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Also known as the Oak.
Here are three alternative views of the Royal Oak over 120 years.
Royal Oak, Hempstead - in 1878
Royal Oak, Hempstead - circa 1900
Royal Oak, High Street, Hempstead - in 2009
All Kindly provided by Adrian Gray
Known Residents
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1845/Joshua Brazier/../../../Post Office
1848/Joshua Brazier/Victualler/../../White's
1851/Mrs. Sarah Brazier/../../../Post Office
1851/Sarah N Brazier/widow, innkeeper/51/Sampford, Essex/Census **
1851/Mary Ann Brazier/daughter, assistant/29/Hempstead, Essex/Census **
1851/Thomas Brazier/son, bricklayer’s labourer/17/Hempstead, Essex/Census **
1851/Silvanus Brazier/son, ‘idiot’/12/Hempstead, Essex/Census **
1851/James Brazier/son at home/07/Hempstead, Essex/Census **
1851/Charles Hales/son in law, wheelwright/28/Hempstead, Essex/Census **
1851/Susannah Hales/his wife/25/Hempstead, Essex/Census **
1851/Esther Hales/their daughter/01/Hempstead, Essex/Census **
1851/Samuel Moore/brother, bricklayer/56/Hempstead, Essex/Census **
1851/John Stubbing/lodger, carpenter/32/Hempstead, Essex/Census **
1851/Joseph Parking/lodger, carpenter/25/Cemps, Cambridgeshire/Census **
1855/Mrs. Sarah Brazier/../../../Kelly's
1862/Robert Metcalf/../../../Kelly's
1867/George Smith/../../../Kelly's
1870/George Smith/../../../Kelly's
1871/George Smith/../../../Post Office
1874/John Bennett/../../../Kelly's
1878/John Bennett/../../../Kelly's
1881/John Knights/Veternary Surgeon & Innkeeper/36/Leiston, Suffolk/Census
1881/Elizabeth Knights/Wife/37/Yarmouth, Norfolk/Census
1881/Edith Knights/Daughter/12/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Lizzie Knights/Daughter/10/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Gertrude Knights/Daughter/6/Cheshunt, Hertford/Census
1881/Edmund Knights/Son/2/Cheshunt, Hertford/Census
1881/William Knights/Son/1/Cheshunt, Hertford/Census
1886/Alfred Gray/../../../Kelly's
1891/Alfred Gray/Innkeeper/27/Great Sampford, Essex/Census*
1891/Harriet Emma Gray/Wife/23/../Census*
1891/Ethel Gray/Daughter/3/../Census*
1891/Louisa Watson/General Domestic Servant/22/Great Sampford, Essex/Census*
1894/Alfred Gray/../../../Kelly's
1895/Alfred Gray/../../../Kelly's
1898/Alfred Gray/../../../Kelly's
1899/Alfred Gray/../../../Kelly's
1901/Herbert Chapman/Publican/29/Anstey, Hertfordshire/Census*
1901/Eva Chapman/Wife/31/Brinton Deverell, Wiltshire/Census*
1902/Henry Johnson/../../../Kelly's
1908/Henry Johnson/../../../Kelly's
1912/Henry Johnson/../../../Kelly's
1917/Henry Johnson/../../../Kelly's
1925/Mrs. Louisa Johnson/../../../Kelly's
* Provided by Adrian Gray
** Provided by John Mead
Provided by Kevan Wilding
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