The Foundry Inn Marshall Street Holbeck

[DMW1959]

I am looking for information on The Foundry Inn Marshall Street Holbeck circa 1880, my great great grandfather William Webster was the licensee.  Are there any relatives out there or does any one know anything more about this family/ place or have any photos of the pub? I am in Australia so it is really hard to research it.  I know there must be a lot of descendants out there.  Is anyone else researching this family too?

[charlotteCH]

Hullo and welcome to rootschat.

To see if others are researching the same names as you are, go to the top of this page, click on 4th button from left"Surnames".

For info and pics of the pub, why not ask the Local Studies library nearest to it for help?

Charlotte

[Sandymc47]

Hi there

If you want to look at photos of Leeds you need the
Leodis site. Its called Leodis a photographic archive of Leeds.
Lots of photos of Holbeck and area on there.

Had a look for a William Webster in Holbeck and believe
me there are lots and lots.  Seemed a popular name to
go with Webster in the 1800's.  Hope you find someone
with him in their tree.

regards Sandymc
 

[Dotella]

I am also a gt gt grandchild of William Webster. I haven't been able to find any photos of Foundry Inn.
I can tell you he was born in Wakefield in 1826 but had moved to Leeds by 1841 and worked as a linen weaver before becoming a joiner.
In 1849 he married Elizabeth Stephenson and by 1871 he had become a beer house keeper.
He died in 1886 and his wife took over the Inn until her death in 1888.
They had 8 children, the eldest Mary Jane was my gt grandmother.
They clearly prospered as William left £265 4s at his death and Elizabeth £309. 5s 1d, substantial sums for the time.

[DMW1959]

So glad to hear from you.  We are related my great grandfather was William's younger son Walter.  I knew a lot of what you wrote but not about the wills and doing well.  My name is Dawn and I live in Australia.  Would you like to correspond further? 
Didn't another daughter called Sarah marry someone with whom she ran a pub at the same time as her mum and dad had the Foundry Inn?  Like I said, I am thrilled to have made contact!! Warm regards, Dawn Webster.

[hanes teulu]

old maps    http://www.old-maps.co.uk/index.html

click on link and enter coordinates   429578    432559
when loaded, click on "Enlarge map 1850 Town Plans"
when loaded, click on main window to zoom
The Foundry Inn is at top of map. Lower down is the Commercial Inn (still there in Marshall St) as a reference point

regards

[Dotella]

Thank you for the map ref. because I have old OS maps but the 1888 doesn't name Foundry Inn. References to the Commercial Inn are easy and photos.  Part of the problem has been that houses got re-numbered so even working from an 1876 Town Directory which listed William Webster I couldn't actually establish the site.

[Dotella]

Hi Dawn
Yes Sarah & her husband William Rhodes ran the Windsor Castle Inn for a time around 1891 though he seems to have spent most of his working life as a "woollen warehouseman".
I've only registered to this site yesterday so need to check how to send personal messages so we can perhaps exchange more information.

[Sandymc47]

Hi Dotella

You should be able to contact Dawn now as you have done 3 or more posts.

Click on Dawns name and you can contact her or click on the green personal
message contact on the left hand side of your post under your information.

regards
Sandymc