Woodman Inn - Castleford

[shanew147]

does anybody recognize the pub in the photo below ?

The Woodman Inn was apparently located somewhere near Castleford, and was owned (and possibly built) by my gtgt-grandfather Henry Wilson.. sometime in the late 1880s to early 1890s.

He vanished in the mid 1890s and I'm hoping that locating the pub might help find further details on him.

thanks,


Shane

[Evie]

Hi

Can you give us the details of Henry which may help to find the inn?

Evie

[Evie]

Hi

Do the names Frances and Harriet Wilson mean anything to you as they are staying in a Woodman Inn, Horsefair, Pontefract.


RG12 Piece 3760 Folio 103 Page 12

Evie

[shanew147]

some details on Henry :

  Born c1844, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire
  Married Barabara Hayes from Sherburn in Elmet in 1867
  - in St. Peters, Leeds
  Children : Arthur 1874, Harry 1877, John William 1879, Herbert & Edith 1881, Henrietta 1882, Florence 1885 and Emma 1886

I dont have census refs. with me but the only census we have found him on are the 1871 and 1881, both with his family in Normonton and Snydale. His is missing from the family home in 1891, but Barbara states she is married.

We believe he left the family and went to Australia possibly soon after the time of his youngest daughter's death in 1891.


Shane

[shanew147]

should have mentioned Henry's occupation over the years between 1867 and 1891 on certs and census returns graduated from Brick Layer to Master Brick Layer, then Builder and finally Builder/Publican



Shane

[perth tiger]

the woodman was on the road from castleford to pontefract. i vaguely remember it. they knocked it down when they started the M 62. heres another pic

http://www.twixtaireandcalder.org.uk/cgi-bin/MsmGo.exe?grab_id=0&page_id=1991&query=woodman&SCOPE=www.twixtaireandcalder.org.uk&hiword=woodman%20

you could try the historical society thats mentioned on there.

perth 

[shanew147]

the woodman was on the road from castleford to pontefract. i vaguely remember it. they knocked it down when they started the M 62. heres another pic

http://www.twixtaireandcalder.org.uk/cgi-bin/MsmGo.exe?grab_id=0&page_id=1991&query=woodman&SCOPE=www.twixtaireandcalder.org.uk&hiword=woodman%20

you could try the historical society thats mentioned on there.

perth 

brilliant .. many thanks, that's definitely it

thanks to Evie also for the 1891 census details - do you think this could be the same location as the photo perth tiger found ? (my Leeds geography is not very good)

I dont know of a connection to the Wilson names mentioned - but will check into them further



Shane

[perth tiger]

the census deatils show a pub called the woodman in horsefair pontefract. this is about 2 miles from the one in castleford you have the pic of. horsefair is where the bus station is in pontefract. from memory there is only one pub there now. the golden ball. horsefair leads from the market down to the old church and castle. im sure there would have been a lot of pubs there in 1891. there are still a lot around the market.

[Evie]

Excellent find Perth