Where to get a drink in Bishops Stortford in 1854

Brewing

I have added a list of about 70 beer houses, inns, maltings, etc., that were trading in Bishops Stortford in 1854 to the page Inns & Brewing, Bishops Stortford. It would be interesting to know how many are still trading in the same premises under the same name today. And perhaps some of you are related to the 1854 publicans!

Anchor Maltings, Bishops Stortford, after the 1907 fire

Finding the Ind Ancestors of an Baldock Brewer

Baldock

Brewing

Miriam was having difficulty in finding the parents of James Ind - the earliest "known" brewer in the history of the Ind Coope Brewery group. Prior to his marriage the surname Ind was effectively unknown in Hertfordshire and none of the contemporary records (which included a newspaper report of his death) gave any indication as to his likely date of birth. I therefore decided to closely consider the evidence available in the marriage register - which supported his social status - and included a witness, Robert Ind, that could well be his brother. Records in HALS and in early newspapers support the link between Robert and James, and provides an age at death for Robert.

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With this information family search came up with brothers James (baptised 1754) and Robert (baptised 1756), the children of Robert Ind and his wife Ann Ralph who married in Huntingdonshire in 1749. I also found another James Ind, a farmer in Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, who might represent an earlier generation. As the Fenstanton farm included a maltings it is possible that the brewing history of the Ind family can be pushed back two further generations - but this will need more research in Huntingdonshire records to establish. For details of this wide-ranging research, which brings together information from many different sources, see IND, Baldock, 18th century.

Herts Past and Present - Contents of Issue No 17

Herts Past & Present

Spring 2011

No 17

Contents

Brief Guide to Sources: Hearth Tax Returns

The grain crisis of the 1630s and malting in Hertfordshire

The Radcliffes in the Levant: An examination of the Delmé-Radcliffe Business Papers ( 1706-1767)

Admiral Henry Killigrew - Politics, Marriage and Family Life

Hertfordshire Rail Excursions in the Nineteenth Century

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