Hi Emma, I seem to remember your earlier post about this : http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS/2007-05/11 79155618 The pub was more likely to have been the Midland as it was evidently close to the station (page 1 on that set of returns). Jill ------------------------ On 16 February 2012 11:50 To: [email protected] Subject: [LEI] Syston - pub on "Highway Road" in 1841 You wrote : > If you look in the 1841 census for Syston, you'll find a William and Maria Cook on > what looks like Highway Road. William's profession is listed as Publican. > I've not been able to exactly pinpoint which pub this is, but I seem to remember the closest > one I found is what is now the Midland, which is near the railway bridge. >It looks like there's a butchers' next door. >Does anyone have any old lists or anything that might shed any light on which pub it was? >The road no longer exists...

hi Jill Yeah I found my post earlier today when I was searching. Can't find a record of any pubs on Highway Road, even if I search under Thurmaston which is where the top end was. Having looked through some contemporary directories I also can't find a pub with William Cook as the landlord, apart from the Stag & Pheasant in Melton. I'm wondering if maybe he'd retired by 1841 but gave "publican" as his trade anyway. I think it'll take a bit of detective work to figure it all out... On 16 February 2012 14:46, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Emma, > > I seem to remember your earlier post about this : > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS/2007-05/11 > 79155618 > > The pub was more likely to have been the Midland as it was evidently close > to the station (page 1 on that set of returns). > > Jill > > ------------------------ > On 16 February 2012 11:50 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LEI] Syston - pub on "Highway Road" in 1841 > > You wrote : > > > If you look in the 1841 census for Syston, you'll find a William and > Maria > Cook on > > what looks like Highway Road. William's profession is listed as Publican. > > I've not been able to exactly pinpoint which pub this is, but I seem to > remember the closest > > one I found is what is now the Midland, which is near the railway bridge. > > >It looks like there's a butchers' next door. > > >Does anyone have any old lists or anything that might shed any light on > which pub it was? > >The road no longer exists... > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >