The Queens Head Public House Potton
Queen's Head Public House: 22 Sun Street, Potton [formerly Maidenhead; also Old Queens Head]
former Queen's Head Mar 2007
The first mention of this public house| in any record held by Bedfordshire & Luton Archives & Records Service is in 1720 when, as the Maidenhead, it was devised by George Pedly in his will to his son John, along with the Cock,| King's Arms| and White Lion (later the Green Man|), also in Potton. Other than references in licensing registers and two plans from 1878 Bedfordshire & Luton Archives & Records Service has no other records, because the public house became owned by Simpson & Company, brewers of Baldock [Hertfordshire] and the deeds are with Hertfordshire Archives Service under their reference T144-145 and T149-150. Licensing records reveal that the public house closed in 1919; it then had a complete reversal of fortune, becoming the Temperance Hotel which appears in directories until at least 1928
List of Licensees: note that this is not a complete list. Italics indicate licensees whose beginning and/or end dates are not known:
1720: John Compton;
1818 William Dear;
1822-1830: William Dear;
1839: Mary Dear;
1864-1888: Joseph Shearman;
1888-1889: James North;
1889-1891: Thomas Preston Elliott;
1891-1914: Alfred Allen Sargeant
Public house closed 1919
References:
- WG88: probate of will of George Pedly devising Kings Head to his son John and Cock, Maidenhead, Kings Arms and White Lion to his son George: 1720;
- CRT110/102: note of deeds of Simpsons of Baldock brewery and licensed houses held by Hertfordshire Archives Service [T144-145, T149-150]; C19;- P64/5/1-4: bill from inn: C19;
- CLP13: Register of Alehouse Licenses: 1822-1828;
- HF143/1: Register of Alehouse Licences - Biggleswade Petty Sessional Division: 1872-1873;
- HF143/2: Register of Alehouse Licences - Biggleswade Petty Sessional Division: 1874-1877;
- HF143/3: Register of Alehouse Licences - Biggleswade Petty Sessional Division: 1878-1881;
- CDE168/1-2: plans: 1878;
- HF143/4: Register of Alehouse Licences - Biggleswade Petty Sessional Division: 1882-1890;
- HF143/5: Register of Alehouse Licences - Biggleswade Petty Sessional Division: 1891-1900;
- HF143/6: Register of Alehouse Licences - Biggleswade Petty Sessional Division: 1900-1914.