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Boar's Head - Bradford Street Bordesley [map attached]
An entry in an 1835 ratebook for Aston reveals that the full name of this pub was the Boar's Head and Gough Arms. A curiosity as the Gough Estate was largely to the the west. Perhaps there were pockets of land in other parts of Birmingham. Harry Gough was a descendant of a London family who, after moving north, subsequently made a fortune in the wool trade in Wolverhampton and they were lords of the manor of Oldfallings. King Charles II knighted Henry Gough in 1678, some nine years after he acquired Perry Hall. At the time he was a Member of Parliament for Tamworth. His younger brother Richard, who was knighted by King George I, founded the Birmingham branch of the family when he bought the Edgbaston Hall Estate in 1717 for the sum of £25,000. Harry, the sixth son of Sir Henry Gough paid £13,600 for the remaining part of the Middlemore Estate which included Mansell's Farm in Suffolk Street. Sir Richard Gough was succeeded by his son Henry. He married Barbara Calthorpe thus creating the Gough-Calthorpe estate.
The Boar's Head Inn was located a little down the hill from Warner Street and the Adam and Eve. I have never seen a photograph of this pub. This 1888 map outline suggests a large building with double bay windows. Wrightson's trade directory for 1825 lists Robert Potter as a victualler and engineer so perhaps he had a workshop to the rear of the property. He rented the Boar's Head Inn from Ann Hughes.
The Hopkins family kept the pub throughout much of the 1850's until the arrival of William and Martha Garner. Born in the Vale of Belvoir at Knipton, William Garner formerly worked as a porter whilst Martha hailed from Portsea in Hampshire. Following William's death, she moved to Chelsea in West London.
William Manton was licensee during the late 1860's and was succeeded by Charles Shum. Born in Surrey, the son of a curate moved up to Birmingham from Somerset and took over the Boar's Head Inn with his young wife Ann. The couple later moved to Handsworth and raised a large family whilst Charles worked as an insurance agent.
In the mid-1870's John and Maria Marshall moved to the Boar's Head Inn after a short spell running the Atlantic Tavern in Bissell Street. John Marshall was originally from Portsmouth where his father served in the Royal Marines. He first worked as an engine driver when he moved to Birmingham.
John Day was the owner of the Boar's Head Inn during the mid-1880's when William Gollings was the licensee. Born in Buckinghamshire, he had previously worked as a fireman whilst living at the Fountain Tavern in Heath Mill Lane, a beer house that was kept by his parents Shadrach and Ann Gollings. William paid John Day the annual rent of £31.0s.0d. for the Boar's Head Inn which was detailed as a licensed public house, brewhouse, stable and premises.
At the turn of the 20th century Ann Mayer was mine host at the Boar's Head Inn. By this time the pub was operated by Holder's Brewery. A ratebook compiled in 1901 has Ann Mayer's name crossed out and replaced with that of Joseph Wheeler. The Wonder in Brearley Street is also inserted, suggesting that this is where Ann Mayer moved to. However, the census conducted in the same year records the widow at the Lord Nelson Tavern in Thorpe Street. Born in Spondon in 1851, she had previously run the Corporation Hotel in Derby with her husband John who was also a horse dealer.
I have not ascertained an exact date for the closure of the Boar's Head Inn but it does seem to disappear from trade directories after 1920 so perhaps this was the year that it folded.
Cheers
Kieron www.midlandspubs.co.uk
Boar's Head - Bradford Street Bordesley [map attached]
An entry in an 1835 ratebook for Aston reveals that the full name of this pub was the Boar's Head and Gough Arms. A curiosity as the Gough Estate was largely to the the west. Perhaps there were pockets of land in other parts of Birmingham. Harry Gough was a descendant of a London family who, after moving north, subsequently made a fortune in the wool trade in Wolverhampton and they were lords of the manor of Oldfallings. King Charles II knighted Henry Gough in 1678, some nine years after he acquired Perry Hall. At the time he was a Member of Parliament for Tamworth. His younger brother Richard, who was knighted by King George I, founded the Birmingham branch of the family when he bought the Edgbaston Hall Estate in 1717 for the sum of £25,000. Harry, the sixth son of Sir Henry Gough paid £13,600 for the remaining part of the Middlemore Estate which included Mansell's Farm in Suffolk Street. Sir Richard Gough was succeeded by his son Henry. He married Barbara Calthorpe thus creating the Gough-Calthorpe estate.
The Boar's Head Inn was located a little down the hill from Warner Street and the Adam and Eve. I have never seen a photograph of this pub. This 1888 map outline suggests a large building with double bay windows. Wrightson's trade directory for 1825 lists Robert Potter as a victualler and engineer so perhaps he had a workshop to the rear of the property. He rented the Boar's Head Inn from Ann Hughes.
The Hopkins family kept the pub throughout much of the 1850's until the arrival of William and Martha Garner. Born in the Vale of Belvoir at Knipton, William Garner formerly worked as a porter whilst Martha hailed from Portsea in Hampshire. Following William's death, she moved to Chelsea in West London.
William Manton was licensee during the late 1860's and was succeeded by Charles Shum. Born in Surrey, the son of a curate moved up to Birmingham from Somerset and took over the Boar's Head Inn with his young wife Ann. The couple later moved to Handsworth and raised a large family whilst Charles worked as an insurance agent.
In the mid-1870's John and Maria Marshall moved to the Boar's Head Inn after a short spell running the Atlantic Tavern in Bissell Street. John Marshall was originally from Portsmouth where his father served in the Royal Marines. He first worked as an engine driver when he moved to Birmingham.
John Day was the owner of the Boar's Head Inn during the mid-1880's when William Gollings was the licensee. Born in Buckinghamshire, he had previously worked as a fireman whilst living at the Fountain Tavern in Heath Mill Lane, a beer house that was kept by his parents Shadrach and Ann Gollings. William paid John Day the annual rent of £31.0s.0d. for the Boar's Head Inn which was detailed as a licensed public house, brewhouse, stable and premises.
At the turn of the 20th century Ann Mayer was mine host at the Boar's Head Inn. By this time the pub was operated by Holder's Brewery. A ratebook compiled in 1901 has Ann Mayer's name crossed out and replaced with that of Joseph Wheeler. The Wonder in Brearley Street is also inserted, suggesting that this is where Ann Mayer moved to. However, the census conducted in the same year records the widow at the Lord Nelson Tavern in Thorpe Street. Born in Spondon in 1851, she had previously run the Corporation Hotel in Derby with her husband John who was also a horse dealer.
I have not ascertained an exact date for the closure of the Boar's Head Inn but it does seem to disappear from trade directories after 1920 so perhaps this was the year that it folded.
Cheers
Kieron www.midlandspubs.co.uk
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