESS		 1788-98 Richard CHANTLER 1844-48
Margaret BURGESS 1798-1806 William WAKEFIELD 1850
William FOWLER 1806-14 As the Cross Keys
John DUTTON (1851 census)		 1851
Thomas SKIDMORE 1814-15 Samuel WOOD 1853
John GOULDBURN 1815-25 Patrick MCGOUGH 1857-65
Samuel MILLS 1825-28 Ellen EDEN 1861
John SENIOR 1834 William LOVATT 1864-65
Alice SENIOR 1839-41 . .
Dog and Partridge
As the Flat
Isiah CLARE		 1783-90 William LITTLER 1821-24
Josiah CLARE 1790-1800 Martha LITTLER 1826-28
William LITTLER 1800-11 As the Dog and Partridge
John COATES		 1828-34
As the Polly Flat
Martha LITTLER		 1811-16 John BATHERTON 1839-41
. . John JERVIS 1844 (closed c1845)
Druids Arms
Owen GRIFFITHS 1861 Albert J C LEES 1881
(Albert Isaiah Lees, in Kelly, 1892)		 1878-98
James BUCKLEY (1871 Tenants) 1864-81 George LEES 1898-1904
Eagle and Child (1)
James ROYLANCE 1772-76 Thomas LANCELEY 1864-69
Peter SHAW 1777-79 Charles WHITFIELD 1869
Thomas ROBINSON 1782 John TOMLINSON (1871) 1871
Frederick BOARDMAN 1783-89 Thomas WALMSLEY 1874-78
William HODGKINS 1790-92 Matilda BOOTH 1878
Thomas SAVAGE 1792-94 James MITCHELL
1881		 1880-81
Hannah TOMLINSON 1794-95 William JACKSON 1883
William EYRES 1795-96 John SCRATCHARD 1888-92
John EYRES 1796-97 William BARNES 1896
Hannah EYRES 1797-1801 Elizabeth WALKER 1902
Thomas LOWE 1801-50 Thomas ASHWORTH 1902-15
Elizabeth MCVICAR 1853-56 John CHEADLE 1921-22
William JONES 1857-60 Margaret CHEADLE-(GALE) 1922-45?
Sarah BENNETT 1861 . .
(for the Eagle & Child (2)-see Sportsman)
(for the Egerton Arms-see Kings Arms)
Farmer's Arms
John POSTLES 1850-77 John BRAIN Snr 1921-40
William SUMNER 1878-80 John BRAIN Jnr 1940-44
George HAYES 1880-83 Thomas ATKINSON 1944-64
Thomas BLAND 1888 John COX .
Samuel PEOVER 1890-98 H T RANDLES .
Thomas KIRKHAM 1898-1910 Raymond OWEN .
Emily BATES 1910-1914 . .
Feathers
As the Liquor Vaults
Catherine SAXON		 1805-18 Evelyn BURGESS 1921
John SAXON Snr 1818-42 As the Feathers
George JONES		 1921-46
John SAXON Jnr 1842-63 Walter WEBB 1946-48
John BURGESS Snr 1871-73 Wilson SMALLEY 1948-52
Margaret BURGESS
1881		 1881
(1881 census address is 25 High Street)		 Walter WEBB n/a
John BURGESS Jnr 1891-1911 . .
(for the Flat-see Dog & Partridge)
(for the Flowerpot-see Bowling Green(1) )
Foresters Arms
William COWLEY 1861 Thomas HEALD 1896
George MAINWARING
1881		 1871-83 Clara BIRCH 1902
James TOMKINSON 1888 Harry HARPER 1902-09
William LAMB 1890 Eddie KETTLE 1909-32
William JACKSON 1891 . .
Fox
As the Fox
John PICKERING		 1769-90 Grace BOWDEN 1841
Thomas KENNERLY 1790-91 John PALIN (1851 census) 1844-53
William HODGKINS 1792-94 Thomas HENSON 1857
Peter KERFOOT 1799-1801 William SKINNER 1861
Elizabeth ASHTON 1810-13 Thomas MC CANN
1871		 1864-78
James ARMSTRONG 1813-21 Saml. RAVENSCROFT 1881 1881-83
As the New Shambles Tavern
Francis GOULBURN		 1821-22 Joseph BOSTOCK 1888-92
As the Coach and Horses
John EDEN		 1822-23 George ELLIS 1896
As the New Shambles Tavern
Henry HOPE		 1823-24 Thomas PLATT 1901-05
Benjamin SENIOR 1824-28 John NEWALL 1906-09
Samuel BOWDEN 1834-41 Frank PRINCE 1910-14
. . James SAWYER 1921-31
. . George MOORE(retirement)
(see also above at 'The Cock o' Witton')		 1931-56
. . Albert WILKINSON .
