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Princess Royal Pub, 292 Victoria Rd, Aston

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Hi back in 2009, I posted asking if anyone had any memories of my grandparents pub. Just thought I’d try again

Does anyone remember the Princess Royal Pub, 292 Victoria Rd Aston, My Grandparents Fred and Lil Cross ran this pub between 1958-1964 approx. We cannot find any info or photo's on the pub and would be grateful for any information.
 
hello tattyhead i have not heard of this pub but will do a search for any photos of it for you...hopefully some of our members can supply you with a bit more info about the pub and maybe a map showing where it was in victoria road


lyn
 
Here is a map c 1951 showing the position in red on the corner with Upper Thomas St

map c 1951 showingposition of princess royal pub.jpg
 
thanks for the map mike...pub long gone along with that part of victoria road and upper thomas st....sadly i dont have a photo of the pub but maybe others maybe able to help

lyn
 
Am compiling a list of landlords and it is a bit complicated as there is a cutting of 1864 mentioning the pub in Victoria Rd, but later it is described as being in upper Thomas st, but in 1903 absorbs the next house in Victoria road (probably with rebuild) and is then listed in Victoria road
 
thats very kind of you mike i know how time consuming this can be...meanwhile i have asked a couple of contacts if they have any photos of this pub...fingers crossed

lyn
 
Thanks all, I know that like most pubs of that era it had a bar and a snug it also had a small off licence attached. Mom said it was 3 story, but the top floor was never used.
 
Cannot find it in directories before 1872, though there is a notice for a tenant/sale in the papers in nov.1863.



1872-1876 Taylor, John James (the pub was put up for sale in march 1876 and Taylor, as tenant, was then paying a rent of £26)

1878 Dutton, Thomas

1878-1880 Hancox, Reuben

1892-1883 Crump, Edward George

Between the 1883 & 1884 directories the pub was changed from 292 Victoria Road to 127 Upper Thomas St

1884 Crump, Edward George

1888 Alexander, William Whiteway (Made bankrupt 1889 after he had left this pub)

1890 Chilton, Edwin

1892 Williams, Joseph

1895 Stanbra, Henry

1896 Elliott, John

1897 Wilkes, Thomas

1899-1903 Allen, Alfred

Between the 1903 & 1904 directories the address changed to 292 Victoria Road from 127 Upper Thomas St. This appears to have occurred by the original site absorbing the next house on Victoria St (no 292), which in the 1903 directory is listed as being occupied by Mr Allen, renumbering the bnuilding as being in Victoria St, probably this occurring with a rebuild.

1904 Allen, Alfred

1908 Cox, Elizabeth (Mrs)

1910-1913 Field, Stephen

1915 Clarke, Thomas

1921 Roberts, Ernest

1932-1933 Pym, Ernest Edward

1936 Olney, Benjamin Albert

1937-1938 Aston, Walter William

1939 Williams, Benjamin

1940-1946 Breeze, Frederick

1949-1956 Weston, Albert William
 
mikejee said:
Cannot find it in directories before 1872, though there is a notice for a tenant/sale in the papers in nov.1863.



1872-1876 Taylor, John James (the pub was put up for sale in march 1876 and Taylor, as tenant, was then paying a rent of £26)

1878 Dutton, Thomas

1878-1880 Hancox, Reuben

1892-1883 Crump, Edward George

Between the 1883 & 1884 directories the pub was changed from 292 Victoria Road to 127 Upper Thomas St

1884 Crump, Edward George

1888 Alexander, William Whiteway (Made bankrupt 1889 after he had left this pub)

1890 Chilton, Edwin

1892 Williams, Joseph

1895 Stanbra, Henry

1896 Elliott, John

1897 Wilkes, Thomas

1899-1903 Allen, Alfred

Between the 1903 & 1904 directories the address changed to 292 Victoria Road from 127 Upper Thomas St. This appears to have occurred by the original site absorbing the next house on Victoria St (no 292), which in the 1903 directory is listed as being occupied by Mr Allen, renumbering the bnuilding as being in Victoria St, probably this occurring with a rebuild.

1904 Allen, Alfred

1908 Cox, Elizabeth (Mrs)

1910-1913 Field, Stephen

1915 Clarke, Thomas

1921 Roberts, Ernest

1932-1933 Pym, Ernest Edward

1936 Olney, Benjamin Albert

1937-1938 Aston, Walter William

1939 Williams, Benjamin

1940-1946 Breeze, Frederick

1949-1956 Weston, Albert William
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1964-1966 Gerry and Maud Cooke
 
sorry still have not come accross a photo of this pub...mike how many pubs were on a corner with upper thomas st ?

lyn
 
Lyn
You man the corners of upper thomas St with victoria Road?. According to the 1950 Kellys, the above mentioned Princess royal was the only one
 
Hi, been a few years since there was a post on here, but;

I am researching the Benbow line. My great great grandfather was Reuben Hancox who was the licensee from 1878 to 1881. He was married to Martha Hildick. They had a son, Robert Hancox in 1881 [my great grandfather] but Reuben passed away unexpectedly at the same time. Martha ran the pub for a while but soon married Edward Crump, who is listed as the next landlord. Sadly Martha died in 1883 and Edward was left to raise Robert and a few other of Marthas and Reubens children alone.
 
skyclad99 said:
Hi, been a few years since there was a post on here, but;

I am researching the Benbow line. My great great grandfather was Reuben Hancox who was the licensee from 1878 to 1881. He was married to Martha Hildick. They had a son, Robert Hancox in 1881 [my great grandfather] but Reuben passed away unexpectedly at the same time. Martha ran the pub for a while but soon married Edward Crump, who is listed as the next landlord. Sadly Martha died in 1883 and Edward was left to raise Robert and a few other of Marthas and Reubens children alone.
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hi if you would like our help with family research could you please start a new thread under our surname interests section of the forum please as this thread is about the pub..place it under B for bendow and let us know exactly what you are looking for..hope this helps

lyn
 
Hi Lyn
Thanks for this. No idea why I mentioned my Benbow line! I am a Hancox so this is the reason for my post. Just thought I would fill in a bit of history about the pub from my research.
Like a few others I am looking for a picture of the Princess Royal PH too. Any help on that would be wonderful
 
most welcome kevin but we really need to figure out how to save that large photo behind the smaller one so that you can save it to your pc..hopefully our more technical minded members can help

lyn
 
Astoness said:
most welcome kevin but we really need to figure out how to save that large photo behind the smaller one so that you can save it to your pc..hopefully our more technical minded members can help

lyn
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I think you can't apart from the way Mark says because they are prints for sale.
 
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