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from Kellys Directory in 1891 - "In the Rose Inn here, John Gay, the poet, Dr. Arbuthnot, Pope, and Dean Swift are related to have once been weather-bound, and to have whiled away the time by commemorating in verse the charms of the landlords daughter".
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Rose Hotel, 30 Market Place, Wokingham - in May 2009
Kindly provided by Colin Ager
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
In 1752 John Chaplin took over the lease of the original Rose for 20 years
from Molly Mogg and her sister Sarah who had run the Rose since the
bankruptcy of their brother in 1734. By then the the Rose had already been
in existence for over a hundred years.
William Wheatley had become landlord of the Bush which was next door in
1756.
In 1772 the Rose was owned by John Griffin the son in law of Molly Mogg but
asked too much for the renewal of the lease and John Chaplin bought a house
in Peach Street which he opened as a pub which he called the New Rose
(situated where Marks and Spencers is now located).
In 1776 William Wheatley took the lease of the Old Rose which he combined
with the Bush. His widow Mary became landlord upon his death in 1778 which
she continued to run until the lease expired in 1782. In 1783 John Watkins
who was previously landlord of the Bell Inn at Swindon took over the lease.
He only lasted for two years and for the next four it was run by Thomas
Lampard (previously landlord of the Upper Ship at Reading). He was made
bankrupt in 1788 and the Old Rose was put up for sale.
Meanwhile in 1787 John Chaplin had died and his wife Hannah had taken over
the licence of the New Rose. She bought the Old Rose and closed down the New
Rose and ran the former until she retired in 1797 changing the name to the
Rose. **
When the Rose moved across the Market Square to its current site, being
called the New Rose initially, the original Inn was called the Bull and Bush
but later reverted to its original name of The Bush. The Rose was not
renamed the Olde Rose until the latter half of the 20th century. **
This story is intertwined with that of the Inns used by Wokingham Stages. **
1830/John Churchman/../../../Pigots Directory ***
1840/John Wise/../../../Robsons Directory ***
1841/John Wise/Inn Keeper/58/Berkshire/Census ****
1841/Mary Wise/../52/Berkshire/Census
1841/Mary Houlton/Independant/26/Berkshire/Census
1841/William Findley/Male Servant/18/../Census
1841/Elizth /Female Servant/20/Berkshire/Census
1841/Elizth Taylor/Female Servant/22/Berkshire/Census
1844/John Wise/../../../Pigots Directory ***
1847/John Wise/../../../Post Office Directory ***
1851/John Wise/Innkeeper/68/Arborfield, Berks/Census ***
1851/Mary Wise/Wife/62/Wokingham, Berks/Census
1851/Mary Ann Houlton/Daughter, Barmaid/36/Wokingham, Berks/Census
1851/Fanny Busby/Servant, General Servant/20/Minster, Oxon/Census
1851/Ellen Lyford/Servant, General Servant/19/Wokingham, Berks/Census
1851/Edmond Allaway/Servant, Errand & Pot Boy/15/Finchampstead, Berks/Census
1852/John Wise/../../../Slaters Directory ***
1854/W Churchman/../../../Billings Directory ***
1863/William Churchman/../../../Duttons Directory ***
1864/Mrs M Churchman/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1868/Mary Churchman/../../../Casseys Directory ***
1877/Mrs Mary Churchman/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1883/Mrs Mary Churchman/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1891/William Churchman/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1895/William Churchman/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1903/Sarah Churchman/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1907/Mrs Sarah Churchman/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1911/Mrs Jane Collis/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1915/Mrs Jane Collis/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1920/Mrs Jane Collis/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1928/Harold Blake Davies/proprietor/../../Kellys Directory ***
1931/G E M Condy/proprietor/../../Kellys Directory ***
1939/M M Wilson/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1956/Lister Welch/../../../Times Directory ***
1957/Lister Welch/prop/../../Times Directory ***
** Provided By David (behindthefrogs)
*** Provided By Colin Ager
**** Provided By Kevan