Fox and Goose
As The Fox and Goose
Thomas GRIFFITHS		 1788-90 As The Clock
James SUMNER		 1792-94
Robert DALLAS 1790-92 . .
Freemasons
John RATHBONE 1856-65 Hugh SANKEY .
Joseph ROBINSON 1881 1881-83 John GREENALL .
Frederick PARDOE 1888 G T HARRISON .
Thomas SOUTHERN 1888-1914 Brian LAWRINSON .
Edward SOUTHERN 1921-23 R J INSLEY .
Thomas SOUTHERN 1923 Peter FORSTER .
Horace GUILDFORD 1923-63 Steven POWNALL .
George and Dragon
Robert DEAKIN 1760-99 Ann STARKEY 1869
John DERBYSHIRE 1799-1805 Thomas STARKEY (1871) 1871
Joseph GIBSON 1805-06 William RICHARDSON 1874-76
John TAGG 1806-08 Richard BLOWER 1878
John BULL 1808-11 William HEATH 1880-81
John HASLEHURST 1811-13 Charles EMBREY
1881		 1881-83
Thomas FARRALL 1813-20 John WRIGHT 1883-1911
Joseph DUTTON 1820-21 Martha WRIGHT 1914-27
John ROSCOE 1821-24 Samuel GORST 1927-43
Thomas HARRISON 1824-28 Florence GORST 1943-45
James JACKSON 1834-44 Thomas ROBERTS 1945-51
Samuel JACKSON 1844-48 Mary ROBERTS .
William CLARKE (1851 census) 1848-53 George BURGESS .
George STARKEY 1857-69 Dennis SNAPE .
Goldsmith's Arms
William DEAKIN 1792-1803 Mary Ann GADD 1902-08
John GOULDING 1803-25 William EDGE 1909-12
Mary GOULDING 1825-34 Dennis BEHAN 1913-24
Ann GOULDLING 1839-48 Dominic NOLAN 1924-34
Sarah ROBERTS (1851) 1850-57 Wilfred LYNCH 1934-49
Charles DUDLEY 1860-61 Violet RIGBY 1949-55
William GADD
(1871) (1881)		 1864-1902 . .
Granby's Head
Charles BISHOP 1787
(for the Grapes-see the Vine)
Greenbank Hotel
Thomas UNDERHILL 1900-04 Mary EDGE .
R DURWARD 1904-06 J PASTOR .
Thomas LIGHTFOOT 1906-14 Stephen TURNER .
Robert PEAT 1918-41 S A DOBSON .
William RUCKER 1941-50 Roger HARRIS .
Margaret RUCKER . Paul ALDCROFT .
Timothy EVOY . Patrick MC GUINNESS .
James EDGE . . .
Green Dragon
Samuel SWINDELLS 1767-69 Clement MOSS 1925-33
James SWINDELLS 1769-85 Charles WATERMAN 1933-39
Peter SUMNER 1785-1803 Samuel BURGESS 1939-43
Peter KERFOOT 1803-10 Thomas ATKINSON 1943-44
Jonathan FOWLS 1810-28 William BAKER 1944-45
William WOOD 1834-56 Arthur BELL 1945-53
Isaac ATHERTON 1857-61 Harold MOSS .
John NORRIS 1864-69 Brian BERRY .
James NORTON (1871) 1869-74 James CROSS .
Margaret NORTON 1876 Ronald HOLLAND .
Robert NICHOLSON
1881		 1878-88 Peter JEPSON .
James BRAIN 1890-92 Brian LAWRINSON .
James GORST 1896 M J MURPHY .
Clifford PRESTON 1901-05 Janet SHORT .
Albert SIDDERS 1906-09 S J WATT .
Alfred WINNINGTON 1910-14 David C HUBBARD .
Harry MILLINGTON 1921-25 . .
(for the Greyhound-see Black Dog)
Griffin
George EACHUS 1865-69 Susan TURNBULL
1881		 1878-83
William BOWYER 1871 Ralph WILLIAMS ?1884-87?
James HITCHEN 1874-76 Edward ALLEN 1888-93
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