West Bromwich Pub

[Lady Penelope]

The attached image is a 'find' from a Leicestershire field. I don't seem to have taken a photo of the other side for some reason but will ask for one. There's no pub name on it but it does say 'Inn' and High Street. It also gives the name Henry Oliver and West Bromwich. I tried 'The Lion and Unicorn' but no luck.

 

[pjmburns]

Doesn't help with an Inn name but
1860 Post Office Directory for Staffordshire in the West Bromwich section

 

[pjmburns]

1861 census - West Bromwich High Street. King's Arms

 

[mikejee]

Snap. Hitchmough does not go that far back , but it was at 220 high St

KINGS ARMS
220, High Street, WEST BROMWICH
OWNERS
John Perrins, butcher, High Street
LICENSEES
George Stamps [ ] – 1873);
George Boulton (1873 – 1874);
James Whittaker (1874 – 1876);
William Cox (1876 – 1887);
Elihu Hodges (1887);
Jethro Powderhill (1887 – 1888);
Joseph Robinson (1888 – 1890);
William Cox [1889] ?
John Hodges [1889] ?
James Hamblin (1890 – 1891);
Jethro Powderhill (1891 – 1893);
John Howells (1893);
Ernest Edward Slim (1893 – 1895);
William Hale (1895 – 1896);
Arthur Hugh Kendrick (1896);
William Hale (1896 – 1898);
Walter Charles Nash (1898);
Alfred Platt (1898):
NOTES
It had a beerhouse license.
1881 Census
220, High Street – KINGS ARMS
[1] William Cox (53), beerhouse keeper, born West Bromwich;
[2] Ellen Cox (31), wife, born Wordsley;
[3] David Cox (18), son, packer, born West Bromwich;
[4] Robert Cox (12), son, scholar, born West Bromwich;
[5] Sarah Cox (7), daughter, born West Bromwich;
[6] Sarah Thompson (65), mother in law, born Wordsley;
[7] Elizabeth Peters (21), domestic servant, born West Bromwich:
Joseph Robinson, beer retailer, 220, High Street. [1888], [1889]
William Cox, beer retailer, 220, High Street. [1889]
John Hodges, beer retailer, 220, High Street. [1889]

 

[pjmburns]

Thanks Mike - that saves me checking any further.

 

[Lady Penelope]

Thank you both. The Kings Arms then - pretty obvious when you think about it. Which I didn't!

 

[Lady Penelope]

Thanks for moving my post - didn't think it came under Birmingham Breweries.

 

[mikejee]

Although title is Birmingham, areas around are included and it is definitely a pub

 

[Dionysius//88]

The attached image is a 'find' from a Leicestershire field. I don't seem to have taken a photo of the other side for some reason but will ask for one. There's no pub name on it but it does say 'Inn' and High Street. It also gives the name Henry Oliver and West Bromwich. I tried 'The Lion and Unicorn' but no luck.

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Just as well I missed this one I would have jumped in and been wrong with my incorrect guess of the Lewisham Hotel, aghh wrong again ha ha

 

[Lady Penelope]

Well, here's a photo of the other (obverse/reverse) side of the token. Not that it helps much though. It's a poor image and the token is quite worn but it was made in Birmingham. The centre you can read as 3d and as far as we can make out the wording says made by ???? Die Sinkers, Something Hampton Something. So although it's for a West Bromwich pub and was found in a field adjacent to the Gt Central Railway line in Leicester, it does have a connection to Birmingham.



We are presuming that things like this were lost by the railway workers. I've looked for information on this line but it mainly seems to be about the amalgamation of various other routes. As a matter of interest, does anyone know what these tokens were issued for please?