Bulls Head Inn, Dale Street, Ossett

[41g]

Thank you very much for that. It will help me to pinpoint where the family were living at various times. It seems as if there was quite a bit of drunkenness in Ossett!
Another unrelated branch of the family- the Swallows, lived in Ossett around 1850-1860. I don't think they did anything to get into the papers though.

Thanks again
Sue

[Nevthedigger]

Hmm ... the name Joshua Swallow rings a bell ... I'll have a look later when I'm at home.

(The drunkenness - thankfully - is a thing of the past ... not least to do with the fact that half of the pubs have closed down since the Vict. era!)

[41g]

There are two Joshua Swallows in my family tree (father and son). I hope it is one of them.
Regards
Sue

[Nevthedigger]

From a 1890's Kelly's directory there is a Henry Swallow, cowkeeper, Owl Lane: James Arthur Swallow, cowkeeper, Owl Lane: Joshua Swallow, mungo manufacturer, Paleside Mill, Dewsbury Road: William Swallow, farmer, Low Laithes, Wakefield Road.

[41g]

I have a William Andrew Swallow who was a mungo manufacturer at Paleside- his father was a Joshua.
This will be a new line of research for me.
Many thanks
Sue

[Nevthedigger]

No probs - when I have time (ha ha!) I will look through the earlier directories for Ossett in the 19th century to see what else comes up.

[jksdelver]

There is a book published by Brian Smith about the pubs of Ossett

[Nevthedigger]

Yes that's the one where I got the info from earlier in the thread. It's a great book, well researched.

[ScottishAncestry]

Thank you all so much for all this information. I have not done anything on this part of my family for ages; I’ll have to dig a bit further with this one I like a bit of scandal in the family!!

Emma