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HITCHMOUGH’S BLACK COUNTRY PUBS WILLENHALL (Inc. Bentley, New Invention, Portobello, Short Heath) 3rd. Edition - © 2016 Tony Hitchmough. All Rights Reserved www.longpull.co.uk INTRODUCTION Well over 40 years ago, I began to notice that the English public house was more than just a building in which people drank. The customers talked and played, held trips and meetings, the licensees had their own stories, and the buildings had experienced many changes. These thoughts spurred me on to find out more. Obviously I had to restrict my field; Black Country pubs became my theme, because that is where I lived and worked. Many of the pubs I remembered from the late 1960’s, when I was legally allowed to drink in them, had disappeared or were in the process of doing so. My plan was to collect any information I could from any sources available. Around that time the Black Country Bugle first appeared; I have never missed an issue, and have found the contents and letters invaluable. I then started to visit the archives of the Black Country boroughs. Directories were another invaluable source for licensees’ names, enabling me to build up lists. The censuses, church registers and licensing minutes for some areas, also were consulted. Newspaper articles provided many items of human interest (eg. inquests, crimes, civic matters, industrial relations), which would be of value not only to a pub historian, but to local and social historians and genealogists alike. With the advances in technology in mind, I decided the opportunity of releasing my entire archive digitally, rather than mere selections as magazine articles or as a book, was too good to miss. This would allow those people with interests, such as mentioned above, to search for relevant innformation. (sic) The files contain information about every pub that has been found to exist in each of the districts within the Black Country, along with a number of illustrations. Originally a series of 3 CDs was for sale, covering the Black Country boroughs. After 2 editions of each CD I am now producing individual files for each township sub-area. These files are available for free download by anyone interested. A number of years have passed since the first CD came out. In that time I have looked at a lot more sources of information (discovering some new old pubs), acquired many more photographs, and made many helpful friends. Thanks to the many people such as Denis Harper and Keith Hodgkins, who have allowed their own photographs to be used. In 2010 I was asked by the relatives of the late John V. Richards to sort through his own archive of material, in order to redistribute it to appropriate groups. This has been very useful in confirming, and providing new, information. I have also been asked to disseminate information gathered by Jim Laws, Wolverhampton CAMRA’s pub preservation officer/pub historian, who is unfortunately incapacitated. I hope you find this file useful. Please, if you can, show your appreciation by contributing information or photographs. If you feel so inclined you can even make a donation via the downloads page on the website to help defray our expenses. The work, as ever, continues. Tony Hitchmough October 2016 With many thanks to the 'back office': Janet, Sam and Gavin. Hitchmough Orders DISTRICTS The districts covered by the CDs were generally based on the modern places created in the 1970’s, ie, Sandwell, Dudley, Walsall and Wolverhampton. These are then subdivided into the old townships which had existed for many years previous, and are as follows:- SANDWELL Oldbury (inc. Causeway Green, Langley, Oakham, Rounds Green, Tividale) Rowley Regis (inc. Blackheath, Cradley Heath, Old Hill, Whiteheath) Smethwick (inc. Bearwood, Londonderry, Warley) Tipton (inc. Dudley Port, Great Bridge, Princes End, Toll End) Wednesbury (inc. Kings Hill, Leabrook, Mesty Croft) West Bromwich (inc. Golds Green, Greets Green, Hill Top, Lyndon) DUDLEY Brierley Hill (inc. Pensnett, Quarry Bank, Round Oak) Dudley (inc. Harts Hill, Kates Hill, Priory, Woodside) Halesowen (inc. Colley Gate, Cradley, Hasbury, Lapal) Kingswinford (inc. Himley, Wall Heath) Netherton (inc. Darby End, Dudley Wood, Saltwells, Windmill End) Sedgley (inc. Coseley, The Gornals, Woodsetton) Stourbridge (inc. Amblecote, Lye, Wollaston, Wollescote, Wordsley) WALSALL & WOLVERHAMPTON Bilston (inc. Bradley, Hallfields) Darlaston (inc. Butcroft, Moxley, Wood’s Bank) Walsall (inc. Bloxwich, Leamore, Palfrey, Pelsall, Rushall, Shelfield, Walsall Wood) Wednesfield (inc. Ashmore Park, Fallings Park, Heath Town, Moseley Village, Park Village, Wood End) Willenhall (inc. Bentley, New Invention, Portobello, Short Heath) Wolverhampton (inc. Blakenhall, Codsall, Oxley, Penn, Tettenhall, Whitmore Reans) UPDATES I am planning to continue my researches, and will be producing updated versions of each file (for free download) as sufficient additional content is found. Hopefully new old pubs will continue to be discovered, as will some mysteries be cleared up. I maintain an Update service on the website to advise of pub discoveries made during the interim between releases. If anyone is able to provide extra, relevant information and / or pictures, about any of the pubs and people contained within this work, I would be grateful to hear from you, initially by e-mail at: [email protected] I look forward to hearing from you. Tony Hitchmough longpull.co.uk ABOUT THIS FILE It is a PDF file and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. This reference work is designed to be viewed on a computer but can be printed. It is text based so one can search and find within the contents. BOOKMARKS Clicking on the Bookmarks in the panel on the left will take you to the chosen location. If your computer uses Windows, Bookmarks with a + (a plus sign) on the left hand side have submenus and clicking on the plus sign (which will change to a minus sign) will reveal the contents. Clicking on the minus sign will hide the contents of the submenu. If your computer uses Apple, clicking on the right pointing arrow to the left of the Bookmark will display the submenu; it will turn to a downward pointing arrow which when clicked will hide the submenu. For more information please consult the Adobe Acrobat Reader help system. ACORN 29, (28), (20), (16), (17), Walsall Road, Chapel Green, WILLENHALL OWNERS Manchester Brewery Co. Ltd. Frank Myatt Ltd. Ansells Ltd. [1946] Don Concannon (acquired in 1985) LICENSEES Maria Hartill [1833] – [1842] Josiah Hartill [1845] Thomas Jones [ ] – 1849); David Smith (1849 – [1850] William Hartill [1851] – 1866); Jane Ravenscroft (1866 – [ ] William Hartill [1870] Josiah Hartill [1871] – [1872] Edward Allen [1873] – 1875); George Parker (1875 – [ ] Peter Latham [ ] – 1877); Edward Parker (1877 – [ ] John O’Grady [1881] John Conway (1882 – [ ] Maria Hartill (1885 – [ ] Terence Wren [1891] – [1892] John Jones [1896] Albert H Sheppard [1901] – [1904] Charles Hodge [1908] – [1912] Harry Richmond Cutler [1916] William Amos [1921] Ernest Claridge [1932] Mrs. Laura Gwendoline Dorsett [1940] Advert 1843 J S Ashfield [1983] Don Concannon (1985 – [1988] NOTES 16, Walsall Road [1881], [1892], [1896], [1901], [1904], [1908] 17, Walsall Road [1891] 20, Walsall Road [1916] 29, Walsall Road [1912], [1921], [1932], [1940], [1993], [2001], [2003], [2005] 28, Walsall Road [1990], [1996], [1997], [1998] ACORN HOTEL [1911] Maria Hartill, retail brewer, Chapel Green [1833] Maria Hartill, retailer of beer, Chapel Green [1835] 1841 Census Walsall Road [1] Maria Hartill (50), publican, born Staffordshire; [2] Samuel Davis (35), gardner, born Staffordshire; [3] Caroline Oakley (14), female servant, born Staffordshire: Maria Hartill died in the third quarter of 1843, aged 59. She was buried, at St. Giles’ Church, in August. Wolverhampton Chronicle 30/8/1843 - Advert “John Mason respectfully announces that he is instructed by the administrator of the late Miss Maria Hartill to Sell by Auction, on Monday and Tuesday, the 4th and 5th days of September next, upon the premises, at the ACORN INN, Walsall Road, Willenhall, all the excellent and substantial Household Furniture, and other effects, consisting of oak dining table, mahogany card table, ladies mahogany work table, sofa, Windsor and ash chairs, excellent clock in oak case, screens, oak post bedsteads, in chintz clothing, prime feather beds, bolsters, and pillows, mahogany chests of drawers, painted wash stands, dressing tables, chamber chairs, a useful assortment of kitchen utensils, knives and forks, two and a half pockets of good Sussex hops, seventeen bags of prime malt, four-pull beer machine, malt mill, &c. The Brewing Vessels include one twenty bushel mash tub, five large coolers, gathering and other tubs, twenty-two iron-bound ale barrels, from sixteen to one hundred gallons, one hundred gallon copper furnace, forty gallon iron boiler, and small boiler, the whole of which are remarkably sound and clean. The Farming Stock comprises three first-rate in-calf cows, heifer and calf, grey pony, two fine store pigs, rick of barley, growth of 1842, a rick of well got hay, about fifteen tons, rick of clover, a quantity of old hay, lot of manure, two and a half acres of wheat, half an acre of potatoes, about fourteen acres of aftermath and grazing. Dead Stock. One four and a half inch iron arm cart, with side boards and gearing, ladder, hay forks, rakes, mangers, and other effects, full particulars of which are described in catalogues, and may be had at the place of sale, and at the office of the auctioneer, Walsall Street, Willenhall. In consequence of the numerous lots the sale will commence at half-past ten o’clock in the morning of each day.” Josiah Hartill died in 1848, aged 58. He was buried on December 23rd, at St. Giles’ Church. Birmingham Journal 14/4/1849 “On Monday last a special sessions for the transfer of innkeeper’s licenses….. That of the ACORN, Willenhall, from Mr. Thomas Jones, to Mr.