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Title: Blue Boar Inn St Clears*COMPLETED*
Post by: angy65 on Wednesday 20 April 11 07:43 BST (UK)

Hi
My great great great grandfather was the Inn keeper at the Blue Boar Inn in St Clears, (his son my great great grandfather was also the Inn keeper) does anyone have any  information on the Inn or know where I can find it please.
Thank you for any help
Angie
Australia

Title: Re: Blue Boar Inn St Clears
Post by: omega 1 on Wednesday 20 April 11 07:59 BST (UK)

Hi Angie

A Warm Welcome to Rootschat :)

Put into google ,blue boar inn st clears,loads of interesting reading,plus it gives the name & address.

Maybe write to the people & explain  about your ancestors .

Kind Regards

omega

Title: Re: Blue Boar Inn St Clears
Post by: angy65 on Wednesday 20 April 11 09:05 BST (UK)

Thanks for your help omega. Have been looking on the net for information, just seem to get more modern info than heritage/history sites. Have taken your advice and written a few emails.
thanks for the help
Angie

Title: Re: Blue Boar Inn St Clears
Post by: omega 1 on Wednesday 20 April 11 10:02 BST (UK)

Your Welcome Angie :)

Love to know how things pan out for you.

Good Luck

omega

Title: Re: Blue Boar Inn St Clears
Post by: poortaffy on Saturday 23 April 11 14:56 BST (UK)

If you put into google (with the quotation marks):

"blue boar" "rebecca riots"


You'll find a few pages describing the Inn's role at the beginning of the riots. Issue 13 of the 'Sancler Times' has a short article giving an explanation of the Rebecca Riots, and the Blue Boar's role.

Hope this is of some help!

Title: Re: Blue Boar Inn St Clears
Post by: angy65 on Sunday 24 April 11 10:35 BST (UK)

Thanks for all the help

Title: Re: Blue Boar Inn St Clears*COMPLETED*
Post by: joyan on Friday 16 March 12 23:57 GMT (UK)

I have just seen your post about the Blue Boar St Clears one of my ancestors a Hugh Stonehewer  lived in there in 1760s, what time frame where you looking at and what was your family surname?

Joyce

Title: Re: Blue Boar Inn St Clears*COMPLETED*
Post by: ivymary on Saturday 27 July 13 13:12 BST (UK)

I have just seen a post by JOYAN re the Blue Boar St Clears. I live in St Cllears and have some old pictures of the pub if she would care to contact me.

Title: Re: Blue Boar Inn St Clears*COMPLETED*
Post by: joyan on Saturday 27 July 13 19:11 BST (UK)

Hi Ivymary

I would love some photographs of the Blue Boar Inn please! do you need my email address? I didn't know the pub was still standing.. The Stonehewer family used to live there they then went on to live in The Boars Head (An old coaching Inn) in Carmarthen and Hugh Stonehewer was killed by a bull in 1801 when they practised Bull Baiting, have you heard of any reference to this, or any other information regarding the Stonehewer's when they lived In St Clears?

Many thanks for contacting me re Photgraphs

Regards Joyce

Title: Re: Blue Boar Inn St Clears*COMPLETED*
Post by: ivymary on Saturday 27 July 13 20:49 BST (UK)

Hi
I am so glad you got back to me. Giving you some pics is the only reason I joined. I was friendly with the daughter of the family  who ran it back in the early 60's albeit we don't see each other now very often. I'll see if I can contact her and find out if she has any pictures.
If you send me your e-mail address I'll get what I've got out to you. The pub isn't there any more, it was demolished many years ago. Also, if you would like me to photograph any buildings or grave stones etc just let me know, I live about 30 miles away but I still visit a couple of times a month,
Ivy.

My e-mail is  ivy_mc@yahoo.com.

Title: Re: Blue Boar Inn St Clears*COMPLETED*
Post by: angy65 on Sunday 28 July 13 03:04 BST (UK)

Hi Ivymary and Joyan

I just got a message about your posts and was amazed to see it generating interest. The family name was Griffiths, and the earliest census I found is 1851 when John Griffiths was the Inn keeper, his son Henry then became the Inn keeper for many years and in 1911 Henry is listed in St Clears as retired postman. Last year I was fortunate enough to pay a visit to St Clears (unfortunately it was on a Saturday and a lot was closed) I would have loved to be able to go around the old church yard but it was all locked up, so will be planning my next visit from Australia with better timing. I was wondering if I would be able to get a picture of the Inn as well if that is possible, it would be fascinating to see what it actually looked like.
Angy

Title: Re: Blue Boar Inn St Clears*COMPLETED*
Post by: ivymary on Sunday 28 July 13 11:15 BST (UK)

Hi Angy
Many thanks for your reply, I am sorry that the church was all locked up. It used to be that the key was kept in the shop adjoining the churchyard but since that has closed I don't know where is it. Were you looking for any grave in particular. I could go and look and take a pic for you if you like.I only joined Rootschat because I saw Joyan's post about the Blue Boar. I live 30 miles from St Clears but I still visit some family there. I have no idea how to send a picture this way, so you'll have to be patient.
Bye for now,
IvyMary

Title: Re: Blue Boar Inn St Clears*COMPLETED*
Post by: ivymary on Sunday 28 July 13 13:23 BST (UK)

Here I am again.
I was reading through some of the articles that came up in Google, The Blue Boar Inn Island Place IS NOT the Blue Boar pub that used to stand on the square, In fact the aquare was called Blue Boar Square,
IvyMary

Title: Re: Blue Boar Inn St Clears*COMPLETED*
Post by: ivymary on Saturday 10 August 13 17:25 BST (UK)

Are you still interested in the Blue Boar?  If so please send your e-mail so that I can forward he picture