The Craven Heifer at Manywells Heights, Denholme - GONE MISSING!

[hepburn]

This talks about sale of the inn in Manuel Heights,Denholme.

http://www.connectedhistories.org/Search_results.aspx?pc=Denholme&sr=bu&dtf=1624-01-01&dtt=1647-12-31&st=20

[johndwadsworth]

The 1894 map of the area shows the Craven Heifer as being on the site of what was the Five Flags also at one time called Ripon House. All at Manywell Heights, half way between Cullingworth and Denholme.

[arthurk]

The Five Flags looks to have been quite extensive - see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/697772

There's another photo, more recent and at ground level, at http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2505223
and the Google image is at https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.815642,-1.905252,3a,60y,104.76h,87.31t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1siuF67-AE75zU92AGd_rwbA!2e0

With this last one you can select images from different years, but there don't seem to be any from when it was still a pub/hotel. However, by comparing it with the view in the first link, it does look to me as though the bulk of the housing development is within the original buildings.

Arthur

[hanes teulu]

In March 1904 Keighley Magistrates refused to renew the licence of the Craven Heifer (Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 14 March) and appeal heard in April (Yorkshire Evening Post 8 April or Yorkshire Post 9 April). The appeal was refused.

If you can access Find My Past newspapers the April articles are well worth reading.

[dobfarm]

In March 1904 Keighley Magistrates refused to renew the licence of the Craven Heifer (Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 14 March) and appeal heard in April (Yorkshire Evening Post 8 April or Yorkshire Post 9 April). The appeal was refused.

If you can access Find My Past newspapers the April articles are well worth reading.

By 1906 map the pub at Manywells Heights was named Ripon House -Could have been used as a private house or as a pub/inn after the refusal of a licence as the Craven Heifer.

http://maps.nls.uk/view/100946435

[hanes teulu]

I had tracked it from a Public house on the '47/48 and '92/95 map to Ripon House on the '06/09 maps on "maps/nls".

Also enjoyed the reports of Knurr & Spell (several spellings) and Pigeon Shooting matches at Craven Heifer Grounds - particularly in the 1860s. 

[Katharine75]

Thanks for replies everyone. Would love to know if anyone has a photo of the pub in the 19th century! Does anyone know if there would be publican licence records available? What would tell me other than who had the licence for that particular year?
Katharine.

[Katharine75]

I should have also asked if anyone can see what family names are living there in the 19th century census records.

[arthurk]

Here are the 19th century census records - all use the older spelling Manuels Height(s):

1841 - can't see the pub, but Manuels Height is at HO107/1297/10 fo13 p18. (Occupant of Bar House, M.H. is a John Cordingley, who appears in next entry to the pub in 1851.)

1851 - HO107/2311 fo619 p7 & fo630 p8 - George Bailey, innkeeper etc; pub not named

1861 - RG9/3339 fo8 p9 - Sushannah (sic) Bailey, widow (probably of George); "Brown Cow"

1871 - RG10/4494 fo4 p1 - Aaron Bailey; "Craven Heifer". Aaron probably "Aran" in 1851 entry.

1881 - RG11/4471 fo8 p9 - Aaron Bailey; pub not named

1891 - RG12/3647 fo8 p10 - Betty Lund (widow); "Craven Heifer"

The Lund surname also occurs in the earlier entries: John Lund, a servant in 1851, and Allice Lund, a granddaughter in 1861. Might they all be related?

Arthur