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Sileby History

Its people and places. A community through time.

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Free Trade Inn

Free Trade Inn

Operational Years: c1830 to date
Type: Beerhouse (until 1953), Public House (from 1953)
Address: Cossington Road
Current Use: Public House

OWNERSHIP

William Palmer, Loughborough 1809 - 1832
Ann Palmer, widow 1832 - 1843
William Francis Palmer 1843 - 1863
Elizabeth Palmer, widow 1863 - 1867
William Hand 1867 - 1877
Elizabeth Hand, widow 1877 - 1878
George Tinkler 1878 - 1893
Elizabeth Tinkler, widow 1893 - 1901
Clara Hand/Parkinson (after 1903) 1901 - 1923
Everards Brewery, Leicester 1923 to date

LICENSEE/TENANT

Thomas Ferryman c1830 - 1864
Mary Ferryman, widow 1864 - 1881
Job Smart 1881 - 1882
Thomas Holmes 1882 - 1889
Thomas Chamberlain 1889 - 1890
John Thomas Dakin 1890 - 1896
William Henry Topley Willars 1896 - 1931
William Henry Willars 1931 - 1962

Notes on the listings

The dates are accurate to within a year of that given due to licencing records often starting part way through a year. Also, when electoral electoral rolls and trade directories are used the names quite often reflect the previous years occupiers. Due to privacy and data protection a decision was made to have a listing cut off date of about 1960.

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