OMNIBUS, Holyhead Road, Oakengates. One time a 'Wrekin Brewery' house. Re-named "The Hare & Hounds" 1990s.
RETURN OF LICENSED HOUSES IN THE PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION OF WELLINGTON 1896 1. Name. Omnibus. 2. Place. New Road, Oakengates. 3. Date of visit. 24 July 1896. 4. Nature of licence. Alehouse 7 days. 5. When granted. Not known but before 1820. 6. Owner Sir T Meyrick, Apley Castle, Wellington. Occupier Isiah Willetts. No.of changes (last 5 years). One. 7. Rateable value. £15-15s 8. Accommodation. 5 rooms downstairs and 5 up. 9. Stabling. for 4 horses. 10. Condition of buildings. Stables requires cratch, manger and stalls cleaning and lime-washing. 11. Nature of trade. Mining, Ironworks & Roadside. 12. Proximity to licensed houses. 100 yards. 13. Proximity to dwelling houses. 50 yards. 14. Distance from Police control. About 1/4 mile to police station. 15. Date of proceedings. None. 16. General remarks. None. Some licensees. 1861 Benjamin BROXTON Grocer, Cheese Factor & Innkeeper. (census). 1871 John TEAGUE Innkeeper. (census). 1881 John TEAGUE Innkeeper & Farmer (census). 1891 John TEAGUE Farmer & Publican (census). 1895 Isaiah WILLETS (KD) 1896 Isaiah WILLETTS, owner Sir Thomas MEYRICK, Apley Castle (PSR). 1909 John William ELCOCK (KD) 1913 Samuel HYDE (KD) 1917 Charles RUSSELL (KD) 1929-51 Bentham Henry ROWLEY (KD) 1951-56 Laurence A. WILLIAMS (ER) 1956 Howard TAYLOR 1957-66 Ronald FROOM. 1964 Lucy M JESSE (WD) 1966 Lucy M. JESSE / Stanley T WOOLLEY (ER) 2002 Daniel FLETCHER (As "Hare & Hounds") 2003 Ian BARTON (As "Hare & Hounds")
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