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No.24 The Crown Inn

No.25    Former shop

Crown Yard

1744

Schematically depicted as built

1785

?Owned & occupied by Benjamin SINKINS, Servant, 6M 2F

?Owner William BORROW, occupier John STEVENS, Grocer, 2M 4F

?Owned & occupied by James FOX, Mason, 1M 1F

?Owner J. BROWN, occupier George TAYLOR, Carpenter, 3M 1F

?Owner J. BROWN, occupier Henry OLIVER, Shearman, 2M 6F

?Owner T. GORDON, occupier John POBJOY, Shearman, 2M 2F

?Owner T. GORDON, occupier Richard POBJOY, Shearman, 1M

?Owner SHUTE, occupier Elianor POBJOY, Widow, 1M 3F

?Owner R. POBJOY, occupier Christiana JELLEY, Widow, 2F

?Owner John STEVENS, occupier Margarett TAYLOR, 2M 3F

Owner and occupier Richard POBJOY, Publican, 2M, 1F

1785 Will of Richard POBJAY, proved 1797: the messuage etc. where I now live in trust for daughter Ann POBJAY

1810 Will of Ann POBJAY, proved 1816: my dwelling called the Crown Inn at Keyford in the occupation of Mr Joseph JOYCE, a small tenement in the garden belonging to it to William HAGLEY

1813

928:

929b: owned & occupied by Robert BLUNT, Clothier

929a: owned & occupied by Robert BLUNT, Clothier

931: House & Garden, owner Robert BLUNT, occupier John HARDING

930: House & Garden; owner Robert BLUNT, Clothier, occupier John RABBITTS and others

1819 All properties left to Thomas DAVIS by his mother

1822 Thomas DAVIS and Maria his wife [assign?] No.19 to John HODDER and his wife Martha, sister of Thomas DAVIS

1815 Will of Joseph JOYCE, victualler of Keyford, proved

1822 Pigot: Lucy JOYCE, Publican, the Crown, Keyford

1827

Crown Inn etc., owner Lucy JOYCE, occupier J. BLATCH, 1s 2 1/4d

1830 Pigot: John BATCHELOR, Publican, the Crown, Keyford

1835 Electors 3029: Thomas Jarvis, of Edington, Wilts; owner of freehold house, Crown Inn, Keyford

1839 Robson: John STEVENS, the Crown Inn, Keyford

1840

302: House & Premises, 27p, owner Elizabeth OLIVE, Widow, occupier George BUTLER

303: House & Garden, 1r 21p, owner Elizabeth OLIVE, Widow, occupier James GAUGH

304: House & Garden, 28p, owner Elizabeth OLIVE, Widow, occupier William HAMBLIN [large range of buildings, both industrial and dwellings, PS]

1841

f.21L: James GOUGH 30 Clerk Y

f.21L: William HARMLESS (?) 56 Excise Officer N

1846 Tenements sold to William COOPER

1842 Pigot: John SURGER, Publican, the Crown, Keyford

1851

1853 to Sarah and Typhen [?] COOPER his sisters

1861 Sarah COOPER died. Tryphena's will gives estate to Henry COOMBES and Edwin BUSH

1864 Tryphena substitutes Wm FUSSELL for Henry COOMBES

1867 Tryphena dies, will proved (SRO DD/RV4)

1871

'Pleasant Place'

'Pleasant Place'

'Pleasant Place'

'Pleasant Place'

Sch.107 #16 Crown Inn: Richard LIFELY, 38, Innkeeper

1881

Sch.136 #24 Crown Inn: Samuel PICKFORD, 43, Innkeeper

Sch. #13 John MORGAN, 40, Stonemason

Sch. #14 Wm GEORGE, 68, Pauper

Sch. #15 Jacob WEBB, 80, Pauper

c.1900 advert on map: Wm H. MORGAN, Monumental Mason

1901

1911 Edwin SAY

1921 Henry RIDDLE

FH

Document covering 1819-67 refers to 'all those five messuages… adjoining together near the middle of Keyford St, with the houses adjoining the street on the SW of them, and stretching 59 ft along the street, garden ground behind, 23p, and the well behind shared by all five properties. SE of the fifth is the Crown Inn. Occupiers: Jesse BULTER, John WALLIS, John WILKINS, James MORGAN, George MORGAN, Mary PARSONS.

PS

Victorian refronting of older large house, formerly with extensive garden to the side.

Plot first built on between 1744 and 1813. Single property, dwelling and adjoining workshop in 1813.

Large building on site of No.21 demolished between 1813 and 1840 and replaced with Regency terrace. Low doorway is passage entrance to give access to well at rear. Outhouse behind No.21 said to have been a forge for a time, where horses from the nearby Cooperage were shod.