Slip End Beerhouses

Beerhouses| are not mentioned by name in trade directories or shown on maps. The only references to both these houses in Bedfordshire & Luton Archives & Records Service is in a Register of Alehouse Licences. 

Shepherd & Crook Beerhouse

References:

- PSL6a/1: Register of Alehouse Licences: c.1890-1922 

List of Licensees: note that this is not a complete list. Italics indicate licensees whose beginning and/or end dates are not known:

1872-1877: Samuel Abrahams;
1877: Mary Grigg;
1877-1885: Thomas Hoar;
1885: Edward Henry Smith;
1885-1889: George Jackson;
1889-1890: William Allen;
1890-1892: Alfred Mayes;
1892-1893: Percival Wise;
1893-1894: Harry Linger;
1894-1897: William Kilby;
1897-1901: Frederick William Tuffnell;
1901-1902: Arthur Kilby;
1902: Albert Hunt;
1902-1904: William George Atkins;
1904-1909: George Charles Jones;
1909-1911: Edwin Law;
1911-1912: William Daniels;
1912-1913: George Daniel Matthews;
1913-1916: Robert Robinson
Beerhouse closed 25 Dec 1916

Sheep Shearers Beerhouse

References:

- PSL6a/1: Register of Alehouse Licences: c.1890-1922 

List of Licensees: note that this is not a complete list. Italics indicate licensees whose beginning and/or end dates are not known:

1872-1877: Ann Hull;
1877: John Wood;
1877-1879: Jessie William Holt;
1879-1882: Stephen Emerton;
1882-1885: Albert Slade;
1885-1887: Obed Jones;
1887-1890: Benjamin Viner;
1890-1892: Hannah Mary Viner;
1892-1895: Alfred Mayes;
1895-1899: Benjamin Clark;
1899-1901: Thomas Briggs Holdsworth;
1901-1902: Walter John Spittle; [convicted of selling during prohibited hours]
1902: William Herring;
1902-1905: Herbert Hunt;
1905: Joseph Chambers;
1905: Benjamin George Kitchener;
Beerhouse closed about 1905